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Logic, VST, Cakewalk: Which Sequencer? Page 2
Logic, Cubase, Sonar: Which Sequencer is Best? Comparing the Top 3 PC Sequencers Page 2 Revision 5 Page 1 2 3 Go the the conclusion Screen Shots of Sequencers Creating Web Audio Oct 99: My Ranking, Cakewalk way ahead, others way behind. All three programs will mix down to a stereo .WAV file suitable…
READ GUIDE →HipHop Production and Mixing
Hip Hop Production and Mixing Tips Tools of the Trade: Sequencers and Rewire Devices --page 2 Hip Hop series page 1 2 3 Production vs. Post-Production The Production phase of a studio project is where the musicians are in the studio making tracks. That is, it is when music is being produced, created…
READ GUIDE →Review of Reason 4 by SoundCravers Lab
Review of Reason 4.0 Introducing Thor and more by SoundCravers Lab It is probably good to mention what Reason 4 is not, just in case any newbies drifted in. If you are new, the next paragraph is important. Reason does not record audio ; it cannot send midi to external midi keyboards or synths, thoug…
READ GUIDE →Review of Stylus RMX
Review of Stylus RMX A Novel Approach for Making Beats in your Sequencer It took me a long time to warm up to Stylus. Mainly this was because of my misunderstanding of the product. I thought Stylus was in it's essence a "DJ tool", filled with turntable scratches and hitz and beatz and yes, it has th…
READ GUIDE →Review of Superior Drummer 2 by SoundCravers Lab
Review of Superior Drummer 2.0 Toontrack brings new realism to Plugin Drumkit Imagine your are in the control room of one of the world's greatest drum studios. When you raise the fader on the overheads you hear this fantastic room come into play. You hear shadings of famous drum mixes you heard on s…
READ GUIDE →Build A remix Studio
Build A DJ/ReMix Studio Tips on Building a remix station to Create or Remix Hot Dance music by Tweak Stanton SCS3 System DJ Controller Package TIME OUT! What is a ReMix? Speaking classically, a remix is where a producer takes the original multi track tape of a commercial piece and remixes a new mast…
READ GUIDE →Celestial Windowpane
Celestial Windowpane Notes on the Making of the Celestial Windowpane 10/1/99 I am making and editing loops like I am out of my mind. Upgrading the studio too with new stuff to make the most outstanding collection of acid loops ever made for the electronic artist. Originally my idea was just to make…
READ GUIDE →Hip Hop Beat Construction Made Easy
Hip Hop Beat Construction Made Easy The Elements of a Beat, plus Arranging, Orchestrating, Sound Creation and Production Tips for Hip Hop by Tweak give feedback here --page 1 Hip Hop series page 1 2 3 Hip hop has been with us for over 20 years. It has diversified greatly during this course of time a…
READ GUIDE →Midi and Audio Equipment at SoundCravers Lab
Gear at SoundCravers Lab Computer Network Current Machines 1. Mac Pro 8 core 266ghz 3 1TB internal drives, 2TB USB Backup 16GB memory 4 video displays, inclu Apple 30" Cinema Display Parallels 5.0 running Windows 7 Logic 9, Cubase 5, Live 6, Reason 4 MOTU 896MK3+828mk2+ADA8000 Aggregate driver 2. Ma…
READ GUIDE →Recording Studio Accessories for Home, Project and Pro Studios
Home Studio Setup Tips and accessories for home, project, pro studios by Rich the TweakMeister Organization is everything when it comes to building an efficient home recording studio. Its about space relative to your body, gear relative to your hands, ideas and possibilities close to your mind. Twea…
READ GUIDE →Review of Sonar 3
Review of Sonar 3.0 Cakewalk rises to the top of the sequencer universe by Rich the Tweak Page 1 (Sonar 2) Page 2 (Sonar 3) I started my venture into Cakewalk software with Professional version 7. This was early in the audio game. It was rough going, and I felt lucky to get a few tracks down. Then I…
READ GUIDE →Review of Sonar by SoundCravers Lab
Review of Sonar 8.5 More improvements, a better look, hardware integration Sonar 8.5 screenshot Sonar is impressive. Let there be no doubt amongst the staunch believers of other sequencer religions. Sonar has been up to serious speed since Version 4. Its not only functional, but it looks great too,…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Emu XL1
Review of the Emu Xtreme Lead 1 by Tweak Emu XL-1 Extreme Lead 64 Voice Module Its not on my short list anymore. I bought it! Phat sounding analog timbres with knobs. Advanced arpeggiation--up to 16 at once! SuperBeats Mode. Get the idea? Its loops and arpeggios synced within presets so you can latc…
READ GUIDE →Transformations in Club Music
Transformations in Modern Dance Club Music Observations of a Thinking Being by Rich the Tweakmeister Lets pretend, for a minute, OK? You are really from the year 2025, a time when many of our society's current problems are solved, where people get along with each other better. You would first notice…
READ GUIDE →Acid Loops: Celestial WindowPane
The Celestial Windowpane CD Rom for use with Sonic Foundry's ACID, Cakewalk's SONAR and other sequencers that use loops like Cubase and Logic. CWP turns your application of choice into a Cosmic 21st century virtual Groove Box Applications: Trance, particularly "Space Trance", Ambient, Club Music, an…
READ GUIDE →Effects! Using Effects in the Home, Project or Pro Studio
Using Effects in the Recording Studio How to Tweak Up Special Effects that will Transform your Audio by Rich the TweakMeister E ffects are everywhere in our gear. We have effects plugins of almost limitless possibility, rack mount effects units at nearly every price range, synthesizers with "built i…
READ GUIDE →How to Configure a Recording Studio Rig, Page 4
21 ways to assemble a home recording RIG page 4 Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Tour through the Diverse Home Studio options available Today Rig #13 Electronika Superior Who it is for: Here is a rig for those doing electronica, which is typically a track at a time process. Its not for those recording bands, but…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Behringer MX9000
Review of the Behringer MX9000 The biggest, best behringer Why go with an analog console these days? You might wonder with all the really hot digital mixers out there. If you are doing a stand alone multi-track, like an ADAT or tascam multi track recorder, digital mixers make lots of sense. But if y…
READ GUIDE →All About MIDI Synth Modules
Who needs a MIDI synth module? In a World of Software, the Hardware Synth Module Fights Back by Rich the Tweak Modules at zZounds How MIDI Sound Modules Evolved To really appreciate what a synth module is I have to take you back to the beginning, So don your time travel suit and lets go back, back,…
READ GUIDE →Everything you were Afraid to Ask about Cables
Everything you were afraid to ask about Cables for your home or project recording studio by Tweak One of Tweak's jungles of cables, in fact, one of the more orderly ones. Putting together a home studio requires a mind that can visualize, in a second, the signal flow of the entire studio from every r…
READ GUIDE →Evolution of SoundCravers Lab 2
by the Tweakmeister Rich The Evolution of SoundCravers Lab Page 2 Â Â back to page 1 Â Â Â Â up to page 3 Gear Notes from the 80's So, MIDI was hitting its first stride , and Yamaha, clearly the leader, saw where the money was and a few months later, the TX81Z landed in the rack. And yes, I programm…
READ GUIDE →Logic, VST, Cakewalk: Which Sequencer? Page 3
Logic, Cubase, Sonar: Which Sequencer is Best? Page 3 Conclusion Page       1        2         3     Screen Shots of Sequencers                           Page 3   Tweak's Overall Review  1999 Overall  Logic is slaying the competition with L…
READ GUIDE →Make Your Studio Drum Tracks Come Alive, an article by Rich the TweakMeister
page 1 2 MIDI Drum Traps 'n Tips How to make your Drum tracks Come Alive by the TweakMeister Roland TD20SX V-Pro Electronic Drum Set More: Electronic Drum Sets Problems Its been long said that to get authentic sounding drum tracks in your midi compositions you have to "think like a drummer". This is…
READ GUIDE →Review of Emagic Logic Audio 5
History of Logic page 6 by Rich the TweakMeister page 6 Logic Platinum 5 The ads say "Think Different". With Logic 5, I assure you, you will! Logic 5 is here with new features that completely redefine the boundaries of what is possible with the program. Rather than try to give you a comprehensive ov…
READ GUIDE →Review of Guru
Review of Guru The Ultimate Software Drum Machine? For those that dabble in the arts of electronica, and who experiment with what used to be called drum sounds, Guru fills several fundamental needs. Lets get down to business. Doing hip hop, trance, drum N Bass, house, world? You need a huge variety…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Triton Rack by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Korg Triton Rack Tweak's Pick for the Power User by Rich the Tweak zZounds Keyboard Dept. Korg Triton Rack Module The Triton Rack provides all of the sound and sampling functionality of the most highly respected synthesizer/workstation in today's music scene – the Triton. In addition,…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Yamaha AW1600 Recorder by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Yamaha AW1600 Multi Track Recorder Can it meet Tweak's Challenge? By Tweak Just when you thought you had me pegged as a computer guy I have to burst your bubble a little bit. Today's multi track recorders are cool, and like their DAW counterparts, they have become increasingly powerful…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Yamaha Motif XS by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Yamaha Motif XS New Control for your Musical Ideas by Tweak It took a long time for me to decide on getting the Motif XS. I was stalemated by the Korg M3 and its new Karma II engine. The Motif XS countered with its 6,000 arpeggios and superb performance patches. I went to the mat. Cros…
READ GUIDE →The Concise History of the Home Studio
The Concise History of the Home Studio How we used to do it, how we do it today By Rich the TweakMeister Hey, this is not the definitive history of home recording but a quick timeline to give you the gist of what happened before you got here. This is the timeline you have to know to make sense of de…
READ GUIDE →The Many Functions of MIDI DATA
The Many Functions of MIDI DATA by Tweak Ok, dudes, you're doing good if you are still with me. By now you should be aware that MIDI is something you cannot afford to ignore, particularly in this day and age. I've put together this chart that sums it all up pretty succinctly. Capabilities of MIDI Da…
READ GUIDE →Understanding MIDI Interfaces
Understanding MIDI Interfaces The Role of the MIDI Interface, with Real World Examples Tweak's MIDI system as seen by Mac OSX. Note how the system "sees" the MIDI ports on my Unitor 8 system, 828mk2, Remote SL. All of those ins and outs are simultaneously active and ready for use in my sequencers. M…
READ GUIDE →Understanding Studio Mixing Consoles --Page 2
Page 1 2 3 4 Choosing a Mixer Page 2 Critical Mixer Features Lets Get the Lingo straight. These terms will let you talk about mixers . They will help you compare the features of the boards you see. They apply to all types of mixers, even the software mixers in your sequencer. So these terms are impo…
READ GUIDE →Using Plugin Processors for Professional Sounding Audio
Using Plugin Processors for Professional Sound Bring your audio up to professional spec before you burn that CD by Rich the Tweak IK Multimedia T-RackS Mastering Plug-In (Macintosh and Windows) OK class, your assignment for today is to put your 2 favorite commercial CDs in the CD player along with y…
READ GUIDE →A Good Sounding, reasonably priced rig
Tweak's Guide to Recording Success Introduction For Noobs MIDI Basics Audio Basics Studio Rigs Studio Pics Past Studios Signal Flow System Guide Mac vs. PC Audio Interfaces Latency Install Issues Buy Gear Writing Music Inspiration Recorders Keyboards Controllers CC Events MIDI Routing Mixers Underst…
READ GUIDE →A Look at Cubase 5 by SoundCravers Lab
A Look at Cubase 5 New Features push Cubase towards the top of its game By SoundCravers Lab Tweak peeks behind the Steinberg curtain. Cubase Five-Oh. Wait a minute, Cubase 5 came out in 2001! So did a control surface called Houston (erm..Houston, come in, we may have a problem). And they did have a…
READ GUIDE →Defining Custom Bank Select Methods
Defining Custom Bank Select Methods Using Logic 8 I am going to show you how you get patchnames into Logic from your hardware synth. I am going to use the V-Synth GT as an example. Those of you who own the V-synth GT will find everything you need here to get your V-synth patchnames into Logic. If yo…
READ GUIDE →EQ and the Limits of Audio by SoundCravers Lab
Understanding EQ EveryPerson's Guide to The Limits of Audio Newbie Class by Tweak The Cambridge EQ for the UAD collection. This is a full featured multi-band parametric EQ In these wonderful days of audio plugins and supercharged processors, it is tempting to ignore something as simple as EQ, short…
READ GUIDE →How to Configure a Recording Studio Rig, Page 2
21 ways to assemble a home recording RIG page 2 Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Tour through the Diverse Home Studio options available Today Rig #5 Project Mix System Who it is for: Ideal for those working alone or recording small ensembles. For those who want to run Pro Tools M-powered but also want the flexibi…
READ GUIDE →How to Connect your E-mu Sampler to a PC
Connect your Emu Sampler to your PC How to set up SMDI Sample Transfers over SCSI Propellerhead ReCycle 2.0 (Macintosh and Windows) Loopists, groovists, samplists! A new world is about to open up before your very ears! New and improved ReCycle 2.0 solves all your groove related problems — and lets y…
READ GUIDE →Impedance for Musicians
Impedance for Musicians Only what the home studio operator needs to know under construction I magine a world where pieces of gear could talk to each other . Here we have Mr. Microphone, Mrs. Mixer, and Master Newb. I know this sounds stupid, but listen, I am going to make sure this gets through your…
READ GUIDE →Logic, VST, Cakewalk: Which Sequencer? Page 1
logic, cubase sx, sonar: which sequencer is best? Comparing the Top 3 Sequencers Page 1 Page 1 2 3 Screen Shots of Sequencers Revision 9 May 2007 By Rich the TweakMeister Ok dudes, this article is now in its 8th revision and has spanned 6 years! You know how I hate these "what is the best" questions…
READ GUIDE →Recipes for Song Construction with MIDI Sequencers and Synthesizers
How to Write a Song with Music Software by Tweak Newbs, you've come this far. (Tweak smiles, holding two fingers about 1 inch apart.). Its finally time to START making your music! If you master this page you will be this far along (Tweak hold his fingers about 1 foot apart.) This page is important a…
READ GUIDE →Review of Komplete 4 by Native Instruments
Review of Komplete 4 and 5 by Native Instruments Native Instruments improves their big bundle of Synths, Samplers, Drum instruments and FX By Tweak So far so good. The products, and there are twelve of them, all install nicely on my system (Mac OSX 10.4.8 PPC). Some are Universal Binary for the Inte…
READ GUIDE →Review of SONAR, Cakewalk's Digital Multitrack System
Review of Sonar Page 1 (Sonar 2) Page 2 (Sonar 3) Cakewalk's Digital MultiTrack Recording System by Rich the Tweak Pros EZ importing of Audio Loops Rewire is added in version 2.0 MIDI Plugins are well implemented Excellent support, helpfiles, guides Cons Time consuming and tedious MIDI patch managem…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Ableton Live
Review of the Ableton Live Adds Acid and Sonar like Loop facilities to Cubase and Logic page 1 2 by Rich the Tweakmeister Pros: Works in ReWire Hosts Excellent Effects with real time control Works "On the Fly" and would be great for Live Shows Works great in Mac OS X and Win XP. As of version 5 MIDI…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Akai MPD16 by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Akai MPD16 A Pad controller for your sequencer by Rich the TweakMeister Let me start off by saying I have never owned an MPC2000. And quickly add that I may never have to, now that I have the Akai MPD16 in my arsenal. Is it cool? Yes! But before we get into that, lets start off with a…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Proteus 2000
Review of the Proteus 2000 And Free Patches and Resources by Rich the TweakMeister Pros 128 Voice polyphony Multiple outs 32 MIDI channels 3 expansion slots Hip, clean sounds Cons Pianos and Strings not as good as other synths (can be expanded with better roms though) Not GM Compatible I think I was…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Tenori-On by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Tenori-ON Take a chance, put some randomness back in your music. I don't get exited too often about a new synth these days. I've got plenty to play with now. Yet I keep looking for the next thing that is going to help me break, shatter, transmorgify the sound barriers. I think I have s…
READ GUIDE →Sequencing with Reason (and Logic)
Sequencing with Reason (and Logic) A page devoted to making products work together by Rich the Tweakmeister Go directly to Reason/Logic Tips Being someone who has been sequencing back to the early days when analog synths were all we had, I was prepared to be unimpressed when the first signs of Reaso…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers · 61 Key Piano / Keyboard Gallery with Pictures, Descriptions, and Prices
Guides Reviews Catalog zZounds Links - Guitar Bass Keyboard Recording Computers Live Drums DJ Accessories Blowouts 61-Key Gallery Mar 18 — By The Tweak Access Virus TI2 Keyboard Integrated Modeling Synthesizer The Access VIRUS TI2 synthesizer keyboard is designed to lead the world in a completely ne…
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