‪BOSS L‬aunches‪ L‬oop‪ S‬tation‪ W‬orld‪ C‬hampionship‪ 3‬

‪Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 2012 — Guitarists, bassists, keyboard players, beatboxers, looping musicians of all sorts: BOSS® wants you to bring it on. BOSS Corporation is pleased to launch the Loop Station World Championship 3. Start by submitting a video performance with any BOSS RC-Series looping product, and the result could be a trip to the U.S.
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Adam Wakeman on Tour with Ozzy Osbourne

Keyboardist Adam Wakeman keeps pretty busy these days. He's the go-to guy for both Ozzy Osbourne and the reunited Black Sabbath, his own band Headspace just released their new album I Am Anonymous (which we're very much looking forward to reviewing), and he also tours with original British Pop Idol winner Will Young.   Still, he managed to make
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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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Is SRS Labs Multi-Dimensional Audio the Future of Surround?

by Gina Collecchia  Santa Ana, California-based audio technology company SRS Labs has developed a dynamic way to spatialize sound precisely in three dimensions. Plug-ins that perform surround panning on audio typically only allow a user to move tracks around on a flat plane, making the assumption that speakers are at a uniform height. The
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