Sound Design Workshop: Steal the Thunder 

By Kurt Kurasaki

One of the exciting features of Propellerhead Software Reason 4's new Thor Polysonic Synthesizer is its ability to route audio into the device and process...

Grooveboxmusic.com Announces Logic 8 Tutorial 

Grooveboxmusic.com has announced the new Logic 8 Explained! video tutorial....

Master Class: All the More Reason (Bonus) 

By Kurt Kurasaki

Production Values: Games People Play Web Clip 1 

By Larry the O

Pro/File: Cut, Paste, and Process 

By Bill Murphy

There's something beautifully off-kilter about the music of David P. Madson, aka Odd Nosdam. ...

Producing Pro Podcasts 

By Mike Levine

Anyone with a USB mic and a computer can record a Podcast, but if you want to produce a product that will hold its own with the radio shows and other...

Fun and Games 

By Nick Peck

Before seeking work in any industry, you naturally will want a clear idea of what you're getting into. You are likely to inquire about the hours, the...

Music Business Insider: Q&A: Tim Westergren 

By Mike Levine

If you haven't yet been to Pandora.com, get ready to be impressed....

Analyze This 

By Larry the O

We rightly rely on our ears as the final arbiters of recording and mixing issues. Sometimes, however, identifying the cause of an audible production problem...

Making Tracks: The 5.1 Mix 

By Brian Smithers

Surround production is not as mysterious as you might think. Everything you know about stereo (or mono) still holds true, but with more possibilities....

Sound Design Workshop: Imaginative Processing 

By Brian Smithers

Once you start creating in surround, working in stereo feels like painting with half your palette missing. With an immersive sound field, you have many...

Square One: The Sculptor's Tool 

By Brian Smithers

At the most basic level, a musician controls three elements: pitch, time, and timbre....

Get Smart 

Geary Yelton

The Classroom in a Book series from Adobe Press (www.adobepress.com) is an excellent resource for users of Adobe software. Of particular interest to EM...

ASK Video Ships Second Cubase 4 Training DVD 

The second in a three-part series, the video tutorial provides beginning-to-advanced training in Steinberg Cubase....

Garrigus.com Announces New Sonar 7 Power Book 

Sonar 7 Power! - The Comprehensive Guide offers insight into Cakewalk’s Sonar 7 Studio and Sonar 7 Producer MIDI and digital audio sequencing applications....

Analyze This (Bonus) 

By Larry the O

Metering and analysis tools provide quantitative information that allows us to observe an audio signal from various perspectives, which can be the key to avoiding problems and identifying pesky artifacts....

Bass Management in Pro Tools 

Learn about bass management and surround mixing tips in Pro Tools....

UCSC Workshop in Algorithmic Computer Music 

At the Workshop in Algorithmic Computer Music (WACM), David Cope, Paul Nauert, Peter Elsea, and Soren Goodman will be on hand to teach and advise workshop attendees. Participants will take classes on the basic techniques of algorithmic composition and music analysis, and the computer programming language Lisp....

Pro/File: Modular Odyssey 

By Bill Murphy

In this era of digitally manipulated sound, pure electronic music that is, music based totally on analog synthesis could be considered a lost art. But...

Square One: Loud and Clear 

By Larry the O

It's been said that the human voice is the most important source for recording or amplification....