1. OSC - Open Sound Control Protocol
(Category/Recording Studio Equipment)

Even if you only own one piece of music hardware, there's a very good chance it's equipped with MIDI. The connection protocol has become so ubiquitous that it's almost impossible to find new synths, controllers ...

2. A Brief History of Pro Tools
(Category/Recording Studio Software)

... audio interface with 1-in/1-Out MIDI connections, a PCI card with no DSP capabilities and Pro Tools LE, a stripped down 24-track version of the software front end. Mid-range consumers continue to form ...

3. The Art of Remixing
(Category/Recording Advices)

...  If you've been asked to do an official mix, you probably have it easy. You can request MIDI parts, audio stems and whatever else you feel is relevant. However. if the original track is very old or if ...

4. Audio & Sampling
(Category/Recording Advices)

... one or more digital audio files directly Into it. from where it/they can be edited and manipulated. To play the audio files back, you trigger sounds with MIDI note events on your keyboard, then record ...

5. Vintage Synthesizers - Digital Audio Workstation Integration
(Category/Recording Advices)

... to record the audio coming out of the synthesizer. Most commonly, a computer tells a hardware synth what notes to play via a MIDI output port. This is a five·pin DIN socket featured on many audio interfaces. ...

6. The History of Sequencers
(Category/Recording Studio Equipment)

... there are a variety of different ways this can be achieved. Whether it's step sequencing, a simple loop-based sequencer or full-blown MIDI DAWs, sequencers are a crucial part of every studio.  ...

7. Timecodes
(Category/Recording Advices)

... be grateful to the AV industry for the invention of one of the most important synchronization protocols, as it soon crossed over to the audio recording industry. SMPTE and MIDI SMPTE very quickly ...

8. Apple iPad
(Category/Recording Studio Equipment)

... ‘easy’ integration that little more hassle. That said I predict all kinds of add-ons via that 30-pin connector and enough MIDI interfaces, old skool synth editors, clones of retro gear and drum machines ...

9. The Science of Psychoacoustics
(Category/Recording Advices)

... temperature and humidity of the environment, but for our purposes here it's easily approximated to one foot per millisecond. Try adding a delay plug-in to one element of a mix, set to 100% wet signal and ...

10. Sampling Techniques
(Category/Recording Advices)

... envelopes, dedicated filter envelopes, waveform editing, built-in effects, sample layering options and a whole range of MIDI mapping features. The potential is huge. Although some of these bread and ...

11. Quantization
(Category/Recording Advices)

... ten when someone mentions quantization in the context of music production, they're referring to it as a tool that aligns notes or drum hits to the nearest beat. Quantization generally refers to MIDI data, ...

12. PreSonus Studio One Pro
(Category/Recording Studio Software)

... on the standard DAW theme of offering an integrated environment capable of recording, editing and mixing audio, MIDI and virtual instrument sources. The design team have stated that when approaching the ...

13. A History of Sampling
(Category/Recording Advices)

... of samples in memory and assigning each one to a range of MIDI notes and velocity values in order to create complex patches. Features such as multiple outputs, effects processing, high levels of polyphony ...

14. Steinberg CI1 and CI2+
(Category/Recording Studio Equipment)

... if they are firmly convinced that Cubase is the DAW they want to use. The CI1 , on the other hand, makes a good partner to any DAW. I am still concerned, though, by the lack of MIDI interface on either ...

15. Recording Software Plugins
(Category/Recording Utilities)

...  It would be possible in theory to run all your software as separate standalone applications. Software audio and MIDI routing protocols could then connect them together, acting as a virtual patch bay ...

16. Ableton Live
(Category/Recording Studio Software)

... version, includes a wealth of new techniques and improvements with a new groove engine, revamped warping, live looping, new effects, crossfades in the Arrangement View and a reworked MIDI editor.  ...

17. Acoustica Mixcraft
(Category/Recording Studio Software)

... USB music keyboard or MIDI keyboard. Mixcraft is deceptively simple. It will appeal to the novice who requires easy-to-use software and at the same time meets the criteria for the seasoned professional ...

18. M-Audio FireWire 410
(Category/Recording Studio Equipment)

... The software drivers also deliver extremely low-latency monitoring, and the unit also offers zero-latency direct hardware monitoring. 1x1 MIDI I/O rounds out FireWire 410’s functionality as a one-stop ...

19. Propellerhead Reason
(Category/Recording Studio Software)

... the main Reason window. This almost totally eliminates the need to hook up an external MIDI controller keyboard to test out your new sound creations. Of course, Reason has always included MIDI-capable ...

20. Cakewalk Sonar
(Category/Recording Studio Software)

... MIDI-only.   SONAR 8 is the only DAW that offers one-of-a-kind music creation tools that actually help in the songwriting process. Whether you are searching for new ideas or looking to add musical ...