More exhaustive programs now create less-expensive software to compete with the aforementioned programs. Each successive version of these programs adds new features, making each one more and more like an all-encompassing studio. For Windows users there are programs like Cakewalk's Kinetic, Propellerhead's Reason and Sony's ACID while Apple users have access to programs like the free and simple GarageBand or the professional-grade Logic Pro. This is done on a program that often 'costs less than a single good microphone,' said Mike Metlay, an associate editor at Recording Magazine.įL Studio is only the beginning when it comes to the massive electronic music production culture.

Wonder writes his soulful soundtracks on the same computers millions of Americans use everyday to send e-mails, instant message and play computer games. I can make it sound like a crispy, empty beat or a dirty beat.'

'I listen for bass lines and the way I can tighten up the drums. 'I can make it do any type of beat I want to,' Wonder said in an interview with Remix Magazine, referring to the program he uses, FL Studio. But Wonder's musical backdrops, employed by artists such as Jay-Z, Destiny's Child and Memphis Bleek in addition to his own group Little Brother, refute this notion all by itself. Industry analysts argue that listeners can instantly tell whether a beat came from computer rather than standalone hardware because of the clean sound most digital producers employ. Computer production has its first poster-boy in hip-hop producer 9th Wonder, who makes his popular beats with a $99 computer program that others with five-figure studios fail to create. For hip-hop, techno and dance music in particular, the changes brought about by digital music has been significant.

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