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How Do I Know Which Mic to Buy?

By: Steve Bolanda George's Music A Basic Guide to Picking the Right Mic From Stage To Studio As musicians, mics are an important part of what we do. We depend on them to translate the sound of our voices and instruments in a clear and concise...

Assemble A Survival Kit

By: Kevin Manieri Georges Music A wise person once said, Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. We musicians would do well to live by this code. Weve all had those performances where it seems like everything breaks, falls over, works...

Recording Electric Guitar In 1 Easy Step

By Ben BlakesleyGeorges Music     There are many aspects of recording that will drive you nuts: getting the perfect drum sound, recording an isolated vocal in the same room as the band, getting rid of that annoying air conditioner hum!...

What's With All Those Knobs? A Primer on Mixing Boards

By Ben BlakesleyGeorges Music     Working as a recording (and sometimes live sound) engineer, I get a lot of clever comments about how complicated the gear looks. Really, that's one of the fun parts about being an engineer. You're a pa...

Quickly Mic Your Acoustic Guitar

  By Ben BlakesleyGeorges Music     Recording an acoustic guitar can be a real challenge, even for seasoned veterans. But it doesn't have to be a horror story. Here are 4 ways to quickly get a realistic and usable acoustic guitar recor...

What's a Capo, Anyway?

  By Ben BlakesleyGeorges Music     You've seen them on the shelves in the stores. They even peer back at you from the guitar headstock of your friend who's been playing for years. But what IS a capo? What does it do? Who would want on...

Square One: Recording from the Ground Up

Getting Your Music into the Computer Cheap & Simple By Jon Chappell If someone asked you, What was the simplest and least-expensive to get into computer recording? What would your response be? Would you immediately recommend your favorite DAW? Wo...

Compressors Demystified

By Craig Anderton It's one of the most used, and most misunderstood, signal processors. While people use it to make a recording "punchier," it often ends up dulling the sound instead because the controls aren't set optimally. And it was supposed to g...

Line 6 Pocket POD Review

Review: Line 6 Pocket POD Line 6 Pocket POD - $129.99 - Buy Now! By Jon Chappell The Line 6 POD, in all its various incarnations, is one of the best sounding and most successful guitar-based multi-effects processors on the market today. Its available...