Recent Posts Tagged With 'guitar'

• Guitar Rig 3 GO - free for a limited time!

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 12:01 in guitar, gear, reaper, guitar rig 3, guitar rig 3 go

  Anyone who has looked into Guitar amp and effect modelers knows that Native Instruments' Guitar Rig is one of the top players in the field. The biggest problem I have with the modeling software is that it is expensive enough that most home studios c...

• Tutorial: Fixing a Noisy Line, Part 2

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 21:30 in tutorial, guitar, noise, reaper, lightsnake, reafir, reagate

  In Part 1 of this tutorial, we looked at gear and line investigation techniques to try to identify and/or minimize the problem. Here, in Part 2, we will focus on software solutions to handling a noise-laden signal.REAPER ToolsWhile using REAPER, I h...

• Tutorial: Fixing a Noisy Line, Part 1

  Posted on Saturday October 18th, 2008 at 23:25 in tutorial, guitar, noise, lightsnake

  Something I’ve been combating lately in my recording is line and interface noise. As I mentioned recently, the Lightsnake USB interface I’ve been using worked OK with my acoustic, but once I started recording with an electric guitar, the noise i...

• Eating My Own Words - Lightsnake Review Updated

  Posted on Sunday October 12th, 2008 at 01:10 in guitar, gear review, humility, noise, vst, lightsnake, daisy rock, epiphone sg special, reafir

  Well, I'll be the first to admit that having to eat your own words is not too tasty, but sometimes it is exactly what you need to do.Recently I posted a review of the Lightsnake USB Instrument Cable. In that review, I gave it decent marks in my expe...

• Site Review: HowToTuneAGuitar.org

  Posted on Thursday October 9th, 2008 at 23:40 in guitar, Scales, chords, site review, guitar tuning, tune-o-matic, chordbot

  If you've ever looked for instructional guitar videos online, you'll find an ugly pile of subscription sites and "pay us and you'll play like Clapton in thirty days" claims that you know are extremely bloated. I've looked at a few sites that have ...

• Gear Review: REAPER

  Posted on Saturday August 30th, 2008 at 18:00 in guitar, gear review, reaper, daw, lightsnake, ableton live, protools, home recording studio, m-audio keystudio 25

  The most essential tool in your home studio is the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Sure, there are other dedicated hardware solutions, but those can be pricey. There has been an explosion of DAWs on the market in the past few years, which is good ...

• Gear Review: Daily Rock Wildwood Artist Acoustic/Electric Guitar

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 15:00 in guitar, acoustic, gear review, daisy rock

  My first experience with Daisy Rock gear was with this guitar, when I managed to win it in a contest held on a Metal web site. How exactly an acoustic guitar got paired up with a site devoted to a genre not known for acoustics, I'll never know. But...