There are numerous ways to share your track – from communities like MySpace, SoundClick and Reverbnation to file sharing services such as DropBox or Sprend. And then there’s something in between – SoundCloud! Being both is an advantage and a drawback. Let’s start on the plus side. SoundCloud is really good because of: Modern technology: the […]
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One of the most characteristic pieces of equipment in a studio is the gigantic control surface with a lever for each track. It might not be the first thing you put in your bedroom though. There are smaller control surfaces for home use, but they still take up space and cost at least €150 (and […]
Read moreI stumbled across an interesting post at Metalguitarist.org about practice (originally from jamplay.com). The really short summary is that it’s about how to achieve quality when you don’t have the time to get it through quantity. A longer summary: Balance between different parts of the practice. This goes well with my own rule of thumb where […]
Read moreChord circle is a very simple iPhone app that is a reference for those of us who don’t have keys and modes like the back of our hand: It also has a mode for easy transposing: Chord Circle is free and you can find it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chord-circle/id317325569?mt=8
Read moreRaz Ben Ari is an Israelian who makes innovative guitar videos on Youtube. His best in my opinition is 10 metal genresin 3 minutes: He’s also made Evolution of Metal, Metal Around the World and some other clever videos. I’m not sure I like the latest one with movie music themes as much, but I […]
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Everyone who makes music needs a computer program for recording and editing. A full-featured music application that handles recorded sound, midi and VST-plugins is called a DAW – Digital Audio Workbench. Protools, Cubase and Logic are popular DAWs. Out of these I’ve only tried Cubase, and I think it is really, really bad. In spite of […]
Read moreGlenn de Laune is awesome at getting great tones out of digital stuff, such as the Pod X3. This is a really impressive Queensrÿche cover where he plays all instruments and even sings himself. The ultimate bedroom guitarist?
Read moreJust as with physical gear AmpKit will sound bad if you put the stomp boxes in the wrong order or in the wrong place. This is most obvious with the delay pedal (D-delay). Per default it’s put before the amp if you add it to a setup, which sounds like crap if you add distortion. […]
Read moreOla Englund is, apart from an awesome guitarist, renowned over all the internet as someone who can squeeze a fantastic tone out of almost any amp. He’s made a few tutorial videos on Youtube that describes how you make amazing guitar and bass recordings, and how to make plugin drumkits like Superior Drummer sound great. Here’s […]
Read moreOn Twitter, AmpKit makers Agile have linked to my Enter Sandman-cover that I recorded in AmpKit! http://soundcloud.com/osiris8/enter-iphoneman Am I famous now? :-D This is the tweet: https://twitter.com/ampkit/status/30086560695189504
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