New Decade, New OS What Matters to Musicians in Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7

Operating system upgrades are often heralded with hoopla. Apple has traditionally announced “hundreds of new features” with each new release. Microsoft has turned launches into minor holidays; for Windows Vista, they even hired spandex-clad acrobats to hang the Windows logo from the side of a building. All of this seems surreal given the <More>

 
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Vocoders: Beyond The Robot Voice : Say “vocoder” and most producers will immediately think of classic Kraftwerk or ’80s funk and rap, but this tool has far more uses than simply generating robot voices. In essence, a vocoder is a highly specialized filter, Mar 01, 2010

Lady Gaga's Poker Face Bass Line : Lady Gaga stormed the charts last year with “Poker Face,” produced and programmed by studio ace RedOne. In our interview in the Oct. ’09 issue, he confessed to being a big user of the soft synths included with Apple Logic Pro, so, Jan 22, 2010

   
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Onstage and Backstage at the Billy Joel - Elton John Tour! : Billy Joel and Elton John’s “Face to Face” tour is perhaps the grandest event in piano-driven rock ever. We recently got to see not one but two full concerts, and to hear both of these legendary piano men in the same night,, Feb 25, 2010

Tom Oberheim: The Return of an Analog Synth Classic :  In 1974, Tom Oberheim released the first Synthesizer Expander Module, or SEM. Players loved this easy-to-use, ballsysounding synth, and its unique multimode filter gave it a distinctive sound. The SEM went on to become the, Feb 25, 2010

   
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New Decade, New OS What Matters to Musicians in Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7 : Operating system upgrades are often heralded with hoopla. Apple has traditionally announced “hundreds of new features” with each new release. Microsoft has turned launches into minor holidays; for Windows Vista, they even , Mar 01, 2010

Native Instruments Absynth 5 : The Outer Limits of Sound Design Some synthesizers are like great big friendly puppies, all warm and snuggly and panting to be played with. Absynth is not like that. Absynth is scary. And that’s a good thing. If your music cries, Jan 24, 2010

   

Yamaha Tyros3: Solo Act Dream Rig :  You’ve probably heard of Yamaha’s flagship Tyros arranger keyboards, first reviewed in the Aug. ’03 issue by Ed Alstrom and called “the gold standard” by Stephen Fortner in his Jan. ’06 review of the Tyros2. Meant for solo, Mar 01, 2010

PHISH Preview Exclusive Video : Our upcoming March cover story is on Phish, the top-selling live concert draw in the world. They've reunited with a new tour to support their brand new studio album, Joy. To whet your appetite for the story, here's keyboardist, Feb 08, 2010

   
 





 










 
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