Recording at home is more common than ever for budding guitarists and experts alike. Here’s everything you need to know about how to record clean DIs, and what they are to begin with.
Recording yourself at home is increasingly common and accessible to guitar and bass players. It’s popular with musicians wanting…
Setting up your own instrument can be a daunting task, but with this simple and easily memorable method, you can take the hassle out of getting your guitar in fine fettle.
There’s something special about picking up a guitar or bass that feels like home. Notes flow easily, and we find ourselves…
Without accurate monitoring, you’ll struggle to make critical decisions when recording, editing and mixing your music. We’d all love to work in a treated room but few of us have that luxury.
Most of us start our careers in bedrooms or some other makeshift space. Thankfully…
MIDI is one of the most misunderstood and mistrusted technologies in the guitar world, but it offers a huge potential for you to control your rig in otherwise impossible ways – here’s why you shouldn't be afraid of going digital.
MIDI – the very name often strikes fear into the hearts of guitarists, who view the whole concept as some strange arcane magic best left to synth players and Allan Holdsworth.
Exploring the incredible gear behind the French dance and techno pioneer with a penchant for big, fat, warm, and vintage analogue sounds
Philippe Cerboneschi’s reputation preceded him. If you didn’t know him by that name, then you may have known of his Parisian studio Motorbass Studio or as one part of Cassius, performing as Philippe Zdar.
Ever wondered what the difference between terms like saturated, warm and crunchy is?
As producers and purveyors of music, it can be really difficult to articulate what we mean when describing sound. Sound for us invokes a feeling, a vibe or a mental image, and articulating ourselves can be a real struggle. Heck, music for some of us is the only way we can express ourselves. MORE
A handy guide to getting the most out of your valves.
While overdrives and distortions are great for creating new tones, they can often remain very much their own beasts and are often used to create specific effects and sounds. MORE
Exploring the audio world's fascination with reel-to-reel recording.
Reel-to-reel tape is a really interesting topic in audio, and it’s important to distinguish reel-to-reel from cassette tapes. We’re nostalgic for the sound of reel-to-reel, and people have an electric excitement, even a snooty attitude when they say ‘we recorded to tape’. MORE
Breaking down the pros and cons of a console-based workflow.
Consoles are synonymous with music production and recording. Regardless of whether they’re used in a recording process or not, the imagery of faders, banks of EQ and master sections are used for promotional purposes, as well as for the interfaces of our favourite plugins.
We pay tribute to one of the most brilliant minds in music history.
For decades, the Neve name has been synonymous with high-end audio equipment. Beloved by audio engineers and producers the world over, Neve was made a household name through the custom console installed in Sound City studios and featured prominently in Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary. That console in particular… MORE
From the Broadcaster to the Jaguar, explore the development of the popular pickup.
Since their introduction to the market in the early ’50s, single-coil pickups have retained their status as one of the most popular and malleable tools any electric player can have in their bag of tricks. Today, we’re getting stuck deep into the story of the development of the single-coil pickup over the years, as well as drawing the distinction between them and P-90s to find out exactly what it is that makes them sing.
Dissecting the influence of the Finnish metal virtuoso.
The news broke of Alexi Laiho’s passing early last week, causing a wave of metal’s biggest names to reminisce on his influence, style and legacy.
As the lead singer and guitarist for Children of Bodom, a band that seamlessly melded influence from every corner of metal, he inspired a generation of musicians, reinvigorated some gear choices and…
Any guitarist beyond a few will know what fuzz is.
Most will probably own at least one fuzz pedal, and if not, they can definitely identify a fuzzy tone on a record. But what is fuzz and how does it differ from overdrive or distortion effects? What makes fuzz so easily identified amongst a myriad of drives and other distorted signals?
