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Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

June 4, 2010

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 ...

Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

May 10, 2010

byScott Kahn

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 ...

Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

April 10, 2010

byScott Kahn

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. ...

Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

June 9, 2009

byScott Kahn

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 ...

November 14, 2007

byScott Kahn

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 ...

Keyboard Tutorials, Tutorials

December 6, 2006

byJason Buchwald

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 ...

Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

September 6, 2006

byScott Kahn

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 ...

Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

September 6, 2006

byMatt Pinson

Pickups 101: A Primer on Passive Electric Guitar Pickups

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood components of the electric guitar is its pickups. Ironically, pickups are one of the most untapped resources for custom ...

Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

March 14, 2006

byScott Kahn

Racks 201: MIDI Foot Controllers

For many serious guitar players, stomp boxes running into the front end of an amplifier do not provide the audio quality or effects-programming flexibility that ...