Nathaniel Kunkel InSession: Why Red?  

By Nathaniel Kunkel

When digital workstations first came on the scene, there was so much effort put into using the methodologies and nomenclature of the historical recording...

Option-Click: One App to Read Them All 

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...

Option-Click: Text Fiend 

By David Battino

Knobs are nice, but you can often use text commands to make audio programs do things they normally won't. For example, Sound Recorder in Windows Vista...

Nathaniel Kunkel InSession: A Little Bit IT, a Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Okay, it's happened. Knowing about network protocols and their implementations is now as important as mic placement. Crazy fool! you say. Not this time,...

Option-Click: Right Time, Right Click 

By David Battino

A fast (and often free) way to speed up your computer music-making is to add commands to the Context menu, the little list that pops up when you right-click...

Crash and Burn | Hard Drive Maintenance 

By Steve Oppenheimer

How hard-disk drives work, why they fail, how to anticipate problems, preventive maintenance tips, and what to do if disaster strikes....

Option-Click: Build a Mondo Audio Interface—for Free 

By David Battino

Got an extra computer audio interface lying around? If you're running Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you can aggregate the interface with other audio devices...

Aviom Releases Pro64 Update Tool 

The Pro64 Update Tool is a software application designed to update the operating firmware in Pro64 Series products....

IK Multimedia Announces Windows Vista Support 

The entire range of IK Multimedia products now offer support for Windows Vista....

Recordare Announces MusicXML 2.0 

Internet music software and publishing company Recordare has announced version 2.0 of its MusicXML sheet music file format....

Should You Buy an Intel Mac? 

By Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus

Unless you've been living on the moon for the past year, you know that Apple (www.apple.com) has abandoned PowerPC processors and is replacing them with...

Better Safe Than Sorry 

By Mike Levine

Imagine spending an entire week working on a critically important music project. You toil day and night orchestrating, programming, and recording. You...

Tracking the Big Cats 

By Jim Bates

With the introduction of Jaguar, OS X became the first Macintosh operating system to incorporate audio and MIDI at the system level. OS X's Core Audio...

Two Heads Are Better Than One 

By Thad Brown

Older, slower computers are still useful as virtual-instrument hosts, file servers, CD burners, and office machines. Electronic Musician takes a look at those tasks as well as how to time-synchronize, network, and remote control multiple computers in your studio. ...