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MIDI Troubleshooting 101

I've noticed that quite a few people have had problems getting their MIDI controller to communicate properly with their recording software, sequencer, synths, or samples. This member's only article is...

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Toontrack DFH Superior 2.0 video

I'm the proud owner of the first DFH Superior. I've been using if for several years. I think it's a tremendous piece of gear. I love it for programming drums. There are some things that I would change...

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MIDI Drum Sample Programming: Perfection Doesn't Work

I come from a science / math mindset. It's my nature. I'm a technical nerd. This has it's advantages when getting into this recording business, but it has it's drawbacks. That's a whole chapter in...

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Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 Pre-Order Available

I've been mega-pumped up about the upcoming Superior Drummer 2.0 release by Toontrack for a long time. I've owned DFH Superior for some time and have had great results with it, but there were always a...

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Using Hardware Synths In Softsynth World

The Old Days In the good old days everyone had a mixing console. People actually needed them. A sequencer could be locked up with a tape machine so a person could do all of their work on a MIDI...

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Superior Drummer 2.0 Mixer Soundclips

My copy of Toontrack's Superior Drummer 2.0 just came in the other day. I have to say that I'm extremely impressed. It's actually better sounding than they let on. I'll give a full blown review...

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Submersible Music Kitcore Review

Let me say right off the bat that I like Kitcore. It's outstanding what can be done with computer recording and $99 these days. I already own Superior Drummer 2.0 and Steven Slate Drum Samples. Both of...

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Superior Drummer 2.0 On Robo Sale!

As many of you may know, Superior Drummer 2.0 is my weapon on choice a majority of the time when drum samples are required. Whether it's sample layering on top of real drums, edrum recording, or...

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Superior Drummer 2.0 Only $149

As you guys probably know, I'm a HUGE fan of Superior Drummer 2.0. I've talked about it many, many times. It's one of two products that I have absolutely no problem fully endorsing as being mega...

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Before You Buy Edrums

This quick blog is intended for people who are already sold on the Edrum idea and just haven't quite purchased their kit yet. It's really only applicable for mesh head style drums, but whatever. I have...

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Subwoofers: $150 vs $1,850 No Holds Barred

 Disclaimer:  All this talk about speakers is practically worthless without a HUGE discussion on room acoustics.  This test isn’t fair.  The test isn’t fair for Focal.  While I’m sure their technical...

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8 Bulletproof Ways To Avoid Studio Disasters

Losing The Drums On A Big Project / Control-C, Control+P It takes a staggering amount of effort to backup your audio folder in Windows. In addition to the titanic effort of copying, you have to...

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A Case For Fixed Mic Placement On Electric Guitar Amps

Anyone who’s done this recording thing for more than a day knows full well what mic placement CAN do.  The mic in the wrong spot sucks and a mic in the right spot sounds good….right?  No!  I don’t...

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Completely Silent Fanless Home Recording Computer

   This may seem like an ad.  I’m not endorsing this thing.  I’ve never touched it.  I just like when I see a revolution taking place and, even more,  I like to flap my jaws about such worthy ventures....

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Slate Trigger Drum Replacement Plugin Review

The Global Implications Of Trigger Most of us are chasing the dragon in a quest to find THE sound.  My life has been consumed by it.  Every last cent I own seems to have been pumped into expensive...

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RedWirez Guitar Cabinet Impulses Present: Mega Doom

Redwirez Presents Mega Doom                                                         The world of amp modelers and guitar emulation software has come a long way in the past 5 years or so. Personally, I...

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Addictive Drums-Jihad On Toontrack And Steven Slate

Around a year ago I decided that I wanted a badass virtual drum instrument, my only problem was deciding which one of these gizmos to buy. They all claim to sound great, cure cancer, aids, AND enhance...

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Voxengo Soniformer: The Greatest Secret Since The Kennedy Assassination

Rant I had heard many people mention  Voxengo Soniformer on the forum in very casual terms.  Phrases like “I like Soniformer” came up.  These people are scum.:p  It’s like there’s  59 of us left on an...

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Hardware Synths : Disappointment In Recording Gear #6

In December of 2010 I made a forum post asking about “Techno Synths”:  Big Time Techno Synths Note: You can always tell a person doesn’t know a damn thing about electronic music when they say the word...

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Line 6 POD HD500 Savior Of The Poor Guitar Masses

  In the world of amp modeling it would seem that the Axe Fx by Fractal Audio reigns as the supreme champion of tone. While the Axe is an amazing unit that I believe is totally worth the price of...

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