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Sugar Bytes Plug-ins
VST Effects & Instruments For Windows & Mac OS
Working with a mouse and keyboard neednt compromise real-time control, as Sugar Bytes clever interface design demonstrates.
Published March 2009
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Ableton Live 7
Loop-based Sequencer [Windows/Mac OSX]
The hyperactive developers at Ableton have been at it again. Live 7 gains an ingenious new way of working with drums, and an optional library packed with new instruments.
Published February 2008
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Emu Classic Keys
Analogue Keyboard Sound Module
Emu's Vintage Keys module offered a tempting selection of sounds sampled from the cream of desirable analogue synths. Now the same concept has been remodelled, with a lower price tag to appeal to a larger range of musicians. Gordon Reid assesses the Classic Keys.
Published December 1994
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Easier Alternatives To Flagship Music Apps
PC Musician
Flagship sequencer apps are so packed with features that it could almost be a full-time job learning the package of your choice. If your needs are simpler, why not make it easy on yourself and investigate one of many options that are more entry-level or cut-down, yet still remarkably capable?
Published April 2005
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G-Force M-Tron Pro
Sample Library [Mac / PC]
The successor to G-Forces popular M-Tron instrument brings dual layers and subtractive synthesis to the Mellotron party — but also manages to keep authenticity firmly in mind...
Published February 2009
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Streamlining Your Ableton Live Workflow
Live Tips & Techniques
We begin this regular column on using Ableton Live by examining how you can increase your productivity whilst using the program as a writing tool.
Published December 2005
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Ableton Live Suite 8
Digital Audio Workstation [Mac/PC]
The challenge was to add yet more features to Live without compromising its legendary ease of use. Have Ableton succeeded?
Published June 2009
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DPA 4090 & 4091
Instrument Microphones
DPA have used their hi-tech miniature microphone capsules to produce a pair of mics that you can use on just about any sound source.
Published August 2006
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GeneralMusic GEM SK76
World Keyboard
GeneralMusic are perhaps best known for their home keyboards, but this powerful new high-end instrument is aimed more at the synthesizer workstation market, though is still includes keyboard auto-accompaniment features. Are the company mapping out a brave new world? Simon Trask explores the SK76.
Published November 1997
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Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio
MIDI + Audio Sequencer [Windows]
With Sonar Home Studio, Cakewalk have made the core features of their flagship sequencing application available at a bargain price.
Published November 2005
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Yamaha WX5
Wind Controller
Paul White, with a little help from Rachel Fletcher and Paul Farrer, gives a blow-by-blow account of a controller that allows MIDI modules to harness the power of wind.
Published July 1998
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CRAIG ARMSTRONG: Songwriting For Massive Attack, Madonna & U2
Interview | Songwriter
Although Craig Armstrong has been building strong writing and arranging credits since the start of the '90s with such artists as Massive Attack, Madonna, Suede and U2, it's only in recent months that he's come to the fore as a solo artist in his own right, with his new album The Space Between Us. Paul Tingen notches up some Frequent Flyer miles to talk to him.
Published July 1998
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Managing Audio Plug-ins In Digital Performer
Digital Performer Notes & Techniques
DP supports a wide range of plug-in and virtual instrument formats, which is great for flexibility and variety but sometimes not so good when it comes to trouble-free operation. We explain how to take the pain out of plug-in management.
Published October 2007
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Track Freezing In Ableton Live
Ableton Live Notes & Techniques
Track freezing makes it possible to create much larger projects, and collaborate with other Live users who have different plug-ins, all without cramping your style.
Published November 2007
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Classic Tracks: Stevie Wonder 'Pastime Paradise'
Producer: Stevie Wonder • Engineers: Gary Olazabal, John Fischbach
Epic in every sense of the word — unning to 21 songs, involving more than 120 musicians and taking almost two years to complete — Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life was in many ways the high-point of an already illustrious career. This is the story of how it was created.
Published December 2007
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Cakewalk Project 5 v2
Virtual Studio [Windows]
Cakewalk have rethought their Project 5 loop-sequencing application, adding features such as audio recording and a Groove Matrix for triggering patterns live — not to mention a virtual Roland sound module and a powerful new synth.
Published July 2005