When I read a harsh review my usual reflection is that criticism is so easy and a sort of safe play for critics. In the case of Swedish newspaper Metro’s review of the Metallica/Lou Reed collaboration Lulu however, not only do I feel is the harshness warranted but the review itself is a masterpiece. Translated […]
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The newest version of Reaper (4.10) has an amazing new feature, found in some other DAWs – track freeze. Freezing a track means rendering it to a static sound file, the point of which is to save a lot of precious CPU cycles. I’ve done this manually before, mostly to be able to work on […]
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I’m usually singing the constant praise of Reaper in this blog. This time I’m going to point out a big weakness, in my opinion. The bundled VST effects are either too complicated for me or not very good. After numerous attempts with ReDelay and Reverberate I get only crap results. What I want is more […]
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This might be the coolest thing I’ve seen in… well, a long while! A hardware pedal you can load your regular VST amp sims into and bring to rehearsal or a gig. To quote the manufacturer SM Pro: It’s no secret that some of the very best guitar tones and effects are now being created […]
Read more Last week the editors of Audio Geek Zine, SoundHow and DIY Recording Equipment posted almost 100 tips and tricks for my favorite DAW Reaper. A few samples: #REAPER tip: The Dynamic Split function can be used to chop up media at transients, remove silence and turn audio to MIDI #REAPER tip: Every media item has […]
Read moreThere’s a contest to be in a touring queen cover band called Queen Extravaganza. I think Freddie’s spot is pretty much filled:
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Feeling handy for the coming holidays? One of my long-term ideas for a summer or christmas holiday projects is to build a guitar from parts. I think I’m going to start with a smaller project though – building an effects pedal (aka stomp box). There are a bunch of companies selling complete kits with metal […]
Read moreIn the new version (1.2) of AmpKit you can mix your recorded guitar track with the backing track you used. It’s not completely obvious how though. Thing is you do it at export time – when copying the track, sending it by email or uploading it to SoundCloud. Here’s where and how:
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Most pickups are available in black, some maybe also in white and zebra. Dimarzio has a wider selection of colors, for instance I have a green Blaze in the bridge of my Schecter Omen 7 (bought it used – would probably not have gone with green :-)). But what if you want to go completely […]
Read moreIf I could choose one guitar player that I could play like, it would be Loomis:
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