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New Pedals: Green Carrots, Pigtronix, Dr No, Pedal Monsters

Here are a few quick news about new pedal releases and pedals in the works: British hand manufacturer Green Carrots have a new baby: The Pumpkin Pi offers a double dose of Muff love with the IC78 Muff joined with the much sought after Russian Muff, a match made in…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Green Carrots, Pigtronix, Dr No, Pedal Monsters

Sunglasses and the Recording Process

Sunglasses Gear: Roland SP-555 " ...With a sampler, I can place a grand piano part I recorded in Georgia and still use the sounds…stuff we physically can’t play live" Blending the complex harmonies of The Beach Boys with the gritty aesthetics of the new millennium's bedroom pop, Sunglasses add a…Click on the title for more

Sunglasses and the Recording Process

Boutique Pedal News: Black Cat, Chicago Stompworks, Unusual Signals, El Rey Effects.

Here are some quick news from some of the smaller boutique manufacturers out there: Chicago Stompworks is now shipping the FAT BALD GUY (pictured) - it's a Big Muff "V3" clone with all of that hyper-fuzz and insane bottom end that your ears will instantly be familiar with! Check out…Click on the title for more

Boutique Pedal News: Black Cat, Chicago Stompworks, Unusual Signals, El Rey Effects.

Celestial Shore and the Recording process

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Celestial Shore and the Recording process

Bedroom Monitoring Basics

DIY musicians, who choose NOT to work on their music exclusively in the headphones, often make easily addressable mistakes when setting up their recording equipment: The most common blunder that I see in DIY project studios is monitors placed on a table and facing the recorder’s nipples (or belly). Near…Click on the title for more

Bedroom Monitoring Basics

Shure introduces guitar receiver/stomp box tuner GLX-D6

At NAMM 2103 Chicago-based manufacturer Shure announced a new, affordable and really unique wireless system for guitarists, the GLX-D6, which is both a powerful transmitter and a reliable stompbox tuner. The GLX-D6 shares with the other Shure new wireless systems the Automatic Frequency Management technology, which – working on 4 different frequencies – guarantees pristine…Click on the title for more

Shure introduces guitar receiver/stomp box tuner GLX-D6

Announcing The Austin StompBox Exhibit

Like us on Facebook! - Signup for Email Newsletter - Pics from the NYC 2012 Exhibit --- Austin, TX - This upcoming March The Deli and Delicious Audio will be presenting the first edition of The Austin StompBox Exhibit, a free, interactive, in-the-headphones display of guitar effect pedals that will coincide with the busiest days of the big music festival…Click on the title for more

Announcing The Austin StompBox Exhibit

Get your Vintage Fuzz Tone Right

When you play garage or psych rock you can get away with sloppy drums and vocals (it's lo-fi, baby!), but you better do your homework as far as your distorted guitar tone is concerned. ’60s fuzz pedals are some of the most collected and sought after guitar effects. Due to…Click on the title for more

Get your Vintage Fuzz Tone Right

Two Noise Making Boxes at NAMM 2013

I'm super into synths and the modular synth culture. I'm going to start slowly introducing synths and noise makers of all sorts into the blog. I feel that modular synths and noise maker boxes are extremely fun and collectible, much like guitar pedals, so here is my first bit of…Click on the title for more

Two Noise Making Boxes at NAMM 2013

Pedal Reviews: FXdoctor Super 8-Bit Fuzz

FXdoctor's Super 8-Bit Fuzzdoes one thing well, and that's creating an unpredictable racket that sounds like a Commodore 64 that’s been dunked in acid. It certainly isn't a pedal you'd ever leave on and can’t be incorporated into a formalized song structure because it isn't designed to do the same…Click on the title for more

Pedal Reviews: FXdoctor Super 8-Bit Fuzz

Recording Drums: Tips and Tricks

We asked 3 top NYC producers to share their opinions about performing and recording drums in the studio - you can find their precious advice here.Click on the title for more

Recording Drums: Tips and Tricks

Wampler Sovereign

Wampler makes some grandiose claims for its Sovereign distortion pedal ($200). Before you’ve even opened the box, Wampler assures you you’ll soon be bowing down before the new king of crunch. The hyperbole goes on a bit, but after you’ve tried this pedal you’ll happily go along with the joke. It’s endlessly…Click on the title for more

Wampler Sovereign