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Review: TC Electronic Flashback Delay Pedal

Jon — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:59:52 +0000

The TC Electronic Flashback is a digital delay pedal with 9 distinct delay styles; a looping function; and Tone Print, an extra mode that can be loaded with downloadable artist preset. The pedal has stereo in/out, buffered or true-bypass and controls for FX level, Decay, feedback and mode plus a 3 way toggle to divide the timing. The pedal is powered by 9V battery or standard DC pedal power. The bottom of the pedal is removable with one screw revealing the battery compartment and a pair of DIP switches. The first switch activates the buffer circuit which helps keep the signal strength consistent in a large pedal board. The second switch mutes the dry signal for use in a parallel signal chain.

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Guitar store adventures – 5 mini guitar gear reviews

Jon — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:47:45 +0000

Once in a while I make my way downtown (Vancouver) and waste an hour or two messing around with whatever guitars, amps, and pedals that catch my eye. On these outings I grab some gear, go into an iso booth and compare. For example, on my first trip I compared an Ibanez TS9 to a [...]

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Review: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB2 audio interface

Jon — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:06:14 +0000

The Scarlett 2i2 caught my attention right away. Compact, striking appearance and simple layout. I have recommended the interface to dozens of people. While I appreciate the extra i/o my TC Impact Twin provides, its just too big and bulky for a mobile interface. At a third of the size of the Impact, and less [...]

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Tune Bot drum tuner

Jon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:09:50 +0000

Want better drum sounds? Want more consistent drum sounds from take to take and song to song? You need this.

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Using Guitar Pedals For Mixing

Jon — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:24:25 +0000

Today I’m sharing something I’ve been doing a lot lately and can make mixing a lot of fun. Use guitar pedals for mixing Plugins are great but its just not the same as running sounds through real analog circuits. You can send sounds out of your audio interface, tweak the pedal settings and even ‘play’ [...]

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Review: TC-Helicon VoiceLive Rack

Jon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:30:22 +0000

This post is adapted from my review published on The Home Recording Show episode 154 Back in November, Craig from TC Helicon sent us one of their new products the VoiceLive Rack, to try out and review. I got to play with it first and here’s what I thought of it. Overview The VoiceLive Rack [...]

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Video: Bass Guitar Recording Techniques

Jon — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:30:13 +0000

The final video series on recording techniques from Recording Magazine is on electric bass guitar. This 4-part video demonstrates several microphones, placement and distance, combinations of mics, DI boxes and reamping. CLICK HERE to go to the Recording Magazine video page for this lesson. Video: Bass Guitar Recording Techniques is a post from: Audio Geek [...]

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Video: Electric Guitar Recording Techniques

Jon — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:30:11 +0000

This 4-part video series from Recording Magazine demonstrates mic placement, types, proximity effect, reamping, and much more. Awesome videos, the only complaint is that the high-gain tone they got was absolute crap. CLICK HERE or on the image below to go to the Recording Magazine Website. Video: Electric Guitar Recording Techniques is a post from: [...]

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Video: Acoustic Guitar Recording Techniques

Jon — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:00:04 +0000

More from Recording Magazine. This is a 5-part video covering mic placement, distance, types, mono and stereo techniques. All the videos Recording Mag has up on their site are excellent, I’ll post links to Electric Guitar and Bass series later today. Since these videos can’t be embedded CLICK HERE to go to the video page. [...]

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Video: Mid-Side Acoustic Guitar Recording

Jon — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:14:25 +0000

Recording Magazine produced this excellent video demonstrating how MS works. I can’t embed so CLICK HERE to go to the Recording Mag website with the video. Video: Mid-Side Acoustic Guitar Recording is a post from: Audio Geek ZineThank you for subscribing!Follow me on Twitter @theaudiogeek You may also like: 5 Tips for a Great Acoustic [...]

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