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Though far from being a viable substitute for having your tracks properly produced in a professional studio, there are a number of music apps that provide a solid pre-production framework- offering good sound quality and mobile convenience. In this review we demonstrate some of the features of iMaschine from Native Instruments and Filtatron from Moog. [...]

There is much speculation as to which drum machine was used first in popular music.  A look back reveals that organ companies began developing them in the late 19th century as a means to provide rhythmic accompaniments for their lines of keyboard instruments.  The first commercially available machine was the Wurlitzer Sideman, which was manufactured [...]

Born 04.18.1943 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Clyde Stubblefield entered the world of drums as a child banging on tin cans and cardboard boxes.  In time, he would play with Otis Redding and ultimately James Brown. Stubblefield’s first number-one hit with Brown was “Cold Sweat,” which came out in 1967.  In 1970, James Brown released “Funky Drummer (Parts [...]

Analog or Digital? It’s the great debate of the production world. In this video, we compare the analog Novation BassStation with the new, virtual/plugin version. Which one do you think will sound better? Original Post:  iStandard Blog – Tech Reviews For more information, please visit novationmusic.com Thanks:  @iStandard & @wearenovation            [...]

Find out why 32 bit floating point is such as big deal in audio recording and mastering.