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IMSTA Launches Song Competition in Association with AKON's HITLAB (2010-03-11)

The winner will perform in front of AKON and other music industry heavyweights at the upcoming HITLAB Showcase this summer and have a chance to win a major label contract.

Goldbaby Productions Presents The FatJuno-6 Sample Library (2010-03-11)

The FatJuno-6 sample library has the warm, full sounds and lush analog chorus of the original Juno-6 released in 1982.

Roland Ships KC-110 Stereo Keyboard Amplifier (2010-03-10)

World's first AA battery-driven portable stereo amplifier for keyboardists.

Equinox Sounds Releases Smash Up The Studio 'MIDI Keys: 'Deep Jazzy House Grooves' (2010-03-10)

'Deep Jazzy House Grooves' is a collection of superb chords, groovin' bass lines, lead melodies and solos in MIDI format.

Garaj Mahal and Fareed Haque Present The Moog Guitar (2010-03-09)

When top musicians play innovative instruments, magic happens.

Alfred Proudly Introduces Rolling Stone® Sheet Music Anthology of Rock & Soul Classics (2010-03-08)

This deluxe collection of nearly 250 pages of sheet music lets you play and sing 40 universally loved hits made famous by star performers who rank among the 100 Greatest of All Time.

Smart Loops Releases Multitrack Drums for Rock, Pop, Country, and More (2010-03-02)

Smart Loops has just released 3 all-new SL-MultiTracks drum loop libraries in ACID WAV, Apple Loop, and REX 2 formats, for compatible Mac and PC digital audio workstations.

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Synthesis Techniques

This series of articles is dedicated to demystifying the methods for sound synthesis. We'll take a look at a different technique in each article, compare it's strengths and weaknesses to other synthesis methods, and get into some of the technical details of the implementation, accompanied by sound files to illustrate these points. You are welcome to make requests for a particular topic that you would like to see covered, or ask for clarification on existing articles.

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