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Recording Group Vocals & Hand Claps

Since the turn of the millennium the indie scene has rediscovered the sonic and percussive possibilities of the human voice and body — choral and a Capella parts are back in fashion, together with hand claps, finger snaps, foot stomping etc etc. When recording a group of people you may…Click on the title for more

Recording Group Vocals & Hand Claps

BOSS RC-300 Loop Pedal – Review

The new Boss RC-300 looping pedal from Boss is like riding an Escalade into a garage filled with Ford Escorts. This much 'foot-power' will turn heads. With its metal chassis, and 21”x9” size; it's a substantial piece of gear on a small stage. But unlike other looping pedals that only…Click on the title for more

BOSS RC-300 Loop Pedal – Review

Pedal News: Mad Professor’s Golden Cello

Pedal and amp manufacturer Mad Professor recently created a new guitar pedal to be sold exclusively through Guitar Center and its subsidiary, Musician’s Friend. Available later this month for $199, the Golden Cello is an Overdrive/Fuzz with a Delay circuit, designed to give you that classic late 70’s/early 80’s lead…Click on the title for more

Pedal News: Mad Professor’s Golden Cello

Production Corner – the “Old Telephone” Effect

The “vintage telephone effect” on vocals has been in vogue, in particular in lo-fi and electronic music, since Beck’s debut album came out in 1994. Although the market is saturated with “lo-fi” plug ins, all you need to recreate this trick is some EQ, compression and distortion. Compress the vocal…Click on the title for more

Production Corner – the “Old Telephone” Effect

Review: Way Huge Red Llama MkII

Way Huge’s Red Llama MkII is a simple pedal that does one thing awesomely well: highly musical overdrive/distortion. While the name implies a redesign, it’s more of a second coming. The Red Llama (street $120) is a reissue of what became a highly sought-after pedal after it disappeared in 1999,…Click on the title for more

Review: Way Huge Red Llama MkII

Review: Electro Harmonix Talking Machine

The Electro Harmonix Talking Machine (street $220) is, at its heart, an envelope filter. Like many of EHX’s new offerings, though, it pushes the boundaries of everything before it, adding tremendous versatility—and not a little complexity—to the traditional auto wah. The Talking Machine makes seven vowel sounds plus EHX’s signature…Click on the title for more

Review: Electro Harmonix Talking Machine

DIY Pedal Review: Mod Kits DIY Persuader

The Persuader from MOD Kits DIY (available at modkitsdiy.com for about $65) is a U-build-it, starved plate, 12ax7 distortion box kit. It arrives as a collection of parts to be assembled into a powder-coated purple, pre-drilled Hammond-style cast-aluminum box. A 16 page assembly manual identifies all the included components, and…Click on the title for more

DIY Pedal Review: Mod Kits DIY Persuader

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Lucius and the Recording Process

Lucius' Gear: Korg Microsampler ” Jess’ mini keyboard is actually a sampler, the Korg Microsampler. It plays samples from the record, she can play key bass on it, sometimes it has drum loops, new samples we have made… “ It's rare to see a band mature as fast as Lucius did. Started…Click on the title for more

Lucius and the Recording Process

Moog Music, Google celebrate Bob Moog’s 78th Birthday

The way we associate facial tissues with Kleenex, MP3 players with the iPod, and search engines with Google, is the way the name Moog relates to electronic synthesizers. May 23rd, 2012 marks the 78th birthday of the late Bob Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer and an innovator of electronic music.…Click on the title for more

Moog Music, Google celebrate Bob Moog’s 78th Birthday

Palmer Root Pedals Review

The Palmer Root Effects line of guitar and bass stomp boxes are manufactured by Palmer Musical Instruments. Palmer is a German company, also well known for their line of heavy duty pro audio tools, including DI’s, components and stage gear. From Native Instruments to Neumann, Steinberger to eMagic (before Apple bought…Click on the title for more

Palmer Root Pedals Review

Review: Diamond Bass Comp

Our staff bassist Ron Guensche received a Diamond Pedals Bass Compressors a few days ago and it sounds like he had fun testing it. This is a pedal that brings to bass players the high-grade optical compression previously only available to guitarists in their Compressor pedal. Read the full review…Click on the title for more

Review: Diamond Bass Comp