Muon Software's Electron is another dual-filter, envelope, and LFO application for VST 2.0 synth devotees using a Mac or PC (minimum requirements, respectively:...
A sampler, some argue, is a producer's best friend. What other relationship gives us so much flexibility and freedom? We can sample, resample, truncate,...
A notable upgrade to Steinberg/Native Instruments' previously released Pro-Five plug-in, Pro-52 makes a great case for going virtual the second time around....
Based on the German-crafted PPG Wave 2.3 digital-analog hybrid synthesizer introduced way back in 1984, Steinberg/Waldorf's PPG Wave 2.V is a faithful...
Mercury-1's all-too-brief user manual leaves plenty to the imagination, but maybe that's exactly what TC Works intended. The software's virtual front...
A virtual rack of hardware that nearly does it all. During the Winter 2000 NAMM show, Propellerhead Software (creator of ReCycle and ReBirth) announced...
The buzz has been building for months. Hordes of Macintosh aficionados, envying PC users' access to Sonic Foundry's superb Acid Pro program for loop-based...
You could describe making music in Acid Pro 2.0 as painting with sound samples. To the Mac contingent that feels that PCs are evil and complicated beasts,...
To become a power user with any software application, use both hands! Sonic Foundry's Acid Pro 2.0 is more fun and a great deal more efficient when you...
Talented DJs everywhere can create mind-blowing remixes from stereo master tracks using little more than a sampler and some effects. But what if you could...
AMM-1 and AMM Mic Modelers Mic-modeling hardware and software provides access to a virtual microphone collection.Chances are you've read about the expensive...
Budget Samplers SMALL PRICES, BIG FEATURES, AND MASSIVE SOUNDS.If you don't have a sampler in your home studio or DJ rig by now, you have absolutely no...
A friend asked me why my expensive Digidesign Pro Tools system does not have any functions that can easily change the bpm and pitch of drum loops directly....
Steinberg's Cubase VST 5.0 software ($399) for Windows and Mac offers a digital recording engine with scalable recording modes-up to 32-bit floating-point...
ACCESS VIRUS 1.0 TDM PLUG-IN The Access Virus is one of the most popular analog-modeling synths, and over the last few years Access has released several...
Reaktor 2.3.1 Whereas many software synth packages provide virtual simulations of existing hardware products, Native Instruments' Reaktor takes the concept...
Remix Hotel heads to SAE's L.A. campus for another weekend of music-production technology; industry panels; and appearances by Danja, DJ Babu, J-Rocc, Squeak E. Clean, Sid Roams, DJ Shortee and more. And RHLA 2008 adds a new programming component: video production. You won't want to miss it—register today!