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PC Magazine
November 25, 2003 |
Make Beautiful Music You've probably heard this refrain: Those newfangled musicians don't play like the old masters. With today's desktop tools, though, you don't need a lot of training to make satisfying music. |
Macworld
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Sequel 1.0.1 Entry-level loop-based music program playing to GarageBand's audience. |
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Logic Studio This all-in-one music creation package is easier to use and more playable. |
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Rax 2.0 If you're looking for easy access to music plug-ins without a lot of distractions, or a way to quickly select virtual instruments and effects on stage, plasq's Rax 2.0 is a must-buy. |
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Live 6 Loop-based sequencer improvement over traditional digital audio workstations. |
PC Magazine
June 29, 2006
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GarageBand.com GarageBand.com demands a lot of work, in the form of music reviews, from participants. But this community of half a million artists and listeners may just be the Web's best source of indie music... M-Audio music recording software... Mercora... |
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Reason 3 Electronic musicians should love Propellerhead Software's Reason 3 for OS X 10.3 or 10.4. There's simply nothing else on the market that offers this kind of simple, powerful routing and hardware-style control, or that packs this many instruments into one box at this price. |
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Logic Pro 7.01 If you can adapt to its sometimes-idiosyncratic way of working, Logic's gorgeous-looking and great-sounding set of sound tools and toys can be irresistible. There's simply no better value in all-around audio bundles. |
Macworld
September 2001
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Pro File: The Digital Drummer Omar Hakim has gone from banging on a toy drum as a child to mastering a Roland V-Drums kit in his adulthood, never missing a beat. How has the jazz and pop percussionist kept on top of things as the music world has gone increasingly digital? |
Macworld
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Review: GarageBand '08 iLife audio program adopts welcome musical refinements. |
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August 17, 2004
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A Musical Summer A look at eMedia's Piano and Keyboard Method... Cakewalk's new Kinetic DJ software... Guitar Tracks Pro analog recording suite... |
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Cubase SX 3.01 Cross-platform audio app adds tools for arrangement, hardware and software integration. |
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GarageBand 2 Fantastic upgrade makes creative program even more musical. |
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Soundtrack Pro An all-purpose sound tool cuts drudgery out of audio editing and design, Soundtrack Pro strikes a good balance between the needs of musicians, video editors, audio editors, and multimedia pros. |
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Sequencer Gets Face-lift and Multiprocessor Support Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer 3.0.1 is a sublimely usable program whose elegance is enriched by excellent documentation. If you don't need native support for VST plug-ins, Digital Performer is the sequencer for you... |
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March 2003
Christopher Breen |
Cubase SX 1.0 OS X-native version of venerable music-production application needs a minor tune-up |
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July 2003
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Live 2.0 and Phrazer 2.0 These two Mac apps represent the highs and lows of loop-based sequencing |
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Apple iLife '09 The apps that make up iLife, though all good, aren't necessarily best in class. But for quickly and easily bringing a bunch of multimedia together, the suite is unbeatable. |
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January 2004
David Leishman |
Digital Performer 4.1 Simply put, the new version of this music-production program rocks on OS X. |
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How Music Teachers Got Their Groove Back Music Instruction Goes Digital Carol Broos is on a mission. She is determined to appeal to the estimated 80 percent of students who do not enroll in traditional school music programs -- band, orchestra, and choir. |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2004
Don Labriola |
Sound Tricks Create sound tracks worthy of your soon-to-be-award-winning film. a Musical Generator... Band-in-a-Box 2004 Pro... Jammer Professional 5... Movie Maestro... |
Macworld
October 2003
David Leishman |
Apogee Mini-Me Analog-to-digital converter performs well -- for a price |
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M-Audio Black Box Musical effects from the Black Box give guitar players a large array of sounds. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2005
Bill Machrone |
A Notion and a Black Box Notion music scoring and composition software doesn't satisfy some of the basic needs of its users, but M-Audio Black Box offers a great interface for guitar and voice recording. |
PC Magazine
February 3, 2004
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Make Music like a Pro The Digidesign M-Box with Pro Tools LE 6.1.1 is a winner. Pro Tools LE is a multitrack audio and MIDI recording and mixing environment for musicians and producers. |
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Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour & Rock Revolution: Hands-on @ E3 2008 (with Video!) Three new full-band gaming titles have been unveiled: the much anticipated Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, plus newcomer Rock Revolution. |
Macworld
August 2002
David Leishman |
Portable USB Audio Workstation Fits the Bill for Digital-Recording Beginners With its included industry-standard software, good-quality mike preamps, and portability, Digidesign's USB-based Mbox is a reasonable option. It may be just what you need if you're venturing into digital recording, or if you want to use your PowerBook or iBook to record on the road. |
Macworld
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Pro Tools LE 6 Digital-audio software makes comfortable transition to OS X and adds file-management features |
Macworld
February 2003
David Leishman |
Deck 3.5 Midrange music-production tool moves to OS X: Deck 3.5.1 is a fine choice for musicians who want a reasonably priced application for audio recording and production. |
Macworld
April 14, 2005
Peter Kirn |
Digital Performer 4.52 Easy-to-use audio-editing app a great choice for beginners, pros alike. |
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Allegro Multimedia's Piano Wizard Piano Wizard from Allegro Multimedia combines the fun of a video game with the fundamentals of piano lessons, allowing users to play songs while learning musical logic, theory, and notation through game-play. |
Macworld
July 2004
Peter Kirn |
Finale 2004 and Sibelius 3.1 Market-leading rivals Sibelius 3.1, from Sibelius, and Finale 2004, from MakeMusic, remain the most full-featured, one-size-fits-all packages available for producing printed musical scores. |
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Peter Kirn |
Peak Pro XT 5 Whether you're a hobbyist producing podcasts or a pro creating studio-quality projects like CDs or game soundtracks, this sound-editing software bundles great restoration, mastering, and CD-creation software. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
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So You Want To Be An Internet Star There's no mystery about why podcasting is hot. The technology allows anyone to produce a radio-style program that an audience can find, download, and listen to anytime. |
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August 3, 2004 |
Music 101 As the music industry relies more on computers, software-based music education continues to mature along with it. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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John Boddie |
Behind Apple's Strategy: Be Second to Market Apple Computer's recent domination of the digital music environment provides a surprising example of the disadvantages of being first to market. |
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September 11, 2007
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GarageBand Jam Pack Voices Voices is made up of over 1,500 loops, composed mainly of digital audio of real singers, both solo and in ensembles, offering up everything from melodic snippets to background oohs, shout-outs, improvisations, and even short passages from classical choral works. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
David Rocks |
How China Is Hitting All The Right Notes Lower end instruments are being imported to the United States from China, but don't worry, the higher end ones are mostly American brands. Steinway says it already earns more selling pianos in China than it spends buying instruments there. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2010
Erico Guizzo |
Dream Jobs 2010: Hiroko Ohmura, Keyboard Maestro At Yamaha, in Japan, Hiroko Ohmura dreams up the electronic keyboards of the future |
Macworld
July 29, 2005
Lee Sherman |
Finale Songwriter 1.0 MakeMusic's Finale Songwriter 1.0 provides entry-level composers with the tools they need to produce a final printed score -- a clear choice over pen and paper. |
PC Magazine
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Griffith & Kaplan |
The Ultimate Unusual Upgrades Offbeat PC additions to supercharge your system. |
Macworld
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Soundtrack Pro 2 Improved editing and new features help you sync audio with video. |
