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EDIROL UA-700 (MAC/WIN) 

By Mark Nelson

Edirol has introduced a number of inexpensive USB audio interfaces during the past several years, making the dream of an affordable high-quality laptop...

DIGIDESIGN DIGI 002 

By Nick Peck

Digidesign has dominated professional music and post production with their TDM-based Pro Tools hardware and software. They have also made strong inroads into the project-studio market with the Digi 001 and Mbox products. With the introduction of the Digi 002, Digidesign creates a high resolution, portable host-based Pro Tools system with robust, flexible I/O and a comprehensive integrated control surface....

GOING WILD 

By Gino Robair

Mother Nature offers a world of sounds that can only be heard through a microphone and headphones. To get the best results, you need quiet clothing, a little time and patience, and the right equipment. EM asks the pros how they capture these elusive sounds and bring them to life on CD....

SUPERSCOPE PSD300 

By Gino Robair

As the currency of musicians, CD-Rs replaced the analog cassette tape long ago, not only because of sound quality but because the price of CD recorders...

EGO SYSTEMS WAMI RACK 192X (WIN) 

By Allan Metts

Ego Systems has upped the ante for makers of computer audio interfaces. The company's ever-widening product line now includes the WaMi Rack 192X, which...

METRIC HALO MOBILE I/0 2882 

By Eli Crews

When I got my new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4, my goal was to put together a portable multitrack recording rig that would run on battery power, weigh...

TASCAM POCKETSTUDIO 5 

By Steve Broderson

As Zoom and Korg launched their digital ministudio recorders, one manufacturer remained notably absent from the marketplace. At long last Tascam, the...

DIGIDESIGN MBOX (MAC) 

By Nick Peck

couple of years ago, Digidesign made Pro Tools affordable by introducing the Digi 001. When combined with Pro Tools LE, that relatively inexpensive I/O...

MOTU 896 (MAC/WIN) 

By Gary S. Hall

Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) has an enviable position among manufacturers of computer audio interfaces. The 828 FireWire interface (reviewed in the November...

Bridging the Gap 

By Michael Cooper

One can't help but notice the increasing number of 24-bit, 96 kHz-capable digital audio devices flooding the pro-audio market these days. The unprecedented...

TASCAM US-224 

By David Miles Huber

If you're familiar with the US-428, you probably know that it's a flexible, reasonably priced USB controller that integrates well with a wide range of...

LINE 6 GUITARPORT 

By Richard Alan Salz

With the GuitarPort, Line 6 has invented a whole new category of product, one that combines a dedicated computer peripheral with a software engine (adapted...

Digidesign Pro Tools|HD 

By Nick Peck

Change is guaranteed in all things. But when it comes to digital hardware, change comes quickly, and it always means more, faster, and better. Digidesign,...

How to Build a Personal Studio on Any Budget - Part II 

By Gino Robair

Read part I of How to Build a Personal Studio on Any Budget here. The $10,000 Studio Without Computer ITEMS PRICE Alesis ADAT HD24 modular hard-disk recorder...

Alesis ADAT HD24 IDE Hard Drive Recorder 

By Nick Batzdorf

The Alesis ADAT was undoubtedly one of the most influential and successful recording products of all time. Today, though, hard drives and computer processing...

How to Build a Personal Studio on Any Budget 

Steve O

This article describes how to go about building a home studio, on a variety of budgets. Includes specific product recommendations. From the editors of Electronic Musician magazine....

Korg PXR4 4 Track Digital Recorder 

By Steve Broderson

With the new ToneWorks PXR4 digital recording studio, Korg seems determined to destroy two popular notions: one, size matters, and two, you can't take...

Aardvark Direct Pro Q10 

By Allan Metts

It seems that every new computer-based audio-product release offers more channels, fancier features, higher audio quality, and, on occasion, a lower price....

Zoom MRS-1044 

By Steve Broderson

The explosion of affordable and sophisticated digital multitrackers has produced its share of frustrated musicians. Plunging headlong into the waters...

Roland VS-2480 

By Mark Nelson

The Roland VS-2480 is the most recent in a long line of desktop audio workstations that began with the VS-880. Like its predecessors, the VS-2480 packs...