Guitar Jack 2 USB is a very portable guitar and microphone audio interface from Sonoma Wireworks. It’s a sibling to their Guitar Jack 2 iOS interface, which I reviewed previously, but the USB version supports Mac and Windows computers. Since my review of the Guitar Jack 2 iOS I’ve used it extensively and I really […]
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The most important piece of hardware in any home studio is the audio interface. The audio interface is the connection between the analog world and digital, and contains the preamp that brings the low signal of an electric guitar up to line level. The excellent Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 has to instrument/microphone inputs with preamps, balanced and unbalanced stereo outputs for monitors and MIDI connectors.
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Focusrite has released an audio interface with their award-winning preamp for guitar and microphone that has a special connector for iPads. For the mobile musician this could be the perfect compromise, but be aware of the limitations compared to Focusrite’s other interfaces.
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One of the biggest annoyances for people switching to the 64-bit version of Reaper is that 32-bit plugins open in their own separate windows. But now there’s a solution to that problem! Newer versions of Reaper actually lets you choose the behavior of the GUI in bridged plugins – it’s just a bit tricky to find those settings.
Read more Latency is the most common technical issue that affects a home studio. Just a small delay can make it impossible to play guitar when monitoring through your DAW. Here’s all about latency and what to do to decrease it to an absolute minimum.
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Even if you are extremely busy or always on the go, you can get a lot done musically done with your iPhone or iPad. Here are the apps I use most to learn and create music.
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If you do most of your playing at home and don’t have a band (my band is currently just two guitarists jamming on Sundays for instance, on break for the summer at that) but still want to make songs, you are going to be using virtual drums. You should consider yourself lucky, because nowadays there […]
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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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Now that we know there’s a way to emulate monitor output in rooms when mixing, wouldn’t it be cool if you could add room simulation to the cabinet or cabinet simulation you are using? Well, you can – using impulse responses. An impulse response is the recording of a special kind of sound – a […]
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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 […]
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