EMU: PARIS
reviewed by Kiley Henner
About a year and a half ago I decided I needed to upgrade my modest home recording setup to something more professional. I have experience recording on analog gear as well as ADATs, and at home I'd...
Gear Reviews
Software
Christian Knufinke: SIR (Super Impuls Reverb) Beta v.086 VST Plug-in
reviewed by Rich Hardesty
By now you must have heard some rumblings about what may prove to be the best-sounding type of reverb plug-ins: they're termed "impulse response" reverbs. In layman's terms (my terms too) these...
Digidesign: Pro Tools 6 for MacOS X
reviewed by John Keane
This article is partially excerpted from the introduction to A Musician's Guide to Pro Tools, Book Two, which is a continuation of A Musician's Guide to Pro Tools Book One. It was adapted by me to...
Ableton: Live 2 Real-Time Audio Sequencing Instrument
reviewed by Chachi Jones
Sometimes the best way to make a new song is to just mess around, dive-in headlong, and improvise until something you like starts to take shape. In other words, jam. Jamming is a fundamental...
TC Works: TC PowerCore DSP card
reviewed by Will Bailey
What a luxury TC Works, a TC Electronic sister company, has bestowed us native platform users. TC Works introduced the PowerCore several years ago and if you haven't had a chance experience the power...
Sonomic: On-line sample library
reviewed by David Huber
Whether you're an electronic musician who's searching for the right set of sounds to load into your software sampler or an analog bloke who's desperately in need of Amazonian crickets to lay into a...
Audioease: Altiverb for MAS/RTAS/VST EMT 140 Plate impulse responses
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
See Issue #28 for my full review of Altiverb for MAS, a plug-in that I would consider the best software reverb I've heard. Well now it's available for RTAS and VST as well as MAS. You can check...
Digidesign: Digi 002, Pro Tools LE 5.3.2
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
See Issue #30 for my review of the Mbox as most of my comments there on small to mid-sized studios needing Pro Tools compatibility also apply here. You've probably seen the ads and know that the Digi...
Minnetonka: DiskWelder STEEL DVD-A Authoring Software
reviewed by Eddie Ciletti
Authoring a DVD-A has never been more accessible than with Minnetonka's DiscWelder STEEL ($495 MSRP, reviewed here) or CHROME ($2495 MSRP). Both are as easy to use as your favorite CD burning...
Emagic: Logic Platinum 4.xx upgrade to 5.2 on Mac OS 9.2 and 5.3 on OSX + Logic Control surfaces
reviewed by AJ Wilhelm
From more attractive buttons, to selectable POWr dithering algorithms (the main competitor to Apogee's UV-22 dithering algorithm-See interview with John LaGrou in this issue. -Ed), to the optional...
reFuse Software: Reason/Pro Tools Bridge
reviewed by Graham Hick
As a home Pro Tools Digi 001 user I've gotten heavy into software synths and all of the benefits they bring. Reason is one of my favorites. I love the interface, and you can load it with as many...
Metric Halo: ChannelStrip, RealVerb, Fairchild Compressor
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
My three fave plug-ins + an interview with Dave Amels of The Bomb Factory In the last six months I've been forced to learn my way around Pro Tools a bit while mixing some budget projects. Sonically,...