Top Ableton Live controllers
TopMany of you out there use the famous Ableton sequencer and at one time or another have surely considered getting a controller to gain some creativity, comfort and speed.
Harmony Basics - Part 43
LearningToday I will change a bit the usual approach of this article series. What I intend to do this time is to leave aside the purely theoretical aspect and put into practice, in a very simple manner, what…
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 74
LearningIn this new installment I will suggest some mics and DIs to record electric guitar. By no means is this list meant to be an exhaustive one. As usual, I will stick to the standard solutions which have…
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 73
LearningGranted, the techniques you saw last time are not exactly meant for beginners. That said, I think they allow you to get results that easily compensate for the headaches that thinking about the "routi…
Harmony Basics - Part 42
LearningThe present article closes the mini-series we started with article 39 focusing on the use of voicings within the most common cadences. And we'll finish studying voicings based on added-tone chords lo…
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 72
LearningSecond part dedicated to trying to solve the question of whether you should record an electric guitar with or without effects.
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 71
LearningToday we'll tackle a rather delicate topic: Should you record with or without effects?
Harmony Basics - Part 41
LearningWith this article we close the chapter on voicings within the framework of cadences by seeing how you can add tones to the cadence chords in the previous articles.
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 70
LearningToday we will discuss direct recording an electric guitar.
Top paid magnetic tape machine emulators
TopOh, the sound of tape! That "something" that so many people miss in digital recordings. Although there are plug-ins that do just that...
Harmony Basics - Part 40
LearningIn the previous article we discussed some examples for three types of cadences: seventh chord progressions based on the circle of fifths, the perfect cadence and the plagal cadence. And we also looke…
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 69
LearningThis week I will show you a technique that is pretty widespread when it comes to recording electric guitar (but not only), namely: double-tracking!
Top hardware speaker simulators
TopSpeaker emulators seem to be highly in demand right now, mainly as a solution to record yourself and play live, benefiting from the sound of a tube amp. There are obviously lots of software tools to …
Harmony Basics - Part 39
LearningToday we'll go once again over what we saw in articles 34 and 36 regarding voice-leading according to cadence, exploring in detail voice movements in relation to the most common cadences.
The ultimate guide to audio recording - Part 68
LearningToday I will show you a nifty trick derived from the previous installment which will allow you to get an quasi-stereo electric guitar sound with two mono takes.
