• General Tutorials, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Flow and Direction: Accessing the Inner Shape of Your Music

    Music is about tension and release. Everything can be thought of in this way, from the chords chosen, the intensity with which you play and ...
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  • Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Monitor Placement and Setup 101

    This tutorial is an excerpt from the Sonarworks Successful Studio Setup eBook. Download a FREE copy of the SonarWorks Successful Studio Setup eBook here! Where ...
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  • Feature Stories, Recording/Live Sound FS, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Your Next Great Studio Upgrade: A Curved Display

    For the past few years, the computer gaming market has readily embraced ultra-wide, curved, displays that follow a design concept first presented in the large-screen ...
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  • Feature Stories, Music Biz FS, Recording/Live Sound FS, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials

    2019: State of the Mac

    [Originally posted June 3, 2019, updated August 27 and December 20] A few years ago, I wrote the somewhat disturbing feature, “Why Your Next Studio ...
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  • Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    My Modeling Amp Sounds Like Dirt

    An amp modeler is not the equivalent of a room full of tube amplifiers and effects products. Does this scenario sound familiar? You just purchased ...
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  • Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Your New Studio Macintosh Is Finally Here… And it’s not the iMac Pro.

    Your New Studio Macintosh Is Finally Here… And it’s not the iMac Pro. By Scott Kahn Many musicians and recording engineers have felt left out ...
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  • General Tutorials, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Studio: Turn Your Older Apple Mac Pro Into a Modern Studio Powerhouse (or something just ...

    It’s safe to say that a vast number of commercial and pro-level project studios have digital audio workstations built around Apple’s aluminum enclosure Mac Pro ...
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  • Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Guitar 101: Transforming Your Sound with Piezo Acoustic Pickup-Equipped Electric Guitars

    The following is an excerpt from Modern Guitar Rigs: The Tone Fanatic's Guide to Integrating Amps & Effects, second edition, by Scott Kahn, published by ...
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  • Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Guitar 201: Adjusting the Truss Rod

    The following is an excerpt from How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great, second edition, by Dan Erlewine, published by Backbeat Books/Hal Leonard Performing ...
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  • Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    In-Ear Monitoring 101

    Any Musician Can Make Use of This Essential Monitoring Technology I love playing live, but there are times when the monitoring in a club is ...
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