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• Native Instruments Maschine Exclusive Bundle

  Here at Dolphin Music

• M-Audio Hosts Public Enemy Remix Contest

  Public Enemy is giving fans a chance to remix their hit track, "Harder Than You Think." Enter to win a complete M-Audio home studio and 12-inch vinyl release on Obey Records.

• Edirol new releases for 2007 available now!

  The new Edirol products introduced at NAMM 2007 are now available from our web site.

• Using Technology to Support a Music Curriculum

  The newsletter this month includes some ideas that are in keeping with the theme of providing enriching educational opportunities for young people through music. Although such opportunities can come, for example, through simply playing an instrument we are keen at Dolphin Music to shed some light on the opportunities that are available through the use of music technology.

• Soundcard / Audio Interface Buying Guide

  Dolphin Music's Buying Guide to Soundcards

• Soundcard / Audio Interface Buying Guide

  Dolphin Music's Buying Guide to Soundcards

• Part 4: Interfaces and soundcards

  You’ll need to get sounds into and out of your computer when producing music, so some kind of ‘interface’ should be on your shopping list. You might think that you already have the necessary connections, but many of today’s interfaces come with multiple inputs and outputs (for recording bands and outputting to multi-channel surround systems), bundled software, on board sounds and, in some cases, much more, so really are worthy and cost-effective additions to your computer music set-up. In this part of the Dolphin Computer Music guide we’ll discuss all of the interfacing options currently available…

• Part 3: Section 1: MIDI controllers

  Long live software instruments! Gone are the days when you needed a stack of keyboards to create tunes, as everything can now be done inside your computer at the click of a mouse. However, do you really want to be playing all of that software with a mouse? Wouldn’t you rather be doing it all with a proper piano type keyboard? Eh? So doesn’t that mean a return to piles of keyboard again, the very thing that software replaced? No! All you need is one keyboard to control every soft instrument you own! So you’d better make sure it’s a good one, right? Yes, and fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your viewpoint, there are loads of different sorts to choose from so we will discuss all of them here. And if you already own a keyboard but need extra control, don’t worry, because in Section 2 we’ll be looking at some keyboardless controllers that will enhance your desktop music making no end…

• What does the bit depth and sample rate refer to?

  Most modern audio interfaces provide the facility to specify the bit depth and sample rate for a particualr project but what differences do these values actually make to the quality of the audio? To help you understand exactly what these measures of digital audio are refering to we have created this helpful guide.