RECORDING

What you know about mics could change everything... Microphones are the most important tools used in live sound. Just as a carpenter must know how to use power tools to accomplish a certain task,...

Flow, Part 2

Finding your FLOW could change everything about playing.Thank you for all your emails, I really appreciate it. I tallied up the results and Flow came out a winner! ...

Planet Guitar: Recording Your Music

Just like many musicians, I got tired of having my music get mangled by producers and engineers that might have known about recording but didn’t know anything about my music or what I...

Audiofile Engineering's Quiztones App Review

Want to mix better? Then you've got to train those ears! And you can win a copy to help! Reviewed by John PecakQuiztones from Audiofile Engineering is a useful teaching tool that will be of benefit...

Why I Hate Geniuses

Some nights when I’m really totally fried like crazy I watch Hulu on my computer. People who know me know that I don’t really watch much TV. In fact, right now, I don’t even own a TV. I know that’s...

Music From A Tree

This guy really knows how to keep things shaking! We don't know who Diego Stocco is, but his Music From A Tree video is turning ears everywhere.

Fostex AR4i Interface for iPhone

VIDEO REVIEW: It seems like every musician and sound tech I know is packing an iPhone these days—and it has little to do with the phone part. The number of audio apps is pretty...

Les Paul Foundation to Auction Guitars, Recording Gear

You can win a 1951 Fender Nocaster or a 1952 Gibson Les Paul both owned by Les Paul himself. All you need to do is submit the winning bid (and, of course, come up with the dough) at the...

The Zoom H2N Field Recorder: Now It's Personal

I usually don’t write reviews in first person, but this time it is personal. Currently I am in four projects, three of which are relatively new. With all the new material I’m learning, I...

When Life Gives You Lemons...

I’ll be honest...I was dreading having to go to NAMM this year. But I learned something really important.For a few reasons, but the primary one being that last year’s show was a drag. It was the...