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Review: Prism Sound Orpheus 

Dec 1, 2008

Remix reviews Prism Sound Orpheus FireWire audio interface, preamp and digital-to-analog converter. The Orpheus is expensive, but you get what you pay for with its pristine audio quality...

Review: Universal Audio UAD-2 

Dec 1, 2008

Remix reviews Universal Audio UAD-2 DSP PCIe card and plug-in host system. This review includes test reports on the new Universal Audio Moog Multimode Filter plug-in and the new UAD version 5.1 software...

Review: Eventide ModFactor and TimeFactor 

Dec 1, 2008

Remix reviews the Eventide ModFactor and TimeFactor stereo effects stompbox pedals. These stompbox effect pedals package some of the popular, high-end modulation and delay effects from Eventide’s expensive rack units into a more affordable, road-ready pedal...

Review-Big Fish Audio Hip Hop Mood Swings 

Nov 10, 2008

This decent hip-hop library caters to a more mature hip-hop/R&B crowd than typical libraries do. In REX, RMX and Apple Loops formats, the 40 construction kits offer a variety of keys at 60 to 115 bpm....

Review-Audio Damage Kombinat 

Nov 6, 2008

When you take the concept of multiband EQ/filtering and apply it to distortion, you get the four-in-one toolbox, Kombinat, available in VST for Windows and Audio Units/VST for Mac OS 10.4.1 or later....

Review: TL Audio Fat Track Tube Production Suite 

Nov 1, 2008

Remix reviews the TL Audio Fat Track Tube Production Suite....

Review: Monster Beats by Dr. Dre 

Nov 1, 2008

Remix reviews Monster Beats by Dr. Dre professional headphones. Supa Engineer Duro, aka Ken Iffil, who’s mixed songs for Alicia Keys, T.I., Jay-Z and many others, give his assessment of the accuracy and sound reproduction of the Monster Beats by Dr. Dre professional headphones....

Review: Trinity Audio Group Indamixx 

Nov 1, 2008

Remix reviews Trinity Indamixx portable music production studio. The compact touchscreen computer hosts the Linux OS and include a full host of audio software and plug-ins, as well as Internet connectivity...

Review: MOTU Electric Keys Virtual Instrument 

Oct 30, 2008

Take a closer look at MOTU's awesome new vintage keyboard instrument, Electric Keys. This VST, Audio Unit, RTAS or stand-alone instrument comes with a more than 40GB worth of spot-on re-creations of classic electric pianos, electric organs, Key Bass, Japanese Stage Pianos, String Machines, Tape Player Keyboards and all sorts of other vintage and rare keyboard instruments, all deeply multi-sampled and sounding really big and true-to-life....

Virtual vocalist software that “sings” custom vocal lines and harmonies based on the lyrics you type in. VST 2.0 and ReWire. 

Oct 22, 2008

Virtual vocalist software that “sings” custom vocal lines and harmonies based on the lyrics you type in. VST 2.0 and ReWire....

Remix-Haunted House Creature: Electronic Critters Review 

Oct 16, 2008

Electronic Critters contains 750 raw samples of circuit flows being interrupted and Stephen using his body as a giant resister (prodding custom-installed body contact points on the toys) to further twist the sounds in real time. A second folder contains more than 250 complex textures and atmospheres, created using heavy processing and stretching of the raw material. All samples are provided in both 16 and 24-bit, at 44.1 kHz....

Review: Novation Nocturn 

Oct 1, 2008

Remix reviews Novation Nocturn USB Automapping controller for plug-ins, DAWs and MIDI gear. The compact USB-powered controller uses Novation Automap technology to provide control maps for VST, RTAS and Audio Units (AU) plug-ins, as well as controlling MIDI hardware and software...

Review: AKAI XR20 

Oct 1, 2008

Remix reviews Akai XR-20 hip-hop drum machine. The XR-20 includes more than 700 sounds specifically designed for hip-hop and urban music and lets you sequence three tracks of drums and synth into musical compositions. ...

Review: Tonium Pacemaker 

Oct 1, 2008

Remix reviews the Tonium Pacemaker handheld digital audio player and DJ mixer. The Pacemaker combines an iPod-like handheld music player/mixer with editing software and an online community for sharing your DJ mixes...

One-Shots, October 2008 

Oct 1, 2008

Remix reviews One Shots October 2008: Quick reviews of the sample collections Sony Creative Software ¡Con Ritmo! and Big Fish Audio Garage Breaks and Premiere Beats & Hip-Hop Nstrumentals...

Review: Access Virus TI Snow 

Oct 1, 2008

Remix reviews Access Virus TI Snow compact virtual analog synthesizer with USB plug-in integration. The four-part, 50-note Snow sends audio and MIDI out through USB 2.0, and can be used like a VST or RTAS plug-in instrument within DAW software....

Review: Vestax VCI-300 With Serato Itch 

Sep 1, 2008

Remix reviews the Vestax VCI-300 DJ audio/MIDI interface with included Serato Itch software. With tight hardware/software integration and high-resolution jog wheel platters and pitch-bend faders, the Vestax VCI-300 with Serato Itch package represents a new level of performance in an all-in-one computer DJing package...

Review: Waldorf Music Blofeld 

Sep 1, 2008

Remix reviews Waldorf Blofeld virtual analog/wavetable synthesizer. The Waldorf Blofeld takes from and improves on the classic PPG Wave, Microwave, Microwave II/XT, Q and Micro Q virtual analog and wavetable synthesizers...

Review: Digidesign Transfuser 

Sep 1, 2008

Remix reviews Digidesign Transfuser, the versatile, virtual remixing instrument RTAS plug-in for Pro Tools. Transfuser slices REX files, Pro Tools regions and other audio into wildly creative and effected phrases for easy, yet potentially complex remixing...

One-Shots, September 2008 

Sep 1, 2008

Remix One Shots September 2008: Quick reviews of McDSP FutzBox HD, Real Samples English Harpsichord and Funk/Soul Productions Retro/Funky Breaks...

Review: Livid Instruments Ohm 

Aug 6, 2008

Recent software innovation has evolved VJing from background eye candy into full-fledged video performance. But aside from a few exceptions such as the Edirol Motion Dive Tokyo and Numark NuVJ...

Review: Apogee Duet 

Aug 1, 2008

Remix reviews Apogee Duet portable FireWire audio interface. The Duet combines pristine audio quality from Apogee with lock-step integration with Apple software such as Logic and GarageBand, all in a portable FireWire interface...

One-Shots, August 2008 

Aug 1, 2008

Remix One Shots August 2008: Quick reviews of Sample Magic Around the World in 80 Raves, Ohm Force Ohmicide: Melohman 1.1 and Sony Creative Software The Electronic Music Manuscript: Richard Devine Collection...

Review: Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center 

Aug 1, 2008

Remix reviews Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center sampling workstation. The Akai MPC5000 adds a new virtual analog synthesizer, 8-track hard-disk recorder, new effects and much more to the classic series of sampling workstations...

Review: Solid State Logic X-EQ & X-Comp 

Jul 1, 2008

Since releasing the original Duende (now called Duende Classic) FireWire DSP hardware with the C200/9000K series-inspired EQ & Dynamics Channel and Stereo...


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