Guides & News
Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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Tech Tips: Pickup Phase and Polarity
Every pickup coil has two properties that affect how they will sound when they are combined with others. These properties are called…
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Tech Tips: Bit Depth and Sample Rates
Today’s audio interfaces and music creation software can work with a good selection of bit depths and sampling rates so for those…
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TC Helicon Play Electric Announced
TC-Helicon, TC Electronic’s voice-centric division, has just announced the Play Electric – a powerful and compact multi-FX unit that offers complete vocal…
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Song Memorization Tips
As a musician or just someone interested in learning a song, it takes memorizing the lyrics, dynamics, chords and much more to…
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Solid State vs Tube Amps
Tube versus solid state amplifiers: one of the most heated battles in modern rock. Both have their advantages and disadvantages but before…
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First Impressions On The Seymour Duncan Killing Floor High Gain Boost Effects Pedal
With Summer NAMM in full swing, we’ve been overloaded with the sheer amount of awesome new gear that has been announced. And…
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Schecter Chris Poland Solo-6 FR Poltergeist Announced
Schecter Guitar Research will debut the Chris Poland Signature Solo-6 FR Poltergeist for the 2015 Winter NAMM Show, which will be showcased in…
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SB-15 Tailbone from Radial Engineering
Radial Engineering has just announced the SB-15 Tailbone – a high performance signal buffer designed to sit at the beginning of the…
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Recording Tips: Stereo VS Mono
Here’s a quick question: when it comes to recording an acoustic guitar, what’s the better choice – mono or stereo? That is…
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Real Life Non-Musical Benefits Of Learning To Play An Instrument
We all love music; there isn’t a person in this world who doesn’t like some kind of music or the other.…
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PRS Guitars Adds A10E Acoustics to SE Angelus Series
The SE A10E is the first all-mahogany guitar in the SE Angelus line up. The all-mahogany body construction of this guitar provides…
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Outside The Box Vocal Tips For Singers
With regards to sound and vocal systems, they are excessively basic. The following are some vocal tips that, if you are…