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EM WEB CLIPS
A collection of audio, MIDI, and video files; product-specific custom programs; and other materials that provide practical examples of techniques and products discussed in Electronic Musician.


Web Clips for February 2009 

Web Clips for January 2009 

Web Clips for December 2008 

Yellow Tools Independence Pro Web Clip 2 

Web Clip 2: This four track clip features bass, drum, guitar, and trumpet loops from Big Fish Audio Nu Jazz City 2 (bigfishaudio.com). Each instrument is processed by a separate instance of Independence FX, and automation is used to switch effects channels. A fifth instance of Independence FX provides reverb using the Origami convolution processor. ...

Yellow Tools Independence Pro Web Clip 1 

Web Clip 1: This clip features three factory instruments: a string session controlled by the Arranger module, sequenced Taiko drums, and an arpeggiated acoustic guitar. It was mixed and recorded using a single instance of Independence. ...

Profile: Josh Fix Web Clip 2 

Web Clip 2: In this excerpt from “Whiskey and Speed” you can hear an example of the thick vocal arrangements that Fix favors on this CD. ...

Profile: Josh Fix Web Clip 1 

Web Clip 1: Here’s an excerpt from the chorus of “Don’t Call Me in the Morning,” which showcases Fix’s pop sensibilities. ...

Heavyocity Evolve WC3 

Web Clip 3: Here's a random sampling of some of Evolve's guitar-derived sounds. ...

Heavyocity Evolve WC2 

Web Clip 2: By layering a couple of rhythmic instruments and a tweak of the time-division knob, I've created an interesting polyrhythmic Multi. ...

Heavyocity Evolve WC1 

Web Clip 1: Many of Evolve's rhythmic patches remind me of the Korg Wavestation. ...

IK Multimedia StompIO Web Clip 2 

Web Clip 2: This clip is from AmpliTube's newest module AmpliTube Metal. The patch “Everybody Loves 2" was used for this sound. ...

IK Multimedia StompIO Web Clip 1 

Web Clip 1: One of AmpliTube’s more notable modules is AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix, which was used here for the sound of these fills in the style of “The Wind Cries Mary.” ...

MOTU Electric Keys WCC 

Web Clip C: This clip demonstrates two different patches from the Elka Organ presets. The first is evocative of a David Lynch movie soundtrack and the second grooves out on a ’60s go-go kinda vibe. ...

MOTU Electric Keys WCB 

Web Clip B: This is a demonstration of one of Electric Keys Philips Philicorda presets (1960 8+2 Vib Rev). ...

MOTU Electric Keys WCA 

Web Clip A: This clip demonstrates the Electric Keys Pianet preset used in a Latin-flavored context. It also includes a synthy horn sound that I was able to program using analog string and organ instruments available in the library. ...

MOTU Electric Keys WC4 

Web Clip 4: This clip demonstrates a dirty rock organ sound that I created using an Electric Keys Hammond B3 preset layered with a Korg CX3 key-click preset, plus some warm distortion added with the on-screen Drive knob. ...

MOTU Electric Keys WC3 

Web Clip 3: This is a demonstration of one the Electric Keys Wurlitzer electric piano presets (270 “butterfly” model). ...

MOTU Electric Keys WC2 

Web Clip 2: This clip demonstrates of one of the Electric Keys Fender Rhodes presets (1981 MKII) used in a mix. The Clavinet part is done using a highly tweaked version of one of the Electric Keys clavs. ...

MOTU Electric Keys WC1 

Web Clip 1: This clip demonstrates some of the effects and synth edit parameters available in Electric Keys. A rather lackluster Yamaha CP-30 patch is presented first as a dry factory preset then after some of my edits, which use the FX and Expert Settings screens. ...

Talkbox Redux SDW WC5 

Web Clip 5:Here a 2-bar electric-bass loop from PowerFX Old & Country (powerfx.com) is heard first unprocessed, then processed with 4 different, unmodulated Throat settings. ...

Talkbox Redux SDW WC4 

Web Clip 4: In this example, Throat's Model Glottal Pulse Width slider completely changes the sound of a tom groove from RealLiveLoops Volume 2 (realliveloops.com). ...

Talkbox Redux SDW WC3 

Web Clip 3: This clip uses Throat with automation to simulate a talkbox-like effect applied to an electric-guitar loop from PowerFX Old & Country (powerfx.com). ...

Talkbox Redux SDW WC2 

Web Clip 2: Here I've used Throat for a slow, flanging-like effect applied to an electric-piano loop from Big Fish Audio Nu Jazz City 2 (bigfishaudio.com). Five 12 Numerology provides the sine-wave control signals that modulate Throat's Model Throat Length and Width parameters. ...

Talkbox Redux SDW WC1 

Web Clip 1: This Rova Saxophone Quartet loop from the Rarefaction RovaMatic sampling CD (rarefaction.com) is heard first unprocessed, then processed by Throat with gradual changes to the vocal-tract settings followed by changes in the glottal waveform and breathiness parameters. ...

Space in Mixes WC2 

An excerpt from the remixed version of “Mirror Colored Thing,” which ended up Segel’s 2003 CD, Edgy Not Antsy (Magnetic Motorworks/ Pitch-a-tent PAT 20). Our remix efforts focused on widening the imaging of the drums and horns, expanding the high end air on several instruments, making the drums bigger and more spacious, reworking a lot of midground and foreground elements (especially vocal balance,) and generally reducing clutter and low end muddiness....

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