• Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Setting Up: Using Conventional and Radical Setups to Solve Problems

    Getting the best sound on stage in a variety of situations. Setting Up In chapter 1, we looked at individual instruments and how to get ...
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  • Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Producing: Getting The Best out of Musicians

    An excerpt from the book, The Music Producer's Handbook Even if a musician is completely comfortable with his environment and headphone mix, there are additional ...
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  • Bass Tutorials, Drum Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Keyboard Tutorials, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Getting an Endorsement Deal

    Is a formal relationship with your gear maker right for you? Endorsements are a marketing tool that manufacturers use to help them sell more products. Your ...
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  • Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    700 MHz and White Spaces

    Is Use of Your Wireless Gear now Illegal?  The house lights go down and your band takes the stage. It's exciting stuff — you're playing ...
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  • Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Racks 101: The Rack is Back!

    Renewed Interest in Rack Gear Means Numerous Options for the Modern Guitar Player Many things in the music industry are cyclical, as evidenced by the ...
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  • Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Amps 101: Knowing Your Head From Your Combo

    With all the talk about amps, preamps, heads, stacks, tubes, and so on, a few readers have written to us with questions about the basics. ...
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  • Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    How to Record a Big Budget Album With… a Big Budget!

    Multiple studios, Internet Collaboration, and more… I was going to call this feature “How to Record a Hit Album,” but that would have been a ...
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  • Drum Tutorials, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Drum Recording 101: A Primer

    At some point in your musical life, you’ll want to record drums for yourself and have them sound good, whether for rough demos or full-blown ...
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  • Keyboard Tutorials, Tutorials

    The Portable In-Flight Budget Studio

    In-flight entertainment was never this productive (or fun)! I love traveling to new places. Or at least, arriving at new places. While I am always happy to ...
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  • Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Pickups 201: Pickup Replacement

    If you play mid-level guitars, one area where some manufacturers try to save money is in the quality of the pickups they install. Fortunately, replacing ...
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