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 >
Drumagog 5   < WaveMachine Labs >
Reviewed by Thom Monahan on Jul 19, 2011
Category: Plug-Ins Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 84 >
WaveMachine LabsDrum replacement software can seem like so much digital voodoo, adding to the “Photoshop-ification” of music production, but really it’s just an extension of drum...  < 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 >
Alchemy Soft Synth   < Camel Audio >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 82 >
There are many jobs for which hardware still rules the music roost. But there are some that software does better - synths, for example. Though no software will replace my analog Minimoog, many...  < KEEP READING >
Pro Tools 9   < Avid >
Reviewed by Allen Farmelo, Andy Hong on Feb 01, 2011
Category: Software
< Issue: 81 >
A couple months before the official unveiling of Pro Tools 9, Avid shared with the press that it was implementing significant changes to its customer value proposition. We were given a few sparse...  < KEEP READING >
Sibelius 6   < Avid >
Reviewed by David Hidek on Jan 04, 2011
Category: Software
< Issue: 80 >
When contemporary music intersects with the world of classical music, certain things can be lost in translation. How many times have you heard a guitar player mention that he doesn't really know...  < KEEP READING >
DDP Player OEM   < Sonoris Audio Engineering >
Reviewed by Garrett Haines on Jan 04, 2011
Category: Software
< Issue: 80 >
This standalone, cross-platform application allows mastering engineers to provide complete evaluation masters to artists. If you're wondering why this matters, it means that artists can review masters...  < KEEP READING >
Alchemy soft synth   < Camel Audio >
Reviewed by Alan Tubbs on Jan 04, 2011
Category: Software Virtual Instruments
< Issue: 80 >
There are many jobs for which hardware still rules the music roost. But there are some that software does better - synths, for example. Though no software will replace my analog Minimoog, many...  < KEEP READING >
Studio One Pro 1.0.2   < PreSonus >
Reviewed by on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Software
< Issue: 76 >
My primary music DAW is now Studio One Pro. When I first saw the advertisement for it, I thought, "That looks cool, but not cool enough to spend the time learning a new DAW. My DAW's working fine." I...  < KEEP READING >