Is SRS Labs Multi-Dimensional Audio the Future of Surround?

May 31 2012 4:00PM
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 More...

Highlights from IMSTA Festa 2012

Sep 26 2012 4:03PM
IMSTA is an educational and outreach organization whose primary mission is to convince us that using pirated music production software is, well ... lame. Once a year, though, they hold a day of music production clinics, panels, More...

The Birth of iZotope Iris

Sep 20 2012 5:00AM
Cooped up in a synthesizer-packed workspace just west of London, UK, GForce Software is a mad laboratory of knobs, keys, and buttons, ripe for tinkering. Owned by synth boffins and industry veterans Chris Macleod and Dave Spiers, More...

Steinberg Padshop

Jul 27 2012 12:00PM
by Craig Anderton Fig. 1. Padshop’s interface is easy to navigate and edit. Voice controls are at the top, with the granular engine underneath. The white More...

Propellerhead Figure

Jul 27 2012 12:00PM
by Francis Preve TALK ABOUT VIRAL. WHEN PROPELLERHEAD REVEALED THEIR LATEST iOS APP, Figure, it seemed like every tech blog on the Internet caught fire. Based on buzz alone, it looked like Propellerhead had cracked the code More...

Sample Logic Synergy X

Jul 27 2012 11:00AM
by John Krogh SAMPLE LOGIC HAS BEEN GOING STRONG FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, producing a number of high-caliber collections aimed at composers-for-media and musicians looking to add a modern cinematic edge to their tracks. More...

Native Instruments George Duke Soul Treasures

May 1 2011 1:00AM
Some of us love the idea of diving into a stack of vinyl from years past, in search of funky riffs and vintage sounds ripe for sampling, slicing, and adding to our projects. We love the idea, but many of us haven’t touched a More...

Software Secret Weapons

Apr 29 2011 1:00AM
One of the most powerful weapons in any arsenal is the element of surprise. This month, our panel of A-list producers answers the question “What’s your favorite exotic plug-in, and why?” JON MARGULIES (heatercore.net) My More...

EastWest The Dark Side

Feb 25 2011 1:00AM
EastWest have kept their finger on the pulse of current trends in music production, resulting in some of the most creative and inspiring sample collections of the last 20 years. One of the latest examples is The Dark Side, More...

Waves Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature

Dec 1 2010 1:00AM
Some plug-ins are designed for precision, some for “character”—but the Waves Artist Signature series plug-ins are about style. They involve much more than getting a “famous producer” sound, as they’re a toolkit for More...

The Komplete Maschine

May 2 2012 9:38PM
We recently paid a visit to Native Instruments' sparkling new U.S. headquarters in the heart of Hollywood. There, we got a firsthand demo of how tightly integrated Komplete (the full collection of every virtual instrument NI More...

Steinberg Cubase 6 Review

Dec 8 2011 12:00AM
Review By Marty Cutler I've enjoyed Cubase since the introduction of VST technology in the mid-’90s. As plug-ins became widespread, I moved on to include other DAWs in my workflow. Cubase 4 rekindled the romance with the addition More...

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 1.5

Aug 23 2011 12:00AM
Seeing its six DVDs of sound content, you might be tempted toduct-tape a key down and let Omnisphere finish your film scoring gig. While the director would probably love the results, you’d be missing out on the real fun. More...

iZotope Stutter Edit

Jun 1 2011 4:05PM
by Craig Anderton DJs use a unique type of tension and release where a groove gets interrupted momentarily, and the DJ drops in a fill—a breakbeat— that punctuates the main groove. With vinyl, this involved doing More...

Dance -- Fun With Ring Modulation

Jun 1 2011 1:15PM
by Francis Preve Lately, I’ve been getting a slew of questions about ring modulation. With effects like Apple Logic’s Ringshifter, Propellerhead Reason’s Scream, and Ableton Live’s Frequency Shifter, More...

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