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In This Issue:
April/May 2007

Letters

Launch
Introductions, updates, news

Voltage Control
by Michael Marans
Wavetable Synthesis with the popular Waldorf Edition PPG Wave.

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Sequencing Samples
by Thomas Bergersen
The Fertile Crescendo. Part 2 in our series on the art of MIDI programming.

MIDI Mockup Microscope
by Frederick Russ
In this installment of our series on composers and how they did their MIDI programming, composer/sample developer Maarten Spruijt discusses two of his cues.

Silencing the Beast, Part 2
by Paul Gilreath
Getting the computers out of the room: our guide to making your studio quieter and preserving your sanity concludes.

TRENDS:Sampling Keeps Advancing
Bunking and debunking what’s coming up on the horizon.

Random Tips
Block-level disk images and clones.

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E-mu X2 Sound Libraries
by Nick Batzdorf
Three libraries for a rapidly emerging sampler: Modern Symphonic Orchestra, Platinum 88 Grand Piano, and Old World Instruments.

Ableton Live 6
by Chris Meyer
The famous “sequencing instrument” branches out into the worlds of video, overdubbing, and samplers.

Fable Sounds Broadway Big Band
by Nick Batzdorf
A massive library brings sampled pop horns (and some other instruments) up to the same level as the large orchestra sample libraries.

Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand
by Nick Batzdorf
An add-on Fazioli for the popular Ivory Grand sampled piano V.I.

Loop Librarian
by Chris Meyer
Sound library reviews. Big Fish Glitch Hop: Bleeps, Blops, Screetches & Squelches; and Sony Iced: Minimalist Electronica.

Native Instruments Absynth 4
by Lee Sherman
The magnificent evolving soundscape synth becomes more approachable than ever.

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