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Choosing a Classical Guitar
Choosing a Classical Guitar One of the roles I play in this life is to teach high school students to play guitar. This page is for the person who wants to learn to play nylon stringed guitar, otherwise known as "classical" or "classic" guitar. Classical guitars are different from other acoustic guit…
READ GUIDE →Getting a Great Guitar Tone in your Sequencer
Getting a Great Guitar Tone in your Sequencer Using software to Tweak Your Tone By the Tweak Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 offers a huge variety of tones for your guitar tracks I spent my early days as a home recordist recording electric and acoustic guitars, using beaten up guitars, tripped up re…
READ GUIDE →Guitar Gallery-Acoustic
Guitar Gallery Acoustic Guitars Steel Strings +++ This search engine links you to hundreds of reviews on electric and acoustic guitars available today. It really helps get a sense of the subjective differences among the various models. Guitar Gallery INDEX Electric Guitars Amplifiers Acoustic Steel…
READ GUIDE →Guitar Gallery-Electrics
Guitar Gallery-Electrics Gibson Custom Shop Johnny A Signature Electric Guitar (with Case) Parker Four Seasons Fly Mojo Limited Edition Electric Guitar (With Case) Gibson ES335 Memphis Series Dot Reissue Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar (with Case) +++ This search engine links you to hundreds of revi…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers · Guitar Gallery
Guides Reviews Catalog zZounds Links - Guitar Bass Keyboard Recording Computers Live Drums DJ Accessories Blowouts Guitar Gallery Jan 1 — By The Tweak Welcome to Tweak's Guitar Gallery Featuring Articles and Reviews of New Electric, Steel-stringed and Classical Guitars Gibson Johnny Winter Firebird…
READ GUIDE →The Guitarists' Guide to DAW Recording by SoundCravers Lab
The Guitarist's Guide to Recording on your Computer Recording Guitars: With Mics, Direct, Amped, Vamped, Re-Amped By Tweak I t might seem strange for some of you to think I might know anything about guitars, with my small claim to notoriety being sampling and programming, but the truth is, I was ori…
READ GUIDE →Tweak's Review: Roland VG-99, GK3, FC300 Virtual Guitar System
Review of the Roland VG-99 The Most Powerful Virtual Guitar System on Earth? by Tweak The Roland VG-99 can be as simple as any other guitar/amp modeler on the market. You plug in your guitar, find a preset and wail. There are plenty of presets--200 factory and 200 user. If you are a traditional guit…
READ GUIDE →Guitar Gallery-Amplifiers
Guitar Gallery-Amplifiers This search engine links you to hundreds of reviews on electric and acoustic guitar amplifiers available today. Marshall LTD Super 100JH Jimi Hendrix Handwired Guitar Amplifier Full Stack with Super 100JH Head, 1982AJH and 1982BJH Cabinets
READ GUIDE →Defining Custom Bank Select Methods
Defining Custom Bank Select Methods Using Logic 8 I am going to show you how you get patchnames into Logic from your hardware synth. I am going to use the V-Synth GT as an example. Those of you who own the V-synth GT will find everything you need here to get your V-synth patchnames into Logic. If yo…
READ GUIDE →How to Get Audio into your Computer by SoundCravers Lab
How to Set Up Digital Audio in your Home Studio Ways to get audio into your computer for your creative projects by Tweak Audio 101 1. Learn the different ways to get audio into a computer 2. Understand digital audio 3. Learn Basics of the recording process and the Mix So, then how do we get our soun…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Behringer V-AMP
Review of the Behringer V-Amp 2 by Tweak Today was the day. I brought them out of exile, the dusty relics of my past, the skeletons in the Tweak's many closets. No, not the faded photographs of past significant others, but something almost as dear: I brought out my guitars. Shaking my head, in some…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Epiphone Casino
Review of the Epiphone Casino By the Tweak Modern day copy of a Beatles-Era Guitar I am no stranger to Epiphone Casinos. I used to play an original Casino, borrowed from a friend, every time I gigged. My own guitar at the time, a Les Paul of some unknown make, was simply not gig-worthy. Decades late…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Shure SM81 Microphone by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Shure SM81LC Great Mic for Acoustic Guitar by Tweak It has taken years for the SM81 to rise to the top of my GAL (Gear Acquisition List) but it finally did a few weeks ago. The package has arrived and the acoustic guitars are dusted and polished. Expectations high. Plug it in to the Fo…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers Guide Index
Guide Index Browse the restored SoundCravers archive by topic. Getting Started Assembling 6 different types of Home Studios Essential Concepts for putting together a Home Studio Guide Index How to make money in your home studio How to Set Up Digital Audio in your Home Studio Pic of Basic Setup Podca…
READ GUIDE →What's New and Cool by SoundCravers Lab
What's New (and Cool) page 1 Here's some of the latest studio gear, available from zZounds page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 A Really SCHWEET DEAL KRK VXT8 Active Studio Monitor With a visually striking enclosure design that is equally functional -- providing low resonance, improved structur…
READ GUIDE →Review of Komplete 4 by Native Instruments
Review of Komplete 4 and 5 by Native Instruments Native Instruments improves their big bundle of Synths, Samplers, Drum instruments and FX By Tweak So far so good. The products, and there are twelve of them, all install nicely on my system (Mac OSX 10.4.8 PPC). Some are Universal Binary for the Inte…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers Lab Electronic Musician's Hangout
The #1 Site for Learning about Home and Project Studios Follow @SoundCravers More Really SCHWEET DEALz Tweak: New Lower price. Great Buy. Roland JUNO-G 61-Key Synthesizer Keyboard Look familiar? True to its heritage, the new JUNO-G is affordable and user-friendly. But that's where the comparisons to…
READ GUIDE →A Good Sounding, reasonably priced rig
Tweak's Guide to Recording Success Introduction For Noobs MIDI Basics Audio Basics Studio Rigs Studio Pics Past Studios Signal Flow System Guide Mac vs. PC Audio Interfaces Latency Install Issues Buy Gear Writing Music Inspiration Recorders Keyboards Controllers CC Events MIDI Routing Mixers Underst…
READ GUIDE →GM Sound Map
GM Sound Map PIANO CHROMATIC PERCUSSION 1 Acoustic Grand 9 Celesta 2 Bright Acoustic 10 Glockenspiel 3 Electric Grand 11 Music Box 4 Honky-Tonk 12 Vibraphone 5 Electric Piano 1 13 Marimba 6 Electric Piano 2 14 Xylophone 7 Harpsichord 15 Tubular Bells 8 Clavinet 16 Dulcimer ORGAN GUITAR 17 Drawbar Or…
READ GUIDE →You passed the 1st course
You passed the 1st course Tweak's Guide to Recording Success Introduction For Noobs MIDI Basics Audio Basics Studio Rigs Studio Pics Past Studios Signal Flow System Guide Mac vs. PC Audio Interfaces Latency Install Issues Buy Gear Writing Music Inspiration Recorders Keyboards Controllers CC Events M…
READ GUIDE →The Concise History of the Home Studio
The Concise History of the Home Studio How we used to do it, how we do it today By Rich the TweakMeister Hey, this is not the definitive history of home recording but a quick timeline to give you the gist of what happened before you got here. This is the timeline you have to know to make sense of de…
READ GUIDE →What's New and Cool Page 3
What's New and Cool Page 3 The Beatles, according to legend, had several Epiphone Casios . At the time the P-90 pickups were a huge part of rock N roll. Today I have mine no more than 3 feet away at all times. I hot rodded my Casino with a Roland GK3 pickup, which, through my VG99 , can create just…
READ GUIDE →Older How-To Articles at SoundCravers Lab
Older How-to Articles on Using MIDI, Sequencers, Samplers, Synths and Music Computers by Tweak how to articles Setting up an Analog Surround Mix How to Make a Cakewalk .ins File Doing it with Digital . This is a primer that tells you how to make a fully digital recording with as few passes through c…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers · How to Buy A Microphone For Your Home Studio, Microphones For Recording Drums, Microphones For Recording Instruments, And The Best Microphones For Recording Vocals
Guides Reviews Catalog zZounds Links - Guitar Bass Keyboard Recording Computers Live Drums DJ Accessories Blowouts Microphones For The Home Studio Mar 27 — By The Tweak Contents ↓ Basics of a Home Studio Mic Cabinet Setting up Microphones Ambient and Close Mics Matching the Microphone to the job. Wh…
READ GUIDE →The Making of a Sample CD Rom Page 1
Sound Development Journal of Rich the TweakMeister while Making the Post-Industrial CybrSound Depot by Tweak October 10,2000 to March 18, 20001 ( more info on this cd rom) 10-10-00 I've decided to do it and make an EOS only version of my Emu format sample CD Rom " Ice Kold Tekno ". I am already a we…
READ GUIDE →How to Configure a Recording Studio Rig, Page 6
21 ways to assemble a home recording RIG Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Tour through the Diverse Home Studio options available Today Rig #19 Acoustic/Electric Songwriter's Studio Discuss This Rig This rig can be discussed here: http://studio-central.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=73330 Who it is for: Multi t…
READ GUIDE →How to Program a Synthesizer by SoundCravers Lab
How to Program a Synthesizer by SoundCravers Lab Rich was part of the programming team for the Alesis QS series synths and Q-cards Lets say you want to go beyond tweaking factory patches and doing simple stuff like changing the instruments, octave etc., and want to develop voices all your own. This…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers · The Perfect Mix, Notes on Mastering, Post-Production Audio, and The Final Touches
Guides Reviews Catalog zZounds Links - Guitar Bass Keyboard Recording Computers Live Drums DJ Accessories Blowouts The Perfect Mix Mar 26 — By The Tweak Contents ↓ The Mix Process The Mix itself The Role of Compression at Mixdown The Role of the Software/Hardware Mastering processor Software Masteri…
READ GUIDE →Types of Synthesis in Modern Softsynths
What are Software Synthesizers And the Types of Synthesis within Today's Software Instruments By Rich the Tweakmeister Spectrasonics Omnisphere Software Synth (Mac and Windows) Tweak's Pick Selecting a software synth for your studio is like going to a candy store. They all look soooo good. And with…
READ GUIDE →EQ and the Limits of Audio by SoundCravers Lab
Understanding EQ EveryPerson's Guide to The Limits of Audio Newbie Class by Tweak The Cambridge EQ for the UAD collection. This is a full featured multi-band parametric EQ In these wonderful days of audio plugins and supercharged processors, it is tempting to ignore something as simple as EQ, short…
READ GUIDE →How to make sense out of the Microphone Preamp jungle
How to Make Sense out of the Mic Preamp Jungle Cross the Threshold to Greater Sound Quality by Tweak Focusrite ISA One Microphone Preamp As you learn about the recording arts you will find that the topic of the microphone preamp (mic pre) comes up over and over again. A mic pre is a preamplifier for…
READ GUIDE →Review of the M-Audio Solaris by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the M-Audio Solaris Condenser Microphone A Versatile multi-pattern condenser Mic for amps, rooms, instruments, vocal groups by the Tweak Sitting in its durable coffin like case, the Solaris lies safely in state The word Solaris means different things to different people. To an astronomer,…
READ GUIDE →Samples and Presets of Ice Kold Tekno
Samples and Presets of Ice Kold Tekno Rich's MIDI and Audio Lab Sounds of the MS20 CD ROM For EMU Samplers "Ice Kold Tekno" SAMPLE LIST to view the Online Manual click here For a printable .TXT file of the Sample/Program list click here Note how meticulously the samples are organized into groups, ju…
READ GUIDE →All about Studio Compressors
What they are, and when, where and why we use them By Tweak Close up of the DBX 1066 , a full featured dual compressor/limiter/gate. Note the sections "expander/gate", "compressor" "output gain" and "limiter" for each channel. Not all compressors have gates or limiters You have no doubt heard people…
READ GUIDE →Effects! Using Effects in the Home, Project or Pro Studio
Using Effects in the Recording Studio How to Tweak Up Special Effects that will Transform your Audio by Rich the TweakMeister E ffects are everywhere in our gear. We have effects plugins of almost limitless possibility, rack mount effects units at nearly every price range, synthesizers with "built i…
READ GUIDE →How to Configure a Recording Studio Rig
21 ways to Assemble a Home Recording RIG A Tour through the Diverse Home Studio options available Today by Tweak page 1 Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 L et me take you on a walk through our favorite music store. I'll point out what works with what, nudge you in a few directions when I know something is o, so-cool…
READ GUIDE →Ice Kold Tekno CD ROM of MS20 Sounds for EMU Samplers
Ice Kold Tekno Emu Sample CD Rom of Tekno-Industrial Sounds from the Korg MS-20 V. 3.0 and better than ever Order by PayPal CD-ROM for ALL Hardware Emu Samplers includes "Native" Master banks for ESi 3.0x, ESi 2.1 and Emulator IV (EOS) including ULTRAs (sounds great in 4.7) There are also banks that…
READ GUIDE →Presets and Samples to Post Indie
Presets and Samples to Post Indie Preset and Sample List Post Industrial CybrSound Depot 3/11/01 V1.0 Final Release Version PRESETS 0. Master Synth 1. The Muse Unknown 2. Your Majesty 3. The Heart Afire 4. Observatory One 5. kit: CyBR KiT 1 6. Morrocco 7. The Lab at Night 8. Play my Knobs 9. Istanbu…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Boss RE-20 Space Echo by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Boss RE-20 Space Echo by SoundCravers lab Boss RE-20 Space Echo Delay Pedal One of the most beloved echo effects ever made, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, has been reborn as the BOSS RE-20 Twin Pedal! Roland and BOSS have recreated every sonic detail and nuance of the original. Experien…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphone by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Shure SM57 Dynamic Microphone The legendary, yet inexpensive Studio Mic of all time. If you ask nearly anyone who runs a professional recording studio, "Do you have a Shure SM57?" they might look at you and ask, "are you are serious?" Of course they do. Every studio needs at least one,…
READ GUIDE →SoundCravers Lab's Index of Resources for the Modern Home and Project Studio
Your Webmaster Rich the TweakMeister Web Traffic on SoundCravers Audio Interfaces and Soundcards Article Index New products from Namm 2010 Getting into Pro Tools 8.1 New: Subscribe to Tweak's Blogspot New Should we Upgrade to Win 7? NEW Polls Best Mid price Firewire Interface Best $1000 synth New Gu…
READ GUIDE →What is Latency? How to defeat it, by SoundCravers Lab
What is Latency? How to defeat it by SoundCravers Lab T hat which makes music 'gel" is within the finest innermost particles of what we know as time. This is not a fancy quote by some writer. This is me telling you what is true. When 'what you hear' is "late" you have latency. Latency is a problem t…
READ GUIDE →Basic recording
Basic recording So, you want to record vocals and guitar? This brings us to Mics and Mixers and the possibility of going Mixerless First the mixer approach Most consumer soundcards either have no microphone preamps on the card or really bad ones designed for speech. If you want to get sound from a m…
READ GUIDE →Gear Pics from Summer Namm 2006
Tweak's Summer Namm 2006 Report from Austin Texas page 1 By SoundCravers Lab Few climates compare to Austin Texas when it is near 100 degrees and humid. By the time I got downtown, around 11am, I was already drenched in sunshine and sweat. As I approached the Convention Center, the famous Austin lan…
READ GUIDE →Hip Hop Beat Construction Made Easy
Hip Hop Beat Construction Made Easy The Elements of a Beat, plus Arranging, Orchestrating, Sound Creation and Production Tips for Hip Hop by Tweak give feedback here --page 1 Hip Hop series page 1 2 3 Hip hop has been with us for over 20 years. It has diversified greatly during this course of time a…
READ GUIDE →Impedance for Musicians
Impedance for Musicians Only what the home studio operator needs to know under construction I magine a world where pieces of gear could talk to each other . Here we have Mr. Microphone, Mrs. Mixer, and Master Newb. I know this sounds stupid, but listen, I am going to make sure this gets through your…
READ GUIDE →Midi and Audio Equipment at SoundCravers Lab
Gear at SoundCravers Lab Computer Network Current Machines 1. Mac Pro 8 core 266ghz 3 1TB internal drives, 2TB USB Backup 16GB memory 4 video displays, inclu Apple 30" Cinema Display Parallels 5.0 running Windows 7 Logic 9, Cubase 5, Live 6, Reason 4 MOTU 896MK3+828mk2+ADA8000 Aggregate driver 2. Ma…
READ GUIDE →New Gear Page 6
New and Cool Gear Page 6 page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 Akai MPC500 MIDI Production System/Sampler Akai Professional's MPC500 is the first truly portable all-in-one Music Production Center. Affording artists the ability to sample and create music on-the-go, the MPC500 offers many of the s…
READ GUIDE →Post Industrial CybrSound Depot-Manual
Post Industrial CybrSound Depot-Manual The Post-Industrial CybrDepot SUPPORT PAGE Thanks for purchasing this disk. This is the page where you will find support files and information on how to best use your disk. Mini Manual Important: Loading this Disk You probably don't have anything like Post Indi…
READ GUIDE →Review of the Sennheiser MD421 by SoundCravers Lab
Review of the Sennheiser MD421-II A Rather Strange Day in TweakLand by Tweak Appearances are deceiving sometimes. Tweak presses a button on Tweakland's Magic Console and a glass display case of microphones rises out of the floor. Tweak says, "think of the microphone as a marriage". Yes. As something…
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