A Re-amp box is a useful and indispensable piece of equipment to have when recording electric guitars. I think that the assumption is that they allow to to have clean backups of your guitar recording, or allow you more options, or make edits of guitar parts easier to make your playing better, but they have... Continue Reading →
About 2 years ago I got this amplifier from a friend, and about a year ago I made a video fixing it up and getting it working again, it is a great sounding amp and I think it is about time that it got a proper case to protect it and to make it look... Continue Reading →
It's been about 4 years since we moved into our house and I started having a shop. It's funny how what you grow up with is normal to you. I grew up with my dad's 2 car garage wood shop full of every tool imaginable. I think I remember about 2 times that there was... Continue Reading →
So I wrote this song a couple of years ago, but haven't gotten around to recording it in any way until now. Since I recently finished up building a microphone from a kit, recording this song seemed like the perfect way to break in the new microphone. Check out the microphone build article here! This... Continue Reading →
Why buy and expensive microphone when you can build one! I have been in need of a good quality large diaphragm condenser microphone for a little while now. The mic I ended up purchasing was the T-47 kit. https://microphone-parts.com/collections/microphone-kits/products/t47-microphone-kit On the Mic Parts website they seem to compare this microphone to a Neumann U87. Considering... Continue Reading →
From time to time I need a way to hook up a guitar speaker to an amplifier for testing. This really is a simple cord with a 1/4" jack on one end, and female disconnect connectors on the other, however a simple thing when you need it and don't have it can be annoying. For... Continue Reading →
So at the end of 2019 I upgraded my computer from a 2012 Macbook Pro to a 16" Macbook Pro. At least my 8 year old computer served me well and allowed me to skip the butterfly keyboard Macbooks all together. I figured since I was in upgrading mode I would work on the ergonomics... Continue Reading →
So I built this LED backlit sign, that changes colors when it receives MIDI signals from any digital audio workstation. So when you hit play it turns green, when you hit stop it turns yellow, and when you hit record it turns red. So basically I started off by building a box out of wood.... Continue Reading →
Making your own audio cables can be a rewarding thing. But also sometimes it is necessary. In the rack for my PA system I need to go from the XLR outputs of my mixer to the 1/4 inch inputs on my power amp. However because of the tight space of the lid and back door... Continue Reading →
While mixing an album for one of my guitar students, I found myself reaching for a tape emulation plugin. The Kramer MPX plugin by Waves to be exact. The album has an old school, Rockabilly / British rock vibe to it and it is certainly appropriate to emulate that vintage sound. As I reached for... Continue Reading →
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