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Korg Kaossilator Pro Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer
Korg
Radias-R Virtual Analog Synthesizer Rack
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Hot Monitor DEALz!
Tweak: Excellent Deal for a Home Studio! KRK RP8G2 Monitor and Mic Pack In addition to a pair of KRK RP8G2s you get:
- Samson C01 Large Condenser Microphone
- Behringer C2 Condenser Microphone
- Audio-Technica ATHM20 Headphones
- 2 Tripod Boom Mic Stands
- 2 Mic Cables
- 2 XLR to 1/4-inch TRS Cables
The krk rp8g2 is winning in our poll!
Also See the KRK RP6g2 package deal
Poll Best Monitors $300-$600 a pair Winning: KRK RP8G2
Mixing, mastering, and monitoring
Highlights
- Choosing the Right Mixer
- How to Setup a Mixer
- The Truth about Studio Monitors
- Mastering in the Home Studio
- EQ and the Limits of Audio
- The Perfect Mix
- How to Mix in the Box
- 16 vs. 24 bit demystified
- Using Pan Controls Effectively
Polls
Poll Best monitors under $300 a pair. Winning: KRK RP5G2
Poll Best headphones under $100 Winning: Sony MDR 7506
Polls on "Which Mixer?"
Poll Best Studio Monitors @ $1200 a pair. Our new poll suggests the Adam A7. Do you agree? Winning: Adam A7 Powered Nearfield Monitor
Cool Quote Department
"There is _no_ theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. It is a free art gushing forth, an open-air art boundless as the elements, the wind, the sky, the sea. It must never be shut in and become an academic art."
Claude Debussy
Tweak's Music
hundreds of songs online
Highlights
- Hear Tweak's Recent work with Christina on "The Secret Door"
- Tweak's
"Planet Wonder"
hi-fi - Winnie returns to the studio with "Let me Go My Way"
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There's more in the jukebox
Tip # 4 Headroom is more important
than Loudness
Making your tracks "as hot as possible" is an analog throwback that no longer
applies to digital. Recording at 24 bit, you'll get a better sound, and
a better mix, if you give yourself a generous cushion between your signal and
0db on the meters.
Tip # 5 Bass Kills
Many tracks have unneeded bass which when summed together can destroy
your mix. Get rid of as much unnecessary bass as you can on
every track
Working with Video
Highlights
- Doing Video Projects in your Home Studio
- Using your studio to make Podcasts
- iLife '06 and GarageBand
- Using Soundtrack Pro
It's NEW!
(New Arrivals and stuff you can Pre-Order)
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Tweak's Guide to recording success |
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Recent Articles
- New Kaossilator Pro Review
- New: Korg M3 Resources
- New Guide Article: The Art of Pitch Correction
- New Review of the UAD SSL4k processors
- The Best of the Cheap Interfaces
- New Guide Article: The Many functions of MIDI
- Tenori-On Review
- New products from Namm 2010
- Getting into Pro Tools 8.1
- Subscribe to Tweak's Blogspot
- Should we Upgrade to Win 7?
- Polls Best Mid price Firewire Interface
- Best $1000 synth
- Latency and how to fix it
- Working as a Sound Developer
- Review of Trilian
- Pictures of 270 Home and Pro Studios Updated
- Behringer ADA8000 Review
- Setting up a Word Clock distribution system
Tip #1 Great Sound
Excellent Microphone
+ Excellent
Preamp
+ Excellent Converters
+ Excellent Monitors
+ Room Treatment
=Great Sound!
Essential Concepts
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Hooking Up Audio -
MIDI Basics -
Signal Flow Basics -
Studio setup in a Nutshell -
Building a Quiet Room -
The War on Hum -
Latency and how to Deal -
Impedance for Musicicans -
How to setup a Patchbay -
Room Acoustics Basics -
About Cables -
Digital Audio Converters -
Bit Depth & Sample Rate -
Word Clock -
TimeCode
Audio Interfaces and Soundcards Department
Highlights
- Soundcard? Audio Interface? or Firewire Mixer?
- Audio interfaces for your Macbook, iMac and Mac Pro
- Review of the MOTU 896MK3
- Review of the MOTU 828MK2
- Studio Signal Flow
- The world's BEST soundcard
- Want to compare what's out there? I made this for you.
Polls
Poll Best audio interface over $1000
Winning:
RME Fireface 800
Poll: Best FW interface 400-550 (new)
Poll Best soundcard under $100 Winning: MAudio Audiophile 2496
Recording, Composition and Arranging Department
Highlights
- What to watch out for when buying a Multi-Track
- Review of the Yamaha AW1600
- The Concise History of Home Recording
- The Systems Page
- The Recording Process made Simple
- Hip Hop Beat Construction
- All about Compressors and their use
- Recording Electric Guitar
- Using
FX Processors
Past and Present - The Cheapest Computer Studio
- Inspiration and Style
- How to Write Drum Tracks
Tweak's Guitar Gallery
Highlights
- Tweak reviews the VG99
- Getting a Great Guitar Tone in a Sequencer
- Review of the Epiphone Casino
- Buying your first nylon stringed guitar
Cool Gear
Fender American Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar (Maple, With Case)
Fender
Epiphone
Ibanez Electric Guitars
Amplifiers
Acoustic Guitars-Steel
Classic Guitars-Nylon
More Guitars
Tweak Sez: Outstanding studio amp for the money! Vox VT30
If I were starting out today, I'd click this
Tweak's "I'm broke but I want to produce my band, rig"
- Tascam US1641 USB 2.0 Audio Interface (includes Cubase LE4!)
- KRK RP5G2 Rokit G2 Monitors
- SM57 and SM58 Mic Package (6 mics & cables)
- On-Stage Mic Stand Bundle
Just add your computer (with USB 2.0) and cables for the monitors. No mixer needed!
Low cost Firewire Rig
"EZ
to get started software based system"
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Presonus Firestudio Mobile
(includes Cubase LE4)
- Mackie MR5 Reference Monitor
- Studio Projects B1 Microphone
- M-audio Axiom 25 Keyboard
- Sonar Home Studio (PC) On the Mac use GarageBand or Logic Express
- Add your computer and your talent and make a masterpiece.
Entry level Mixer Based PCI Soundcard System
"inexpensive but works and sounds good"
Studio
PC/Mac DAW Firewire Studio with Motorized faders will run any sequencer or ProTools MP
- Pro Tools MP Software
- Korg M50
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Project Mix system - Rode NT1a
- KRK RP8G2 Monitors
- and add your computer
Dream Mac Studio
"Awe inspiring
solution for composition, recording, mixing and mastering!"
- Apple MacPro Desktop Computer
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Motu 828MK3
or Apogee Ensemble
- KRK VXT8 Active Studio Monitors
- Focusrite ISA428 preamps (or mix and match your faves)
- Korg M3 88
- Logic Studio
- UAD2 Plugins
- Rode NT2a (vocals, instruments)
- SM7b (male vocals, amps)
- SM81 (guitars, overheads)
- NI Komplete
Getting your studio Wired
Highlights
zZounds now carries Ready Acoustics Bass Traps
Software Instruments
Highlights
- What is a Soft Synth?
- Review of Omnisphere
- Review of MOTU's BPM
- Review of Superior Drummer 2.0
- Review of Kontakt 3
- Review of Kore 2
- My Favorite Vintage Soft Synths
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Tip # 6 Fun Factor Whatever you are creating, don't take it so seriously that you can't have fun with it! If you are having a good time with your creations there is a good chance people will notice that. |
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Keyboards and Modules
Highlights
- Learn how to choose the
Right Keyboard - Guide to Compact MIDI Controllers
- History of the Roland Fantom
- Article on the Motif Family of keyboards
- All About MIDI Modules
- All about MIDI interfaces
- The Tweaker's Guide to Continuous Controllers
- Tips: Programming Synths
- Review: V-Synth GT
- Review of the Motif XS
- Polls on budget keyboards and audio interfaces
- Review of the ReMOTE 37 SL by Novation
- See all articles on Keyboards
Polls
Poll Fantom G, Motif XS, Or Korg M3? Our readers say: Fantom G
Poll Best
multi-timbral synth under $600
Roland
Juno D (very close!)
Microphones and Preamps
What do all these Mics have in Common? All of our members know. Do you? Start reading the Guide today!
Highlights
- Get the perfect Mics for the Home Studio
- A Primer on Mic Preamps
- Review of the Shure SM81 Review of the Shure SM57
- Review of the Electro-Voice RE20
- Review of the Shure SM7B
- Review of the M-Audio Solaris Microphone
- Review of the Neumann TLM 103
- Review of the Rode NT1
- Review of FMR's Really Nice Preamp
- How to Record Vocals
- How to Process Vocals
- Setting up a Vocal Session
- Using Harmonizers
The FMR RNP an excellent preamp for the above average
home studio.
Polls
Poll The
Best All-Purpose Condenser Mic for $200
Winning:
Rode NT1a
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Poll Best microphone preamp $100-250 Winning: M-Audio DMP3 Poll Best large condenser around $100
Poll Best studio dynamic Mic under $130 Winning: Shure SM57 Department of Digital SamplingHighlights
Cool Gear Downloadable Sounds at zZounds (Hey that rhymes!)
Tip # 2 Knowledge
Sequencers and your DAWHighlights
Polls Poll: Which is Better? Logic, Cubase, Sonar, PTLE, DP Winning: Sonar! (but its close!) Cool Gear
Logic
Pro 9 is in the Logic Studio Package
CUBASE 5 is here
at the TweakLab and under review
Tip
# 3 Stop Comparing your Music to "OPM" (other people's music)
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