Pro Tools 10   < Avid >
Reviewed by Eli Crews, Andy Hong on May 15, 2012
Category: Recorders Software
< Issue: 89 >
A little over a year ago, I asked three other writers to contribute to a four-opinion review of Pro Tools 9 (Tape Op #81), which in my mind, was the most significant upgrade to the venerable DAW in...  < KEEP READING >
Pro Tools HD Native   < Avid >
Reviewed by John Baccigaluppi on Jul 19, 2011
Category: Interfaces Recorders Software
< Issue: 84 >
Like it or not, Pro Tools is the closest thing to a standard in the world of DAWs; most every commercial studio needs to run Pro Tools, and if you’re working at a certain level, you need Pro...  < KEEP READING >
SONAR X1   < Cakewalk >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Recorders Software
< Issue: 82 >
In the beginning, Twelve Tone Systems begat Cakewalk MIDI Sequencer for DOS, and Cakewalk begat Pro Audio, which begat SONAR, which begat SONAR X1. Just as SONAR kept much of Pro Audio’s...  < KEEP READING >
Cubase 5   < Steinberg >
Reviewed by Garrett Haines on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders Software
< Issue: 75 >
Steinberg Nuendo has been my main DAW for a couple years now, and during that time, both Nuendo and its sibling application Cubase took two minor steps in version number, but with each update, I was...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders
< Issue: 74 >
One might think that Cakewalk's latest hardware collaboration with Roland is the little brother of the V-Studio 700 (Tape Op #72). After all, it comes with a new, "light" version of Cakewalk's...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Dana Gumbiner on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders
< Issue: 74 >
TASCAM has a new entry into the increasingly crowded handheld recorder market -the DR-100. This new unit has a number of clear advantages over TASCAM's less expensive (and slightly less bulky) DR-07...  < KEEP READING >
Logic Pro 9   < Apple >
Reviewed by Andy Hong on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders Software
< Issue: 74 >
Dana Gumbiner and I both took on Logic Studio for this issue. Dana's opinion follows mine. -AH When Apple unveiled Logic Pro 8 (Tape Op #63), the high-performance audio engine that was the highlight...  < KEEP READING >
SONAR V-Studio 700   < Cakewalk >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders
< Issue: 72 >
V-Studio 700 is a complete and integrated digital recording system-just add computer-that's designed around SONAR 8 (Tape Op #69), Cakewalk's flagship DAW, which is included with the complete V-Studio...  < KEEP READING >
Live 8   < Ableton >
Reviewed by Dana Gumbiner on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders Software
< Issue: 72 >
Less than twelve months from the last major upgrade to their sequencing, composition, and performance DAW (Tape Op #67), the folks at Ableton are at it again with Live 8. This latest version has a...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Geoff Farina on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Recorders
< Issue: 69 >
The original R-09 was reviewed in Tape Op #63. The new HR version adds 24-bit, 96 kHz recording capability as well as numerous improvements to function and form-factor. It's always a good sign when I...  < KEEP READING >