Lamb of God is a band that pops up everywhere on my “recommended” lists on last.fm etc. I’ve never really given them a chance, for two reasons: one is growl and the other is the preconception that anything xyzcore sucks. I’ve stopped being such a wuss and gotten into growl so now it’s heavy Lamb […]
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Read moreLiberKey is a great portable apps installer/launcher, which I have in my DropBox. Even better, it now lets you include TuxGuitar – so tab viewing/editing everywhere! http://www.liberkey.com/en/component/content/article/3.html
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There are three basic ways of recording guitar: miking up an amp, use a digital amp modeller or direct input. The first two record a “wet” signal, with effects like distortion already present in the sound. The third records a “dry” signal with the signal unmodified as it comes from the guitar output jack. 1. […]
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NAMM has come and gone and among millions of other gear news, I’ve spotted iPhone-related guitar pedals from at least three manufacturers. They are all “single-unit” stompboxes that go on your pedalboard with the rest of the pedals, but each of the three have a separate approach. iStomp Digitech’s iPhone pedal is called iStomp. It’s […]
Read moreWarm-up you say… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHgg3Eq63JA
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This is the first of a three part series about writing, recording and mixing your first song. I’m by no means an expert on the subject, but this will get you started. The obvious first obstacle is coming up with a song, writing the chords and notes. Composing, if you will. So where do you […]
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I’m currently reading an ebook dubbed “Why Do Your Recordings Sound Like Ass?” or WDYRSLA. It’s really not a book per se, it’s a collection of posts in a thread of the same name in the Reaper forums. It has 261 pages and contains things every home studio owner really must know. Even if you’re […]
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Read moreI sort of finished mixing a new song. I’m going to add lead to the slow section and redo the fast solo, but otherwise – something like this: [soundcloud id=”34989429″ iframe=”true” /]
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