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December 2009
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Geary Yelton
Composer, performer and sound designer Richard Devine leads a charmed life. Armed with an impressive arsenal of tools and talent, Devine has evolved from...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Marty Cutler
Half a decade after its introduction, Spectrasonics Stylus RMX remains at the very top of my list of go-to instruments. What keeps it on the A team is...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brian Heller
The directivity of a microphone is a key variable in the art of capturing any sound. Because mic placement is among the hardest things to undo or fix...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Kristi Kates
With an amiable innocence and self-taught studio skills, Owl City aka Adam Young crafted his first major-label release (Ocean Eyes, Universal Republic,...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Scott Wilkinson
Speaker technology has changed very little in nearly a century. Most speakers today have one or more cone-shaped diaphragms attached to a coil of wire...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Markkus Rovito
Drum-pad and pad-grid controllers are finding their way into studios and onto all kinds of keyboards and workstations. If you're only using those pads...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Benjamin McFarlane
It's the early '70s. Somewhere in the U.K., Yes' keyboardist, Rick Wakeman, is tweaking the filter emphasis on his Minimoog. Across the Atlantic, Eric...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow
Social-media Websites have changed the world, and with their power to spread the word faster than any other media, they have profoundly affected the way...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Nathaniel Kunkel
I've got to tell you, one of the most interesting things we discuss in the studio is the reality that even though all this great technology was intended...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Gino Robair
Those of us relying on a laptop as our primary music-making machine are often left behind when it comes to DSP power. Although 10 years ago I couldn't...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Asher Fulero
Replacing Mackie's Compact Onyx series, the Onyx-i mixers have a sleek new black-and-steel look while gaining some subtle upgrades. Most notably, the...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Gino Robair
One of the defining characteristics of any musical instrument is the amount of control it offers a player. Unfortunately, most electronic instruments...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brian Smithers
Oxygen, Keystation, Axiom why does M-Audio need yet another line of MIDI controllers? In a word: HyperControl, M-Audio's answer to the question, Isn't...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Emile Menasche
KRK Systems Enhanced Room Geometry Optimization (ERGO) stereo monitor room processor ($699) combines a hardware unit (containing an Analog Devices Blackfin...
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Len Sasso
Quality sample libraries of top-of-the-line grand pianos are not in short supply, but as you might expect, Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) has put the...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Battino
Thinking outside the (groove) box, Korg has created the microSampler ($499), a phrase sampler with keys. It puts a sampler, pattern sequencer, USB MIDI...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Orren Merton
Two years ago, Studio Devil entered the amp-emulation fray with Virtual Guitar Amp (VGA). More recently, Studio Devil released Amp Modeler Pro (Mac/Win,...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mike Levine, Editor
I can't believe it's the December issue and another year is almost over. Wow, that was fast. From a technology standpoint, 2009 has been a pretty interesting...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Len Sasso
Harnessing the split-second timing, turntable magic and tempo sync required for DJing from your computer is no easy trick, and German developer algoriddim...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David Battino
I often consult product manuals on the go, so I wanted a good PDF reader for the iPhone/iPod touch platform. I'd also been searching for an application...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Mike Levine
DEADMAU5: FOR LACK OF A BETTER NAME (ULTRA RECORDS) Deadmau5 (pronounced ) weaves a range of electronic dance music styles into his latest release, which...
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Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Len Sasso
NOVATION LAUNCHPAD BUTTON DOWN Novation (novationmusic.com) has released a dedicated button-matrix control surface developed in collaboration with Ableton...
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