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Mackie ProDX8 — A 6-Pack To Go
Over the past few years, I’ve used and reviewed several digital mixers—often times learning them on-the-fly while working with live bands. While I don’t profess to have earned my digital black belt, I...
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The Ampeg V4B Can’t Be Killed
BY SCOTT WOODWARD Anyone who knows me knows I love this amp! I baby it I put a t-shirt over it and it rides in my SUV and not in the trailer for gigs. I baby this amp more than my basses. So, I accept...
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Worship MD Debuts “Advanced Audio Seminar”
When we go to a concert, we expect the audio, lighting and visuals to be over the top. If the sound is anything less than punchy and precise, we’re apt to be disappointed. Fortunately, the engineers...
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Yamaha Headphone Comparison: The HPH-MT5, HPH-MT7, HPH-MT8. Which is better?
What goes on inside your own head is your business—especially when you are flipping-off reality and holing up in your favorite listening space to get intimate with your most holy playlist. Once inside...
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Weezer Just Won the Internet…
It’s 2018. 24 years and 11 albums in, there’s no reason we should be talking about the somewhat obscure indie darling, Weezer, who peaked with their first album in 1994. Yet, somehow they’ve done it...
View ArticleIs Less Gain the Guitar Version Of “Adulting”?
Over the years I’ve realized that I have substantially backed off the gain on my tone yet it’s still big with plenty of sustain.The question is how can I still be able to do what I need to with half...
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iRig Stomp I/O – Review
Digital modeling of amps and effects has come a long way over the past decade and IK Multimedia has been at the forefront of innovation. In fact, their technology has been so good that many...
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The State of Music in 2019
When it comes to Weezer and their shenanigans, I just can’t help myself. And while I probably appear to be a total fanboy (believe me, I had the Matt Damon SNL clip forwarded to me at least a hundred...
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SoCal Guitar Show 2019
On August 17th and 18th the So Cal Guitar show happened at the Costa Mesa Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa, California. The event is put on by the Amigo group. This was the first year in ages that I wasn’t...
View ArticlePlease Kill My Drummer
A session drummer in the Dallas area picked this off Craigslist and it got circulated among some of his friends. We thought you might enjoy it… Come on, every band leader has thought it at least once...
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A MIC TECHNIQUE THAT CAPTURES WHAT THE MUSICIAN HEARS
An electric guitarist is sitting in a studio, ready to start a session. They have tweaked their amp to get a sound they like. You want to record that same sound. Typically, you might stick an SM57 or a...
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BETTER SOUND FOR YOUR BAND’S VIDEOS
How to connect an external mic or mixer to a smartphoneby Bruce Bartlett When you use a smartphone to capture a video of your band, does the audio sound distant and muddy? That’s because your...
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