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6creview: The Best Free Audio Analyzers

Author: Fant00m, Tags: analyzer, the best, free

Ok, I did a view reviews of freeware analyzers. Links can be found on my website here: link

When doing Sound design or mixdowns ...

6creview: Cheap Chinese Roll Up Midi Drum

Author: dizzygotheca, Tags: osx, Midi, Drum, roll up, cheap

For a while i have been eyeing of electronic drum kits in various stores and on ebay. Problem with these setups for me is always the size, and the price... I always tend to buy new toys for myself, es ...

0creview: SALEM live in Manchester

Author: Analog, Tags: review, gig

As I listened to Salem’s King Night LP preparing to head out to see them play yesterday, I was unconvinced as to quite whether I liked their music or not. At once it seemed both chaotic and clean, dar ...

21creview: Korg MONOTRON, UPDATE:audio

Author: celibacyclub, Tags: portable, $60, monotron, korg, analog

korg has released the monotron, a portable "synth" with a ribbon controller, a real analog vco, lfo, filter with resonance, and the ability to filter external sources.

its small, about ...

6creview: Koji by Shift

Author: nicknotis, Tags: drum & bass, plainaudio

With two four month old girls, I don't have time to write the proper review this release deserves. But I thought I should share a link to the newest release on plainaudio:

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0creview: Autistici :: Detached Metal Voice - Early Works (Vol I)

Author: autistici, Tags: Autistici

Nice review from Alt Sound who wisely note, "(don't listen to this in the car with your Gran!) "

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18creview: Twisted Tools Vortex

Author: skab

I've seen a lot of loop slicing in my time. Every week some broad'll walk into my office and throw down a leather folio filled with plans for the ultimate loop slicer. Sometimes they call them 'loo ...

3creview: Red Sound SoundBite Micro review

Author: synthgeek, Tags: loop sampler, loops, sampler

This is a pretty handy little device for it's purpose (loop sampling). Not exactly feature-packed, but it more or less does what it says on the tin. It uses transient detection to pick up the BPM of ...

11creview: Elektron MonoMachine SFX60 MK2 and MachineDrum SPS-1 UW MK2

Author: admin, Tags: elektron, monomachine, machinedrum

If you have much interest in making electronic music then you've heard of Elektron's lustworthy MonoMachine SFX60 MK2 (MM) and MachineDrum SPS-1 UW MK2 (MD) boxes. You've [url=http://vimeo.com/chan ...

6creview: Novation Nocturn review

Author: synthgeek, Tags: controller, knobs, usb, novation

I put off buying a control surface for a long time, but I'm glad I finally took the plunge for this. Although one of the reasons I went for it proved to be less impressive than I hoped (the Speed Dia ...

29creview: Roland D50 mini-review

Author: khoral, Tags: review, roland, digital

I've been using the Roland D550 (rack version of the famous D50) for months, so it's high time I say a couple words about it.

The Roland D50 was a big success, featured prominently on a number of ...

9creview: Mackie 402 VLZ3

Author: eyesnine, Tags: Mackie, mixer, tracktion

This mixer takes audio from my E-MU 1212m (balanced TRS connections) and distributes it to my headphones and to my amp (and onward to my speakers). I also have a couple of extra inputs for my laptop, ...

8creview: I am just a little bit in love with these guys

Author: applaud

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I heard this on a Promo disc and need to buy this album.

Listen to the previews if you don't believe you need it too.

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13creview: Five12 Numerology

Author: bagger288, Tags: Five12, Numerology, Sequencer, Review

I've been using numerology for the past few months, and it's become somewhat the "center" of my studio, where I sequence all my software and hardware synths and samplers. I'm a guitar ...

17creview: Cherry G80-8113

Author: eyesnine, Tags: keyboard

So, what's a review of a computer keyboard doing on EM411?

It just so happens that this keyboard is ideal for my music workstation. It has a number of surprisingly useful features you might not ha ...

21creview: Akai APC40 review

Author: skab, Tags: review, APC40, Akai

Well, I picked up my APC40 last week, and from that point on, making music has become fun again, just like how it used to be. I've had several controllers for Ableton over the years - an Oxygen 8, Tr ...

41creview: why SO LOUD!?

Author: dach

I just went to see a great band (Caspian) and it was a tiny gig with about 50 people. It was damn loud. Since I was at the front, checking out the gear and watching them play, I was wearing earplugs. ...

21creview: Yamaha QY70 mini-review

Author: khoral, Tags: sequencer, QY70, yamaha, review

When Yamaha released its first QY product, back in 1990, I thought it was the coolest thing in the whole wide world : a hand-held music workstation that you could carry everywhere to make music.
It m ...

14creview: Essential XP Apps

Author: eyesnine, Tags: Windows, XP, apps, utilities

I need to reinstall XP on my music rig. I'm making a collection of all the apps I consider to be essential for 32bit XP, so I'll be ready to transfer and install them all in one session.

Here's ...

26creview: Headphones reviews from mixer’s perspective

Author: nicknotis, Tags: Audeze, Cans, Headphones, JH-13, LCD-2

*Updated on 1/19/11*

I get the impression that a lot of people on this site do a big chunk of their work on headphones. I certainly do. Some people think it’s impossible to do stereo placement or E ...