BETTER SOUND FOR YOUR BAND’S VIDEOS
How to connect an external mic or mixer to a smartphoneby Bruce Bartlett When you use a smartphone...
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A MIC TECHNIQUE THAT CAPTURES WHAT THE MUSICIAN HEARS
An electric guitarist is sitting in a studio, ready to start a session. They have tweaked their...
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Is Less Gain the Guitar Version Of “Adulting”?
Over the years I’ve realized that I have substantially backed off the gain on my tone yet...
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4th Edition Of Recording Engineer’s Handbook Now Available
BOMG Publishing has announced the release of the fully updated fourth edition of Bobby...
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Stage Plots: What They Are, Why You Need One, How To Make One
What goes where? That is the question and the stage plot is the answer. This simple picture is...
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You can sound Good or you can sound Unique
Over the past 6 months, I have really gotten into listening to podcasts on my commute. It’s...
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Top 8 Ways to Record Your Gig
While editing Riley Wilson’s latest Solo Gigger blog on recording gig–less as a way to...
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NY Tax Credit = More Music, More Jobs
In New York State, the Excelsior Jobs Program was created to provide tax credits for strategic...
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Gigging Right: Playing With Tracks
By Jerry Cobb So your drummer quit, your bass player has taken up yoga and won’t learn the...
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For Game Sound Composers
GameSoundCon finalized the 2015 schedule for the leading conference on video game music and sound...
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Tips for Recording Acoustic Guitar
Recording the acoustic guitar can be a bit difficult until you know a few tried and true...
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My Electronic Classroom
Some years ago when I was asked that infamous question during an interview, “Where do you see...
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- PMC Monitors – The Only Choice For A Shared StudioChoosing a pair of studio monitors is a very personal business. What works for one person may not work for someone else. No wonder, then, that when composer and producer Marco Martini and Sam Wheat, formerly chief engineer at London’s Metropolis Studios, agreed to share a studio together they demo-ed numerous monitoring systems before finding […]
- Front-of-House Engineer Ethan Carlson Praises ShowMatch System from Bose ProfessionalAt a recent tour stop with pop singer and actor Jesse McCartney, front-of-house engineer Ethan Carlson had a chance to work with the Bose Professional ShowMatch DeltaQ line array system and is now among the growing list of FOH engineers who praise ShowMatch for its performance and sound quality. Specifically, Carlson singles out the system’s […]
- Sleep Wakes Up With Heil SoundIn April of this year, revered stoner metal trio Sleep seemed to awaken from a lengthy – twenty year – slumber to release their first full length album of new material since the fan favorite LP Dopesmoker. Not that the band members have been dormant thewhole time. Bassist/vocalist Al Cisneros, guitarist Matt Pikehave played in […]
- IK Multimedia introduces Dimebag Darrell CFH Collection for AmpliTubeIK Multimedia announces the Dimebag Darrell CFH Collection for AmpliTube. This new collection features models of the exact gear used by “Dimebag” Darrell Lance Abbott on Pantera‘s groundbreaking album, Cowboys From Hell. Mac/PC users can enjoy nine brand new models including two amps, two cabinets and five stompboxes. Dimebag is considered one of the most […]