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MAKEMUSIC Finale 2007 (Mac/Win) 

By Peter Hamlin

Peter Hamlin reviews MakeMusic’s flagship notation program and investigates added features....

ABLETON Live 6.0.1 (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

Ableton Live 6 - A stellar upgrade to a topnotch sequencer | Video support, new Sampler instrument, plug-in Racks featured in Ableton Live 6 upgrade...

Mastering Cubase 4
Personal Studio Series 

Learn How to Master Steinberg's Cubase 4 with this single-issue magazine featuring a bonus DVD. Mastering Cubase 4 will focus on getting up to speed quickly with tutorials on Steinberg's powerful cross-platform digital audio sequencer. ...

MOTU Digital Performer 5.1 (Mac) 

By Mike Levine

When MOTU previewed Digital Performer 5 at Winter NAMM this year, most of the buzz was about its new suite of six virtual instruments. Although these...

SONY Acid Pro 6.0b (Win) 

By Jim Aikin

Every manufacturer of high-profile music software is on the upgrade treadmill: each new release of a respected product has to ratchet up the feature list...

A Workshop in the Garage 

By Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus

Apple Computer's GarageBand is revolutionary. Never has it been easier or less expensive to record, mix, and master studio-quality audio. Though GarageBand...

CAMEL AUDIO CamelPhat 3.15
   and CamelSpace 1.15  

By rachMiel

CamelPhat 3.15 and CamelSpace 1.15 are multi-effects plug-ins from U.K.-based Camel Audio. CamelPhat is designed to add warmth, edge, growl, and in-your-face...

SIBELIUS SOFTWARE Sibelius 4 (Mac/Win) 

By Brian Smithers

Sibelius 4 is the latest incarnation of Sibelius Software's well-respected notation program. This upgrade retains the comprehensive feature set and intuitive...

(Not Quite) Random Notes 

By Len Sasso

In Ableton Live, each audio or MIDI clip that you place in a Session view slot contains a list of options that dictate what will happen after the clip...

ABLETON Live 5 (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

Live users have come to expect fingertip access to essential performance and tracking tools, but a few areas have long needed streamlining. Although Live...

Sequencing on a Shoestring 

By Dennis Miller, Brian Smithers, and Geary Yelton

A digital audio sequencer is the core of almost every computer-based recording studio. More than any other type of software, sequencers have made the...

SONY MEDIA SOFTWARE Acid Pro 5 (Win) 

By Jim Aikin

Whenever a major corporation acquires a music software company, there's always some uncertainty about what the future holds. When EM reviewed Acid Pro...

IMAGE-LINE FL Studio 5 (Win) 

By Jim Aikin

With each new release, the program now known as FL Studio has become incrementally more powerful. It started life as a modest pattern sequencer with a...

APPLE COMPUTER GarageBand 2 

By Geary Yelton

When Apple updated iLife in January 2004, it introduced GarageBand, an audio sequencer and software instrument collection at no extra charge. Immediately,...

MOTUDigital Performer 4.52 

By Mike Levine

With the release of Digital Performer (DP) 4.5 and the subsequent updates of 4.51 and 4.52, MOTU has once again upped the ante in the supercompetitive...

APPLE Logic Pro 7 (MAC OS X) 

By Len Sasso

With version 7, Logic has been fully folded into the Apple product line, with a new look and feel, lots of operational enhancements, and a greatly expanded...

CAKEWALK Kinetic 

By Rick Scott

With its new digital audio sequencer, Kinetic ($119), Cakewalk has set foot squarely in the land of the prosumer in terms of price but don't let that...

APPLE COMPUTER GarageBand 1.1 (Mac) 

By Geary Yelton

GarageBand is a versatile digital audio sequencer that’s bundled into iLife ’04, Apple Computer’s creativity suite. It includes software instruments, dozens of effects, and an extensive library of loops....

EMAGIC Logic Pro 6 (Mac)  

By Brian Smithers

Brian Smithers reviews Apple Computer’s flagship digital audio sequencer, Emagic Logic Pro 6. Logic Pro incorporates many new features and includes all the audio instrument plug-ins that were previously sold separately....

MOTU DIGITAL PERFORMER 4.11 (MAC OS X) 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician’s review of MOTU’s Digital Performer 4.11, digital audio sequencer. The review evaluates the significant new features introduced starting with version 4.0. ...