Nord C2 OS Update

2012-05-14 - The new C2 OS v2.00 update will give your Nord C2 the same B3 organ engine and rotary emulation as the new Nord C2D. This includes the improved B3 Key Click (with an added Key Bounce menu setting, and an extra high Key Click level available in the Sound menu), improved B3 Percussion behavior, improved B3 bass response and the new 122
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Tech of the Bruce Springsteen Tour 2012

When you think about artists who demand the utmost in keyboard and virtual instrument technology, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is probably not the first act that comes to mind. Yet, behind their hard-driving roots-rock sound are state-of-the-art virtual instruments running on both Apple MainStage and a bevy of Muse Research Receptors.
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Think Like a Section

Earth, Wind, and Fire famously used a large horn section to great effect. By Brian Charette KEYBOARDISTS HAVE AN INHERENT UNDERSTANDING OF CHORD CONSTRUCTION AND HARMONY. With a little work, we can parlay this into realistic horn and string section arrangements that are just as useful for live playing as they are for film
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Propellerhead Reason 6

By Jim Aikin FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO—WELL, RELATIVELY humble in retrospect, though justly hailed at the time—Reason has grown steadily to become a music production giant of truly amazing power and versatility. The 6.0 release is an incremental step forward, not a breakthrough, except in one big way: Propellerhead’s
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