Ronan Macdonald
A music and technology journalist of over 30 years professional experience, Ronan Macdonald began his career on UK drummer’s bible, Rhythm, before moving to the world’s leading music software magazine, Computer Music, of which he was editor for over a decade. He’s also written for many other titles, including Future Music, Guitarist, The Mix, Hip-Hop Connection and Mac Format; written and edited several books, including the first edition of Billboard’s Home Recording Handbook and Mixing For Computer Musicians; and worked as an editorial consultant and media producer for a broad range of music technology companies.
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If you're new to this computer music lark, this little lot will get you up to speed on many of the fundamental concepts you'll frequently find yourself coming into contact with...
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What could those enigmatic Swedes be up to?
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Take Live 8 in 'unintended' directions
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Producing music for games used to be "a backwater", but now it's big-budget business and a potential stepping stone to Hollywood, according to Variety
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We've got Logic Studio installed and after a few hours of playing around, here's a random selection of stuff we like in Logic Pro 8, including screenshots taken on a MacBook Pro...
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Good news for users of Apple's mighty Logic Pro and Express DAWs: there's a new website on the block, aimed squarely at you.
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Click to download Atmosphere & FX tutorial (982KB)
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18 pages of CM goodness, for your sampling pleasure...
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Turn your Nintendo DS into a wireless MIDI sequencer
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