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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 4 When it comes to real-time music creation, Ableton's Live is in a category all its own. |
Macworld
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Peter Kirn |
Cubase SX 3.01 Cross-platform audio app adds tools for arrangement, hardware and software integration. |
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July 19, 2005
Peter Kirn |
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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November 9, 2007
Peter Kirn |
Logic Studio This all-in-one music creation package is easier to use and more playable. |
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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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June 5, 2006
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M-Audio Session Beginners looking to create music on their PCs should consider M-Audio Session. |
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December 12, 2007
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WireTap Studio 1.0.1 Intuitive audio-capture tool delivers non-destructive editing. |
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Cubase SX 1.0 OS X-native version of venerable music-production application needs a minor tune-up |
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GarageBand 3 GarageBand's latest features bring ease of use and sense of fun to creating and distributing quality podcasts. |
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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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Christopher Breen |
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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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June 2001
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Cubase VST/32 Audio workstation supports higher bit rate, easier collaboration... |
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PC Music Tool Kit The PC Music Tool Kit from MAGIX Entertainment Corp. offers a complete recording studio that allows users to compose, record, edit and master their original music, and then burn it to a CD... |
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Soundtrack Pro 2 Improved editing and new features help you sync audio with video. |
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January 2004
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Digital Performer 4.1 Simply put, the new version of this music-production program rocks on OS X. |
Macworld
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Pro Tools LE 6 Digital-audio software makes comfortable transition to OS X and adds file-management features |
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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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TonePort UX2 Easy-to-use, customizable Mac interface for musicians. |
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Reason 1.0 Virtual music studio combines great sound with addictive interface... |
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M-Audio Black Box Musical effects from the Black Box give guitar players a large array of sounds. |
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Soundtrack 1.0 Apple's flexible music-creation application is fun and easy to use. |
PC Magazine
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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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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. |
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November 16, 2004
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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
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. |
The Motley Fool
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Apple Rocks Apple arms musicians, again, with a software upgrade, Logic Studio. Between professional studio effects, a library of instrument samples, and slick post-production functionality, it's a complete package. |
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February 2001
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Peak VST 2.5 Update to Professional Audio Editor Supports VST Plug-ins... |
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November 2, 2004
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Your Music The emergence of legal download services, dedicated network audio receivers and obscenely inexpensive hard drives have made a computer the next must-have component for your home entertainment system. |
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Jul/Aug 2006
David Mattison |
Music to Soothe the Savage Searcher: Classical Music Databases and Web Resources A review of Web databases and related online resources covering the European classical musical traditions from Mozart's musical antecedents up to contemporary composers. |
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February 16, 2007
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Guitar Pro 5 The top tablature editing software gets even better. |
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A Closer Look at Yahoo Audio Search Yahoo's recently released audio search engine is an impressive tool for both searcher and music/audio junkies, but this first beta release has rough edges and there is still room for improvement. |
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September 2000
Jim Heid |
Spark 1.5 Audio Editor Is Sleek but Often Slow |
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December 2000
Christopher Breen |
PlayerPro 5.6 Music Editor Is Still Inscrutable... |
T.H.E. Journal
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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. |
T.H.E. Journal
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Logic Express by Apple Apple has launched new versions of its professional audio applications Logic Pro and Logic Express. |
PC Magazine
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Apple iLife '11 While not a complete rewrite, Apple's iLife '11 offers plenty of new creative tools over which consumer artists will salivate. |
