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Music Software Product Reviews
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Mixing & Mastering (Version 3) - Mo Betta Mastering
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We recently released Version 3 of our popular Mixing & Mastering course. What started out as a basic update of the versions of the software products used in the course, turned into a major overhaul - especially for mastering. Somewhat to my surprise we wound up adding about 40 minutes of new content on mastering. I thought it would be worth discussing the rationale for some of the subjects that we added. Here is a summary of the big hitters: (more…)
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Ableton Live 8 - Modest but Balanced
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Ableton recently released Live 8, and we have now added a new training course for Live 8 as well as updating our DAW Shootout. This upgrade is fairly modest in terms of the number and scope of new features, but it does provide updates for both the basic Digital Audio Workstation functions as well as new functionality for performers and the Electronica music crowd. (more…)
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Cubase 5 - Loop & Remix Bonanza
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Steinberg recently released Cubase 5, and we have now added a new training course for Cubase 5 as well as updating our DAW Shootout. Although Cubase has always ranked at or near the top as a heavy-duty Digital Audio Workstation, it has never gotten much attention from the loop and remix crowd. Steinberg appears to be on a mission to change that. Cubase 4.1 added integration with Sequel, Steinberg’s recent attempt to compete with Apple GarageBand. Cubase 5 features several plug-ins aimed squarely at the loop and remix market. (more…)
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Pro Tools 8 - DigiDesign Finally Gets It
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DigiDesign recently released Pro Tools 8, and we have now added a new training course for Pro Tools 8 as well as updating our DAW Shootout. For years I’ve seen people asking the same question in forums: How can Pro Tools be the market leader when it can’t do so many things that Cubase or Sonar or Logic (or whatever their favorite DAW is) can do? In the past I too have found the relative lack of functionality in Pro Tools disappointing. However, there are a lot of encouraging signs in Pro Tools 8 that DigiDesign is finally getting it. Here are some of my comments about the new features in Pro Tools 8. (more…)
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Digital Performer 6 - A Veteran Joins the Line-Up
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Digital Performer 6 is the latest Digital Audio Workstation that we have added to the Know It All! series. Although the product has been around for many years, I have been reluctant to make the investment in producing a course in the past, because it is difficult to tell how it fares in market share. Last year we added MOTU to our list of companies tracked in the quarterly Music Software Top 10 analysis, and internet searches for the company have ranked between seventh and ninth place this year. MOTU, of course, produces other products besides Digital Performer. However, we’re betting that most of the searches for MOTU are really for the DAW. Also, I think that, like Ableton Live, Digital Performer’s mind share among professional musicians is larger than its market share. We have also added Digital Performer 6 to our DAW Shootout and included some of the FX in our Listen & Compare analysis. I wanted to share some of my observations in this blog of some of the significant features of the product relative to the other DAW’s that we teach and track. (more…)
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Sonar 8 - Fancy New Plug-ins
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Another year, another new version of Cakewalk Sonar. The Sonar 8 upgrade mainly features new plug-ins. After all, Sonar is a mature Digital Audio Workstation, and it’s getting more and more difficult for Cakewalk to wow the market with improvements to the basic Sonar engine. This blog takes a look at some of new plug-ins as well as a couple of features added to the Sonar software. (more…)
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Digital Producer (Version 2) - What a Difference a Year Makes.
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We recently released Version 2 of our Digital Producer training course. Digital Producer is all about making music from digital sources and has proved to be a popular companion to our DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) product courses. It has been over a year since the first release of Digital Producer, so I figured it was time for an update. Although I was aware of a few specific topics that needed updating, when I sat down and actually went through the entire outline, I was amazed at how many things had changed. This blog explains the rationale for the major changes that we made. You can see at summary of the changes at: http://www.digitalmusicdoctor.com/digitalproducer (more…)
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FL Studio 8 - Market Share vs. Mind Share
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We recently released a new training course FL Studio 8 - Know It All! as well as Version 10 of our Digital Audio Workstation Shootout which was updated to include FL Studio 8. Over the past several years, FL Studio has steadily gained ground in the market and now consistently ranks in the top 5 in our Music Software Popularity Survey. In this blog I’m going to review some of the strengths and weaknesses in FL Studio as well as offer a few observations about it’s roll in the market as a Digital Audio Workstation. (more…)
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Digital Audio Workstation Shootout 10 - What the Numbers Mean
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We recently released Version 10 of our Digital Audio Workstation Shootout. This latest update adds FL Studio 8 to the comparison. I have already addressed the most common questions that come up about the shootout in a previous blog. Thus here I’m going to talk about the conclusions we can draw from the results of the shootout. I plan to post a separate blog later to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of FL Studio and its ratings in the shootout. (more…)
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Ableton Live 7 - Filling in the Gaps
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Ableton Live has taken the Digital Audio Workstation software market by storm in recent years, primarily because of its unique features such as the Session View and the Instrument and Effects Racks. However, as shown in our DAW Shootout it still has a few gaps when compared to the Big Dogs. Live 7 fills in some of those holes and also manages to add a couple of unique features. We recently released a new tutorial on Ableton Live 7 and updated the DAW Shootout as well. This blog discusses some of the more notable new featues. (more…)
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