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# White Dog Communications

Public relations, writing, editing, and project management

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- [Check out some of my classic EM features.](https://whitedogcommunications.com/%media%/) - A few weeks ago I promised to add some of my classic EM feature articles to the site. Done! Please visit the Articles page and browse through some practical "evergreen" stories and a few walks down memory lane. I also have linked to a selection of favorite EM editorials from the Articles page. You also can
- [Steve O's EM editorials are online again!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/%media%/) - As the Editor and Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Musician magazine, I wrote 104 editorial columns between January 1998 and August 2007 — and that doesn't count columns I wrote for supplements and for other EM-family magazines I edited, such as Music Education Technology. I published a complete collection of my EM editorials on an old personal site about seven years
- [Pardon the dust!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/%media%/) - Welcome to White Dog Communications' site! This site is a work in progress and is still at an early stage. Some links don't work yet, while others lead to content on an old personal Web site that will eventually either be migrated to here or redesigned where it currently resides. Parts of the home page will change.

## Pages

- [Media](https://whitedogcommunications.com/media/) - Video Dog Carting: The Draft Test Learn about the sport of dog carting in this instructional video, featuring Attila, whose image you see in the White Dog Communications logo. (Written, produced, directed, and edited by Steve O.) Designing Acoustic and Electric Keyboard Sounds Korg USA sound-design wizard Jack Hotop teaches you how to customize sampled
- [Music/Audio Gear For Sale](https://whitedogcommunications.com/music-audio-gear-for-sale/) - Contact: Steve Oppenheimer steve@whitedogcommunications.com This list will be periodically updated as I add more gear and remove sold items. All sales are final unless otherwise agreed in advance. Payment via PayPal preferred. Reasonable offers will be considered. Prices do NOT include shipping. If you are in or near the San Francisco Bay Area, you can
- [Opt-out preferences](https://whitedogcommunications.com/opt-out-preferences/)
- [Clients](https://whitedogcommunications.com/clients/) - Founded in 1995, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc., builds innovative tools for musicians, content creators, producers, and audio engineers. Today the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, company is a leading designer and manufacturer of recording and live-sound hardware and software solutions that solve real-world problems for working creatives. Wherever sound takes you, PreSonus is there to help. Since
- [About](https://whitedogcommunications.com/about/) - A long-time professional touring and session musician and sound designer, White Dog Communications owner Steve Oppenheimer is probably best known for his accomplishments as Editor in Chief of Electronic Musician, Remix, Onstage, Music Education Technology, AudioInsider, and other magazines and Web sites for musicians. An editor and corporate manager for more than 20 years, he
- [Kuvasz Club of America](https://whitedogcommunications.com/kuvasz-club-of-america/) - 2020 Kuvasz Club of America Service Award There are many people who are active in one or two aspects of a breed or breed club and they are a huge benefit to the club and the future of the breed as a whole. There are very few that are involved in multiple aspects and still
- [Dog Media](https://whitedogcommunications.com/dog-media/) - Gypsy Carting at El Sobrante Stroll (September 16, 2018) Gypsy and I carted at the 50th annual El Sobrante Stroll street fair and ended up in the parade. (Video by Dr. Francis Adebola-Wilson.) Strolling after the parade. (Photo by Marla Miyashiro.)
- [Services](https://whitedogcommunications.com/services/) - Public Relations Public Relations Media Relations Artist Relations Writing and Editing Services Feature Articles Artist Profiles Case Studies Press Releases Marketing Collateral Newsletters Project Management Project Planning Tracking Systems Data Services
- [Features](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/) - A selection of classic Electronic Musician articles by Steve O General Interest Making Music with Nature: Bernie Krause Samples Life This musical pioneer creates the world's fishiest music and hobnobs with gorillas. Holistic Studio Design Only Steve O would apply structural-functional anthropology to studio design. Crash and Burn Why hard drives fail and what to do
- [Editorials](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/) - Favorite Steve O "First Take" and "Front Page" editorials. Episode IV: A New Hope (January 1998) In my first editorial column, I reflected on the history of Electronic Musician magazine and the rebellion against the belief that only the few who can afford to record in commercial studios can produce professional-quality music. Eyes on the Prize
- [Power for the Rest of Us](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/power-for-the-rest-of-us/) - Power Macintosh offers lightning speed and a host of questions. By Steve Oppenheimer In 1984, the Macintosh 128K burst onto the computing scene. Well, okay, it crept onto the scene. The "computer for the rest of us" was a risky venture that could easily have fizzled. The world was ready for the Mac's graphical
- [Oberheim Matrix-1000](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/oberheim-matrix-1000/) - With 1,000 on-board analog sounds and a budget price, this rackmount subtractive synth offers plenty of bang for the box. By Steve Oppenheimer The Matrix-1000, Oberheim's new six-voice, 1U rackmount analog synthesizer, sounds good and fat. Though it has limitations, especially for users without computers, it's easy to understand (given a knowledge of
- [The Onstage Sound Tip Sheet](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/the-onstage-sound-tip-sheet/) - Don't gamble when it's time to go onstage. These tips will help stack the odds in your favor. By Steve Oppenheimer and Gary Hall Your demo is great, but the record company wants a band with stage experience and a fanatic following. Maybe you've played the casual "weekend warrior" scene, but now you want to
- [Racking Your Brain](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/racking-your-brain/) - How to keep your mobile music system from running amok. By Steve Oppenheimer When electronic musicians talk tech, we usually focus on which gadgets are the coolest. We swap sound-design ideas and recording techniques and moan about lousy tech support. But somehow, no matter how many opinions we offer about what to buy, we rarely
- [Power Hitters](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/power-hitters/) - How to choose and use an AC power conditioner. By Steve Oppenheimer Powering your studio gear directly from an unprotected AC outlet is like running a fine car without fuel and air filters: it's courting disaster. So many things can go wrong-especially with sensitive digital circuits-that we can only discuss them superficially
- [On Solid Ground](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/on-solid-ground/) - If your studio is haunted by things that go hum in the night, pay closer attention to the principles of grounding. By Neal Brighton and Steve Oppenheimer Even the most talented recordist must plan carefully in order to survive the vagaries of fickle fate. An alarm system and a good insurance policy protect your studio
- [No Strings Attached](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/no-strings-attached/) - Keyboard players prove once again that you can't believe everything you hear. By Steve Oppenheimer Since Jan Hammer's amazing Minimoog work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, rock synthesists have shamelessly attempted to emulate the sound achieved by electric lead guitarists. Their success has been notable, if limited: while many aspects of guitar-playing can be replicated on
- [Making Music with Nature: Bernie Krause Samples Life](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/making-music-with-nature-bernie-krause-samples-life/) - A virtuoso explains how to record and use the sounds of the Earth. By Steve Oppenheimer At 50, Bernie Krause has been immersed the field of electronic music for a quarter century. He appeared on the first commercial album to feature synthesizer (The Zodiac, 1967) and with his late partner, Paul Beaver, was
- [Holistic Studio Design](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/holistic-studio-design/) - How to design a studio that helps you achieve your goals. By Steve Oppenheimer Many musicians assemble or expand their personal studios by simply buying gear that catches their fancy. But if you're trying to build a workable recording studio, it's not enough to simply check out pieces of gear and buy what
- [Crash and Burn](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/crash-and-burn/) - By Steve Oppenheimer Why hard drives fail and what to do about it. What is the most mission-critical and the most fragile item in your studio? Not your prized high-end microphone - you could survive without that - and not the lead singer’s ego. No, your hard drive is the most fragile and failure-prone item,
- [Apple System 7.0](https://whitedogcommunications.com/articles/apple-system-7-0/) - The latest system software for the Macintosh opens new doors, but should you venture through them? By Steve Oppenheimer The ballyhoo surrounding the release of Apple’s System 7.0 for the Macintosh excited a lot of power users, but many everyday Mac owners hesitate to take the plunge. It has been many moons since a
- [Contact](https://whitedogcommunications.com/contact/) - White Dog Communications Steve Oppenheimer Leader of the Pack email: steve at whitedogcommunications dot com tel: +1-510-681-3050
- [You Better? You Bet!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/you-better-you-bet/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2001) How many times have you heard someone say, “you’re not getting older, you’re getting better"? It's pure poppycock, of course—the kind of thing someone says when they want to make you feel good about a potentially unpleasant topic. You know good and well that you are getting older; whether you
- [You Better Mess Around](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/you-better-mess-around/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2005) When working on a deadline-driven project, wasted effort can be at the least annoying and potentially a serious impediment. In the long run, time invested in preparing your materials in advance, developing templates for your sequencer or DAW, programming macros, and generally developing more efficient ways of working will pay big
- [Wrongs or Rights?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/wrongs-or-rights/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2002) By now, most EM readers are well aware of the raging battle over who will control access to digital content, be it audio, graphics, video, or text. Should anyone control the public's ability to copy and reuse digital content? Common sense and the courts seem to favor granting control to
- [Why Bad Things Happen to Good Plug-ins](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/why-bad-things-happen-to-good-plug-ins/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2007) If you purchased a plug-in only to find that it won't work with your host program of choice — even though the two support the same “standard” plug-in architecture — welcome to the very large club. One would think, for instance, that if a plug-in is in VST 2 format,
- [When Times Get Tough](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/when-times-get-tough/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2003) When the economy is in high gear, it's easy to stick with best business practices and carefully considered risks. But when times get tough, you may become pressured to make deals you normally wouldn't. Of course, when money is tight, it is prudent to consider some compromises. Beware, though, of
- [What's the Plan?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/whats-the-plan/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 1998) When we first envisioned this month's cover story ("Process This!" on p. 48). We projected an article of effects-processing "do’s and don'ts." But as Associate Editor Jeff Casey worked on the article, it became obvious that there are few "don'ts" when it comes to effects. Oh sure, you could lose
- [What's in a Name?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/whats-in-a-name/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 1999) What's in a Name? If there is a heaven, surely it holds a place for the authors of freeware and shareware. It's encouraging that in our often self-centered and jaded society, some programmers trust users to pay tomorrow for software that they can use today-and others even give away their wares.
- [What? A Card?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/what-a-card/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2001) Few observers doubt that the advent of high-speed, dual-processor Power Macs and PCs is a significant boon for desktop-based music producers. Obviously, the arrival of still faster G4s and Pentiums or compatible CPU chips is only a matter of time. Unix-based, multi-threaded operating systems such as Windows 2000, Linux, and
- [Weaving Home](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/weaving-home/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2001) In this era of independent artists and DIY marketing and distribution, the Web site has become a key tool. If you know what you're doing, you can create a site that not only presents your band's music and image but also sets those elements in an environment that communicates the
- [We Play Requests](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/we-play-requests/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2003) This month we're delighted to honor one of the most frequent requests we've received in the past couple of years: a comparison of selected software synthesizers with the vintage hardware instruments they emulate. I, too, have long been interested in this subject, but we bided our time before jumping in.
- [Walk the Plank!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/walk-the-plank/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 1999) I firmly believe that people should take responsibility for their actions and decisions and should allow other people their right to do the same—and this includes making mistakes. You can advise someone; you can even preach. But ultimately, you must allow people to make choices and to accept the responsibility
- [Value at Any Cost](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/value-at-any-cost/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2004) For each of the past 12 years, we have presented Editors' Choice Awards for approximately two dozen products (27 this year). We put a lot of time and thought into these awards, and we don't play favorites. The winners get this prestigious award the old-fashioned way: they earn it. One
- [Trivial Pursuits](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/trivial-pursuits/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2002) When so many have recently been killed, maimed, widowed, orphaned, or impoverished, we would do well to reflect on what we do each day and consider its importance. Certainly we aren't all cut out to be heroes, pulling survivors out of burning buildings, catching criminals, or defending the nation. But
- [To Sir with Live](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/to-sir-with-live/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 1999) Got live if you want it. In the best EM tradition, we have something old and something new for you this month. In the first category, we have a wide-ranging interview with Sir George Martin, the legendary producer who is retiring after a long, hit-studded career (see "To Sir with
- [Tis Magic](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/tis-magic/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2001) “Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” The most famous “mixers” in the history of English literature were the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Admittedly, their raw material was a lot more exotic than the contents of our music mixes: “eye of newt and toe of frog, wool
- [The X Files](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-x-files/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 1998) One of the most newsworthy events at the 105th Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco took place behind closed doors. Amidst the technical papers, product demos, and general hustle, Agents Scully and Mulder (bet you didn't know they were on the EM staff) discovered that Cakewalk Music Software held a
- [The Tortoise and the Hare](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2002) In Aesop's fable “The Tortoise and the Hare,” the plodding tortoise outraces the speedy hare because the former is steady, hardworking, and indefatigable, whereas the latter is arrogant and takes his ease, certain that victory is inevitable. The hare's overconfidence is his downfall; he can't imagine that he could lose.
- [The Studio of Dreams](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-studio-of-dreams/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 1998) If you build it, they will come. I heard the disembodied voice as clearly as if it were coming from our hard-driving publisher. "If you build it, they will come," it insisted. At first I thought I had fallen asleep with the television tuned to Field of Dreams. But no,
- [The Rest of the Story](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-rest-of-the-story/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 1998) Why hasn't EM reviewed Product X yet? After all, it has been advertised for months! Some obvious reasons are that it takes time to test a product, write the review, and then produce the issue. Some less obvious reasons are that before we can start the review process, we have to
- [The Price We Pay](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-price-we-pay/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 1999) As you have probably noticed, all prices published in our articles are manufacturers' suggested retail prices (the MSRP, or "list" price) for the U.S. market. A manufacturer's representative recently contacted us to complain about our policy. He pointed out that his company discounts off the list price, so that the street
- [The Man Behind the Curtain](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-man-behind-the-curtain/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2006) People behind the scenes often have a much greater influence on the development of our industry than we realize. Such a person was Korg USA president Michael Kovins, who passed away on May 2 at age 57 after a long battle with leukemia. Mike Kovins wasn't a product designer. He didn't
- [The Land of Opportunity](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-land-of-opportunity/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2003) Most EM readers had the opportunity to attend elementary- or high-school music classes, where they could learn about traditional folk and patriotic music, and even get a taste of classical music. If you were lucky, your school might even have had a jazz band. My high-school class produced several professional musicians,
- [The Final Mix](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-final-mix/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 1998) The January 1998 issue was my first as editor of EM after ten years of working in other editorial positions at the magazine. One of my first decisions was to initiate a new opinion column by a freelance author that would appear on the back page and serve as a “bookend”
- [The Expedition](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-expedition/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2006) Back in October 2004, I took a road trip up to central Oregon to visit friends, including EM contributing editor Michael Cooper. After we took our dogs for a relaxing woodland hike along the stunning Metolius River, we settled back in the control room at Michael Cooper Recording to listen to
- [The Client](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-client/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 2005) When not working in my personal studio, I've spent most of my studio time as a hired gun, working for clients or producers. I had not been a client for many years. But recently, I began producing the first EM Seminar on Demand (SOD) video, or “Webinar,” which will be
- [The Chairman of the Boards](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-chairman-of-the-boards/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 1999) During the past year, I redesigned my entire studio. In order to reduce room noise and clutter, I built an equipment closet, pulled and rerouted every cable, reconfigured the racks, added new signal processors, modified my computer, improved the AC system, and much more. This huge project took quite a
- [The Analog Revival](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/the-analog-revival/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2006) Rather than taking back their former position as kings of electronic music, analog modular synths are the darlings of a relatively small group of enthusiasts and will probably remain so. But given the modest size of the market, the number of new analog modular products is impressive: when EM senior editor
- [That Was the Year That Was](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/that-was-the-year-that-was/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2005) As we wrap up the final issue of 2005, I've been struggling to get a grip on all that has happened this year. War, natural disasters, problematic relief efforts, political divisions, and economic uncertainty are age-old problems, but we had a terrible and exceptional combination of them in 2005. The music
- [Technical Nonsupport](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/technical-nonsupport/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2004) We often get reader requests for an exposé of music-tech manufacturers' tech-support practices. Although the idea appeals to my more aggressive side, we have never figured out a fair, accurate approach. After all, we are technical writers, not trained investigative reporters. However, we agree that companies that provide good tech
- [Take Me Out to the Ball Game!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2002) I am an ardent sports fan, and I especially love professional baseball and basketball. I'm a dedicated San Francisco Giants fan and have attended major- and minor-league games all over the country. As for basketball, I am a die-hard Golden State Warriors fan — crazy, I suppose, but at least it
- [Studio Integration](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/studio-integration/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2001) One of the biggest reasons for the personal studio's explosive growth during the 15 years EM has been around is the establishment of the MIDI specification. Before, some musicians bought a few expensive synthesizers and perhaps a step sequencer. With luck you could get your hands on a MIDI guitar,
- [Still Alive and Well](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/still-alive-and-well/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2002) Obviously, DVD is the Hot New Thing. We love it, we've written about it (see “World of Options” in the August 2001 issue), and we are working on more stories about it for future issues. Professional-level DVD authoring can still be difficult, and though DVD-R burners are starting to become
- [Starting Over](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/starting-over/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2004) Given how many hours you spend in your recording studio, it's worth the time and the thought — and a few extra dollars — to make it a space you enjoy working in. After all, there's more to designing a studio than just choosing its equipment. Whether you are moving to
- [Spring Cleaning (2004)](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/spring-cleaning-2004/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2004) Spring cleaning is an ancient and honored tradition in many cultures, and for good reason: after the long winter ends, we crave light, fresh air, and a clean environment. Besides, spring is as good an excuse as any for catching up with your cleaning. If you spend much of your life
- [Spring Cleaning (2000)](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/spring-cleaning-2000/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2000) Here in sunny California, spring comes early. Ready or not, it's time for spring cleaning. For most folks, that means freshening the house, catching up on yard work, and clearing out junk. For musicians, it's also a good time to take a fresh look at our studios-and our music. Most of
- [Spreading Your Web](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/spreading-your-web/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 2004) The history of the record business is a cyclical one, in which many small labels consolidate but then a plethora of new labels arises. Initially, there were plenty of small labels. The first round of consolidation, to my knowledge, happened when RCA bought Victor and HMV merged with Columbia Graphophone
- [Something Old, Something New](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/something-old-something-new/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 1998) Breaking new ground doesn't require denying your roots. Nobody exists in a vacuum. We exist within societies that shape who we are. Though we are individuals who sometimes differ from the norm, we have been influenced by those who came before and, in most cases, by our contemporaries. As creative
- [Solving the Plug-in Dilemma](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/solving-the-plug-in-dilemma/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 1998) Audio DSP plug-in formats are getting to be like a field of dandelions: attractive, beneficial if you know how to use them, but propagating entirely out of control. This is especially true on the Mac platform. The Mac music-software community has failed, due mostly to competitive rivalries, to create standard
- [Smoked Out](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/smoked-out/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2005) Recently, I had to get a room on short notice in a city in central California that shall remain nameless. I had my German shepherd with me, and the only room left at the only hotel in town that accepted large dogs turned out to be a smoking room. Normally, most
- [Simple Pleasures](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/simple-pleasures/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2000) It's easy to get lost in today's technological marvels. My studio/home office is a cornucopia of hardware, the heart of which is my Power Mac, simultaneously one of my favorite tools and the bane of my existence. I was hot to buy a new G4 with Mac OS 9, but the
- [Share and Share Alike](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/share-and-share-alike/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2003) A guitarist I used to work with loved to chortle, “If it's for free, it's for me!” At the time, he was referring to such common musician's bonuses as fans buying drinks for the band. Today, though, music and software piracy are major issues, and it seems the saying has become,
- [Seq and Ye Shall Find](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/seq-and-ye-shall-find/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2005) When we discuss digital audio sequencers in EM, we usually focus on the professional-level programs, such as Cakewalk Sonar, Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo, Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer, Digidesign Pro Tools, and Apple Logic Pro. We do cover lower-priced digital audio sequencers, but not as often as we do
- [Says Who?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/says-who/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2002) The first reviewer loved the new signal processor, especially the preamp section. A later reviewer reported on the next-generation version of the same product and liked it except for the preamp, which he considered second-rate. It was the same preamp in both units. The manufacturer was furious because the second review
- [Reviewing the Reviews](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/reviewing-the-reviews/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2006) In our February 2005 issue, we unveiled EM's first complete redesign in more than a decade. We strove for a clean, elegant, modern look, and we changed some basic content of the magazine by creating new columns and sacrificing a few older ones. Our huge effort was worth every bit
- [Producing Good Music for Bad Singers](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/producing-good-music-for-bad-singers/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2004) One reason that choosing topics for EM stories is such a challenge is that our readers have such a diverse range of production experience and musical taste. In order to help as many electronic musicians as possible, we usually focus on genre-neutral, bread-and-butter subjects. For instance, in this issue we have
- [Pro Choice](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/pro-choice/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2000) Some argue that tight arranging makes all the difference in a song; others insist that free improvisation is the name of the game. An engineer could reasonably believe that without good recording gear and production values, the impact of any music could be lost. Yet we still enjoy music that
- [Plugging In](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/plugging-in/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2003) Several times over the years, I have raised objections about the overwhelming number of mutually incompatible plug-in architectures. There appear to be more formats than ever today, and although the variety of plug-ins is glorious, I don't think the flood of formats has enhanced our musical lives. This subject came to
- [Podcasting Bread on the Waters](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/podcasting-bread-on-the-waters/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2007) I've written a lot in the past few months about our wealth of new EM projects, including print publications, e-newsletters, and our Web redesign. I'm not sure how we manage to publish so many good products, given the size of our staff and budget, but somehow we keep creating projects,
- [Picture This](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/picture-this/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2003) To a large extent, audio and video producers have long inhabited different worlds that met only in high-ticket professional production or in low-end consumer gear that lacked editing capabilities. Most video producers and manufacturers of video equipment treated audio as an afterthought. Until recently, video-editing programs offered only rudimentary audio
- [Organization, Man](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/organization-man/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2001) Creating systems that enable people to work together smoothly and productively is a kick for me. Before becoming a magazine editor, I was a political organizer, built and led bands, wrote arrangements, and managed the operations of a couple of small businesses. EM's steady, long-term growth has allowed me to further
- [One More Thing to Sing the Blues About](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/one-more-thing-to-sing-the-blues-about/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2003) As I write this in mid-February, the economy remains a mess, a lot of Americans are out of work, and too many are homeless. The U.S. government is determined to wage war on Iraq, al-Qaeda threatens to increase its terrorist attacks, and many of us have the uneasy feeling that we
- [Of Death, Taxes, and Roundups](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/of-death-taxes-and-roundups/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2007) Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, “'In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” He was wrong, of course. For one thing, some people legally avoid paying taxes. For another, anytime EM does a product roundup, especially about software, at least one major company is certain to inform us that it
- [No Explanation Necessary](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/no-explanation-necessary/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2002) Under the circumstances, it was remarkable that the 111th Audio Engineering Society convention took place at all. The show was originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to 24, 2001, in New York City, which was made impossible by the terrorist attack on September 11. Many in the audio industry
- [Multiple Personality Disorder](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/multiple-personality-disorder/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 1999) Seeking a friendly interface in a multitasking world. Hardware, software…anywhere you look in our technology-driven industry you see feature-laden production tools. Manufacturers constantly add new features and improve the old ones, and just when you think they can’t possibly find anything to add, they show you three cool new features
- [More Than Meets the Eye](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/more-than-meets-the-eye/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 1999) This year's Winter National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show left me with mixed feelings. Although show attendance appeared health enough and Electronic Musician was extremely well received, I returned from the show pondering the lyrics of that classic song "Is That All There Is?" One reason for my mixed
- [Meals and Media](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/meals-and-media/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2006) Researching and writing a story takes time, regardless of the delivery medium, but once a story is written, it can be published on the Web or in an email newsletter almost instantaneously. With print magazines, the process takes a lot more time, because the magazines must be printed and shipped. But
- [May We Quote You?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/may-we-quote-you/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2000) To our chagrin, we've recently discovered some of our reviews and quotes from our reviews on manufacturers' Web sites in advance of the articles' publication. Even more disconcerting, the copies posted on the Web weren't the final, completely edited articles. What's going on here? First of all, I am convinced
- [Little Things That Matter](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/little-things-that-matter/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2005) In this month's cover story, “Build A Desktop Studio on Any Budget” (p. 48), we expended a lot of ink discussing which products we would buy if we were putting together or retooling our PC- and Mac-based studios. If you follow our lead but take into consideration your specific studio
- [Listening to You](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/listening-to-you/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 2003) In the heat of the creative process, it's awfully easy to get in so deep that you lose perspective. That goes double when you produce a large part of a project yourself: you are likely to get so close to your project that you fail to question your creative decisions. The
- [Life is Change](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/life-is-change/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 20o3) I feel very fortunate that, for the most part, the EM editorial staff has remained stable over the past few years. You can always rely on the work of Brian Knave, Dennis Miller, Gino Robair, David Rubin, Geary Yelton, Matt Gallagher, and the rest of the crew. However, we've had a
- [Liberation Theology](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/liberation-theology/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 1998) In this issue's "Riffs" column (JAM, p. 120), coauthors Brian Knave and John Hvasta provide a useful list of musical styles with which freelance drummers and other freelance musicians should be conversant. After all, you never know what kind of gig you'll be called for, and the more styles you can
- [Lessons Learned](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/lessons-learned/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 2001) One of the important ways the music industry differs from most “mainstream” industries is the relatively low emphasis on academic training. That is typical of industries that involve or support the creative arts. The tradition in the creative arts focuses more on studying with a mentor than on going to school,
- [Lessons Dogs Have Taught Me](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/lessons-dogs-have-taught-me/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2006) [Note: this version includes additional material that didn't fit in the originally published article.] As longtime readers of this column know, when not involved with music and publishing, I am usually working with dogs. Although dogs lack the self-awareness of humans, they are nonetheless intelligent, emotional creatures, and many of the
- [Keepers of the Flame](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/keepers-of-the-flame/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2000) Recently, I interviewed a job candidate who is a folk musician. When I asked whether she had ever studied music, she replied that studying music might "ruin" her as a folkie. This, of course, is not a new idea. Many people fear that once they learn advanced harmony, they won't be
- [It's No Joke](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/its-no-joke/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2000) Once upon a time, Opcode was a hotbed of invention. Sequencer was an early Mac favorite, and Vision's graphical user interface quickly earned the program a large, loyal following. Standard MIDI Files, MIDI Time Code, and the first digital audio sequencer (Studio Vision) were all developed at Opcode by Dave Oppenheim,
- [It's Getting Better All the Time](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/its-getting-better-all-the-time/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2005) Surprise! Welcome to the new and improved version of Electronic Musician. The last time we redesigned EM was in 1988, and as much as we liked our old look, it was starting to look, well, old. Of course, we could have kept doing what has worked for so long. But when
- [It Was 20 Years Ago Today](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/it-was-20-years-ago-today/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2006) This issue marks the start of EM's 21st year as a monthly publication. But this is the first issue in volume 22, not volume 21. Why is that? To begin with, EM's exact age depends on how you figure it. In 1975, a small group of electronic musicians led by
- [In Search of Cibola](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/in-search-of-cibola/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 1998) In July 1540, Spanish explorers led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado conquered Hawikuh, a Zuni pueblo in present-day New Mexico. Fray Marcos de Niza, who had viewed the pueblo from a distance, had reported it to be "bigger than the city of Mexico." The legend went that Hawikuh was the smallest
- [If At First You Don't Succeed](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 2002) As the great W. C. Fields put it, “If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again. Then give up. There's no use being a damned fool about it.” Any creative artist knows that sometimes what seems to be a fine idea just doesn't work out. If you're
- [I'll Take One of Each](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/ill-take-one-of-each/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 1998) There's nothing quite so reassuring as a handful of hardware. Don't get me wrong; I am very much at home with computers, and I appreciate the flexibility and features that quality software provides. When it comes to precision editing, automating your work, and storing every aspect of it, computer-based systems
- [How Sweet it Is](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/how-sweet-it-is/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 1999) On the eve of the final Audio Engineering Society convention of the 1990s, it's interesting to reflect on the state of the pro-audio industry at the time of the first AES convention of this decade. We're going to see a very different show this year, one that reflects a decade
- [High Anxiety](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/high-anxiety/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2000) Every October, my anxiety level increases dramatically. This is not a reaction to the approach of the holiday season, the AES convention, the annoying political verbiage attending the fall elections, or the beginning of the rainy season in the San Francisco Bay Area. No, the reason I get edgy is that
- [Hear Ye!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/hear-ye/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2000) Despite all that has been written and said, a lot of people ignore basic hearing safety. To the extent that they are hurting only themselves, it's their problem, but it's still a drag. On the other hand, in this era of increased workplace-safety awareness, organizations of music-industry professionals should insist on
- [Happy Trails](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/happy-trails/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2007) “Happy Trails” was the famous theme that Roy Rogers and Dale Evans sang at the close of each episode of The Roy Rogers Show. Penned by Evans, it's a song of hope, renewal, and friendship that promises that although we must part, we will see each other again in the next
- [Guiding the Blind](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/guiding-the-blind/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2004) In many cultures, music making is a widely recognized form of employment for the blind. I don't imagine that blind people are any more musically talented than sighted people, but because their other options have traditionally been more limited, those who had musical talent have more often been encouraged. Today, the
- [Giving it All Away](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/giving-it-all-away/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2000) We musicians spend much of our lives honing our talent, knowing that the saying "Many are called, few are chosen" applies big-time to us. Few bands ever get out of the small club gigs they start in, and even fewer get signed to a reputable record label that can launch
- [Giving Back](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/giving-back/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2001) Readers of this magazine are, in general, an exceptional group of people. According to our surveys, most EM readers are well educated, and many of you have achieved at least some success in your businesses, music related or not. Given the magazine's subject matter, it's reasonable to conclude that most of
- [Get the Picture](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/get-the-picture/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2007) It hopefully has not escaped your notice that we have increased our coverage of audio for picture lately. For example, in our February 2007 “Music Business Insider” column, we interviewed Los Angeles music supervisor Jack Rudy about placing independent music in films and TV shows. In the April issue, we discussed
- [Get On the Bus, Gus](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/get-on-the-bus-gus/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2007) The fourth quarter of each year is always intense for the EM editorial staff. Holidays notwithstanding, we simultaneously produce our monthly issues of EM; the November/December issue of our quarterly for music teachers, Music Education Technology (see www.metmagazine.com); and our annual Computer Music Product Guide. We also produced the second edition
- [Get it While You Can](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/get-it-while-you-can/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2004) In a world where many of us must perform multiple tasks at once, computers help organize those tasks and store vast amounts of information, enabling us to communicate quickly and easily. And that's before we hit the Record button and use our computers to work those sonic miracles that we
- [Future Shock](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/future-shock/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 1999) It seems to me that the age of physical delivery media is slowly fading. We are witnessing the dawn of the age of Internet delivery, and not just of MP3 files and other low-quality media. Broadband Internet "pipelines" are being constructed, the commercialization of the Internet is underway, and we
- [From the Exotic to the Mundane](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/from-the-exotic-to-the-mundane/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2000) Something about the versatility of MIDI encourages me to dream up unusual things I can do with it. Of course, you can accomplish strange and wonderful things with a MIDI keyboard and a sequencer, but if you want to do something completely different, alternative controllers are a big help. Fortunately, EM
- [Fifteen Candles](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/fifteen-candles/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2001) Happy birthday to us! Electronic Musician turns 15 years old this month—at least, officially. But our story actually started in 1975, with the founding of Polyphony, PAiA Electronics' sporadically published tabloid about electronic music and home recording. Polyphony was redesigned and renamed Electronic Musician in 1985, and the two "pilot" issues
- [Fearless Production](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/fearless-production/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2005) When it comes to assessing music production and performance, it's all about relativism. There is no right or wrong, only what works — and that is a matter of taste. Sales figures notwithstanding, we can't actually measure artistic success. In his January 2004 “Final Mix: Measuring Up,” Larry the O posited
- [Eyes on the Prize](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/eyes-on-the-prize/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2000) Lately, I've watched several organizations experience growing pains. For starters, EM's Onstage and Remix magazines are clearly gaining momentum, in response to which our editorial department is growing and adjusting to the workload. In an unrelated situation, a dog-rescue group I volunteer with (San Francisco Bay Area German Shepherd Rescue,
- [Episode IV: A New Hope](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/episode-iv-a-new-hope/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 1998) A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... It is a period of civil war. Rebel musicians, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the big-studio empire. This isn't the latest episode of Star Wars, of course; it is the story of a rebellion
- [Emulating Sliding Piatti](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/emulating-sliding-piatti/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2005) I think most electronic musicians will agree that synthesized and sampled emulations of acoustic instruments just don't sound like the real thing. That shouldn't come as a shock since, in fact, samples aren't the real thing. Still, as technology improves, we are increasingly able to accurately emulate that “live” sound. And
- [Doing It Because You Can](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/doing-it-because-you-can/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2006) In the August 2006 “Letters” column, readers Michael Zavoski and Scotty Webb responded to our interview with Geoff Emerick (see “Production Values: The Long and Winding Road” in the May 2006 issue) by debating whether recording and editing in the computer is a boon or an impediment. Zavoski thinks that
- [Do You Hear What I Hear?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/do-you-hear-what-i-hear/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2002) It is a tenet of free societies that everyone is entitled to their opinion. At least, that's the theory. And, understandably, most people have especially strong opinions about product reviews. In general, manufacturers love positive reviews and resent critical ones. After all, nobody likes to be told that their baby
- [Dangling Dongles](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/dangling-dongles/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2005) It all started when I wanted to check out a new version of a host program that required a dongle. I needed to work at the EM office, using my PowerBook, and when I went to plug in the dongle, I couldn't find it. So I booted up another host program
- [Creating a Multiheaded Computer Beast](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/creating-a-multiheaded-computer-beast/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (August 2004) Home-computer networks are increasingly popular, but most articles about them assume that you have machines of a recent vintage and want a network so that various family members can access the Internet from different parts of the house. Only occasionally will you see articles on integrating older computers with newer machines
- [Contemplating a Rat's Rear](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/contemplating-a-rats-rear/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 2002) When I was an undergraduate student, one of my professors had a saying that has helped me again and again over the years: Periodically, you have to step back from whatever you are doing and ask yourself, "Who gives a rat's ass?" Pithy, yes, but words to live by. If no
- [Coming into Site (2005)](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/coming-into-site-2005/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2005) Before EM's redesign, which happened with the February 2005 issue, the “Letters” column used to contain a small table of contents for the emusician.com Web site. It listed some of the regular features on the site, which was okay up to a point. That point came when we decided to offer
- [Coming Into Site (2003)](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/coming-into-site-2003/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 2003) I'm always a bit nervous about announcing new projects and initiatives that are supposed to happen "by the time you read this," because I write this column well in advance of publication, leaving me at the mercy of Murphy's Law. However, at the risk of wearing an egg facial, I'm asking
- [Celebrating Independence Day](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/celebrating-independence-day/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 1999) July 4, of course, is Independence Day in the U.S.A. That means it's time to bring out the fireworks; we're giving our readers a July bonus and our U.S. subscribers two bonuses! If you are a U.S. subscriber, you received a free copy of our third annual Personal Studio Buyers
- [Celebrating a Revolution](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/celebrating-a-revolution/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (February 2003) This year marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the MIDI Specification, the fruit of a rare cooperative effort between manufacturers, primarily Sequential Circuits, Roland, and Yamaha. For a long time, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface was considered esoteric, and even after it had been around four or five
- [Can We Still Count on the Big Five?](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/can-we-still-count-on-the-big-five/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2004) A half-dozen years ago, there were five major developers of professional digital audio sequencing software. At one time, all were privately held companies focused primarily on music technology. The initial Big Five was made up of Cakewalk, Emagic, Mark of the Unicorn, Opcode, and Steinberg. Opcode ran into trouble, was
- [Buying In](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/buying-in/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2004) Just when I thought we might get a breather in the recent trend toward industry consolidation, several new mergers and acquisitions were announced, starting the grapevine buzzing all over again. It's too early to know what these deals will lead to down the line, but the implications for electronic musicians
- [Blog is a Four-Letter Word](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/blog-is-a-four-letter-word/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2006) As I write this, we're preparing to head to Anaheim for the annual Winter NAMM show. Tomorrow, we'll participate in the preshow festivities, including our own Editors' Choice Awards reception. In some ways, this NAMM show will be like others in recent years: lots of press conferences and meetings and
- [Big Mac Attack!](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/big-mac-attack/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 2002) Apple Computer's recent purchase of Emagic sent shockwaves through the recording industry. The acquisition was surprising enough, but Apple's decision to discontinue Emagic's Windows products as of September 30, 2002, made the deal a real stunner. Talk about a Big Mac attack! Logic Windows users have every right to be
- [Baked, Not Fried](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/baked-not-fried/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 1998) In the September 1998 "Letters" column, reader Geoff Hardy sang the praises of Linux, a Unix-based, computer operating system that is free, has an open source code that users can modify, and can run on many different hardware platforms. When Hardy challenged us to get with the program (so to speak),
- [Be Prepared](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/be-prepared/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2007) I was a Cub Scout dropout, so I can't credit the Boy Scouts' “Be prepared” motto with my penchant for planning. I learned about preparation during my years on the road, where one is vulnerable to anything and everything. In such an environment, if you aren't ready for trouble, you
- [Back to Basics](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/back-to-basics/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (November 2000) In any endeavor - even in our personal lives - there's no substitute for a firm grasp on the fundamentals. Often, the longer one is involved in an art, craft, sport, or business, the easier it is to take the basics for granted - and get sloppy. Superior musicians understand this
- [Alone at Home](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/alone-at-home/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (July 2001) If there is one universal truth about personal-studio owners, it's that we wear multiple hats. In some cases, we are the songwriter, arranger, instrumentalist, vocalist, sound designer, engineer, technician, producer, and mastering house, all in one. We might even replicate CDs, create our own record labels, and market and distribute
- [AES Online](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/aes-online/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2006) The 2006 AES show is history, and as usual, we had a blast seeing all the new tools and catching up with old friends. Between product demos, press conferences, and preparing our coverage, we were busier than ants at a picnic. And a fine picnic it was! We saw lots of
- [All in a Day's Work](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/all-in-a-days-work/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (March 2003) Every job has its challenges and problems. As editor of EM, my job includes not only conceiving, writing, and editing stories but supervising staff, budgeting, and dealing with corporate and industry politics. If a manufacturer hates our coverage, if a story doesn't turn out as planned, if an editorial staff member
- [A Time for Us](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-time-for-us/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (April 2002) Until recently, music educators as a group have usually lagged behind when it comes to applying technology in the classroom, especially in the public schools. Public-school music teachers have tended to be conservative and uninformed about technology, and perhaps more important, school budgets generally are low even in good economic times,
- [A Site for Sore Eyes](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-site-for-sore-eyes/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2006) Have you visited the EM Web site recently? If not, you should make a point of doing so, because you are in for a pleasant surprise. When we last redesigned our Web site four years ago, we made a huge improvement over the old, corporate-looking, battleship gray site we had
- [A Reviews Extravaganza](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-reviews-extravaganza/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2004) Product reviews are arguably EM's most popular articles, and we publish a lot of them. In 2004, we published 134 reviews, not counting product roundups that included evaluations. In the average issue, we publish between 9 and 12 of these stories. But this month we decided to clear out the
- [A Modest Proposal](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-modest-proposal/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (January 1999) It is my belief that open technical standards create opportunities for everyone, leading to better products for musicians and more growth in our industry, especially if such standards contribute to better connectivity and ease of use. That's why I wrote about Cakewalk’s new AudioX proposal last month and discussed standards
- [A Midyear Review](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-midyear-review/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 2001) In the past six months, we have covered a lot of new ground. In addition to our usual in-depth stories about music technology, we have expanded our coverage of music production for the Web and explored the world of 5.1-surround mixing. We've launched Remix and Onstage as monthly magazines, and our
- [A Legend Passes Into History](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-legend-passes-into-history/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (October 2005) The world of electronic music has been blessed with many brilliant pioneers. But of them all, one man became the veritable symbol of electronic music: Dr. Robert Moog, who passed away shortly before this issue went to press. We EM editors have long had a special place in our hearts for
- [A Blast from the Past](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-blast-from-the-past/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (May 1998) In life and legend, Abraham Lincoln inspired people. In his famed Gettysburg Address, he concluded with the remarkable phrase "that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." Here, Lincoln got to the heart of democratic principles. Surely this great philosophy of
- [A Knave Judges a King](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-knave-judges-a-king/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (June 1998) Uneasy lies the mic that wears the crown. As Larry the O pointed out in last month's "Final Mix" column, speakers and microphones are the only devices in the studio that deal with sound. All the rest—mixers, signal processors, synths, recording devices, and so on—deal with electrons and/or bits. If
- [A Clear Message](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-clear-message/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (December 2001) Back in the '60s and '70s, the federal government strictly regulated the cross-ownership of radio, television stations, and newspapers. The regulations were aimed at preventing a small number of corporations and individuals from owning multiple media outlets in the same market, thus dominating news dissemination. In recent years, the government
- [A Bit Much](https://whitedogcommunications.com/editorials/a-bit-much/) - By Steve Oppenheimer (September 1998) A friend who works in our Emeryville, California, enclave recently recorded a single in Nashville. A former resident of Music City, he used his connections to employ the services of some virtuoso players. When he dropped a few names, my jaw dropped. My jaw dropped farther when I heard that one
- [Tech Terms](https://whitedogcommunications.com/tech-terms/) - By George Petersen and Steve Oppenheimer A practical dictionary for audio and music production. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V

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