In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix
expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion. His frequent hurricane blasts of noise [...]
Behringer has done it again, producing powerful audio gear for musicians at an ultra-affordable price. Studio veterans and hobbyists alike will feel comfortable with the concise mixing console design. Musicians will find themselves making music with newfound ease thanks to the intuitive, easily understandable controls. The B-Control Series will quickly find themselves a central place [...]
Incredible integration and advanced features give you high-quality software sampling.
The MOTU MachFive Universal Sampler helps you manage and manipulate your samples with Intelligent, intuitive file management optimized for browsing and loading libraries
Intelligent file management
The most critical thing you need from a sampler is easy access to your sounds. The MachFive Universal Sampler offers unprecedented sound [...]
James Marshall Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942 to Sept. 18, 1970) better known as Jimi Hendrix left a big void in my life when he died so young after a brief recording career. I totally associated with and understood every note he struck and every word he spoke. I guess both of us are Voodoo Children!
Not [...]
Rating Robin Trower is a no brainer for me. He is one of the most gifted and influential guitar players ever. Although many younger folks may not be aware of him, do yourself a favor and hear him out. Check his tone, examine his perfect technique and listen to his vibe. You will [...]
Robin Trower is a rock legend. Our little group of four concert goers really scored this week. If you read my columns you know that we saw Willie Nelson on the 11th of Jan. 2008, and that was bionic. Returning to The Sunrise Theatre five days later to see Robin Trower was [...]
new functions, sounds or effects to your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Basically, these Plug-Ins are software-based models of guitars, instruments, synthesizers and effects. Plug-Ins give you access to an unlimited variety of sounds and effects that would be extremely costly to reproduce as physical hardware (don’t forget all the mess of cables you would [...]
Guitar effects processors to me are nothing more than pieces of a computer spread out in an extremely inefficient manner.
With the current VST (virtual studio technology) plugins available to computers it is only a matter of time before the only thing on the floor will be a controller with an expression pedal.
One could control on [...]
Willie Nelson is probably the biggest name to come to our town yet. The Willie Nelson and Family Band came to town last Friday, the 11th of January 2008. We live in Fort Pierce Florida, a humble town of 40,000 people. In the process of renovating our 100 year old down [...]
You have to know these chords too. Otherwise you will cheat yourself out of one most important set of mandatory chords you will receive. I know it’s a lot of brainpower, I also know that guitar players have a determination to be the best. I doubt this set of chords will even phase [...]
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