SQUARE ONE: Add It Up 

By Jim Aikin

Additive synthesis may be the ultimate synthesis technique. Any conceivable sound can be generated using additive synthesis, at least in theory. Two factors...

Build a Personal Studio on Any Budget 

By the EM Staff

Just as actors and musicians field autograph requests wherever they go, EM's editors are continually asked for gear recommendations. But a question as...

The Budget Podcast Studio 

Terra Digital Audio Gives Free Obedia Package with Purchase 

Terra Digital Audio is offering a free 65-minute Obedia service package with each new Terra Digital M6-R Core 2 Duo and MX2 Quad Core computer system sold....

AudioMIDI.com Launches Digital Performer Series 

AudioMIDI.com has launched DP Corner, a new tutorial series for MOTU Digital Performer users....

The Killer Podcast Studio 

With Special Guests 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician's Pro/File of Strange Angel, whose debut CD features a roster of guest stars, who are friends with the band's guitarist, Bryan Bell, a former studio tech....

Sonic Mayhem 

By Brian Smithers

Simply put, distortion is any change to a signal other than a simple gain change or delay. Given that definition, one could reasonably look at compression and equalization as forms of distortion, but it’s probably more useful to take them at face value and look for any unintended consequences as distortion. For example, many EQ circuits change the phase of filtered frequencies relative to unfiltered frequencies—linear phase equalizers are designed to avoid this phase distortion....

Q&A: Daryl Friedman 

By Mike Levine

In the April 2007 issue of EM, this column featured an interview with Michael Petricone of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), a trade group that...

Timing Is Everything (Bonus) 

By Larry the O

Larry the O explains the principles of clocking in the digital studio and offers solutions to common synchronization problems....

Tripp Lite Launches Severe Weather Power Protection Microsite 

Tripp Lite's new Severe Weather Power Protection microsite offers practical information about keeping computers and electronics safe during severe weather events....

MacProVideo Announces Summer Study Sale 

Until July 18, 2007, you can get 25 percent off all MacProVideo.com video tutorials using the Summer Study Sale coupon code....

ModernBeats Releases Music Contracts Vol. 3 

Music Contracts Vol. 3 includes 11 drafted contracts covering music publishing, co-publishing, copyright assignment, radio release, and more....

Twelve Common Mixing Mistakes 

By Michael Cooper

As a mastering engineer, I hear a lot of mixes from other studios. Some are great, some are not. But what is striking to me is that the mixes that need...

Impulsive Decisions 

By Len Sasso

Ableton Live's Impulse drum sampler makes an excellent player for sliced audio files because of its ability to apply separate processing and output routing...

Starting Over 

By Nick Peck

Eight years ago, I built a large, complex project studio to do freelance film and game sound design as well as music production. The studio was a success....

A Slice in Time 

By Len Sasso

Slicing a drum loop or other rhythm-based audio file into individual hits, installing the slices in a multisample player, and deriving a MIDI sequence...

STARTING OVER (Bonus) 

By Nick Peck

In "Starting Over," Nick Peck shows you the steps needed to redesign your studio, so that it can fulfill your present, as well as future, needs....

Resonance and Radiation 

By Scott Wilkinson

Learn about the sound radiation patterns of acoustic instruments, and apply that knowledge to your mic placement for optimum audio reproduction....

HowAudio.com Releases First Four “Foundation Series” DVD Tutorials 

HowAudio.com's first four DVD tutorials on music production software are Pro Tools LE 7.0, SoundForge 8, GarageBand, and MOTU Digital Performer. ...