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expression pedal shootout: headrush vs. mission
As multi-effect modeling pedals become more realistic, the interfaces through which we control them become more important…
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studio one 4.5 professional review
To use one last architectural trope, ‘god is in the details,’ after using S1 for a couple months now, I realize how much effort PreSonus put into…
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Schecter Stiletto Bass
In 1987 I had the privilege of recording with bassist Mike Cassidy on ‘Untitled no.3’ the opening track off my second release, Resonance…
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roland gr-55 guitar synth
I literally had to hide my Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer under the couch, safe from view. This unassuming piece of gear (it only…
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roland gk-kit gt3 pickup
Meanwhile, the GKKIT acts, again, like a magnetic pickup — because it is one — reducing extraneous signals and eschewing the piezo…
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nakamichi bx-1 cassette deck
So many of us geeks that grew up in the ’80s and ’90s were moved by Rutger Hauer’s ‘Tears in the Rain’ monologue at the end of the…
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roland octa-capture
Several years ago, I wrote about being a Nomadic-Utopist — a true “N-ut” being someone that believes that utopia is not fixed in space…
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dethkaster
I customize all my instruments in one way or another, hopefully in artful and subtle ways, but there are always those extreme cases…
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tascam 234 4-track
Now that my final 4-track effort statik 3 has been uploaded I want to pay homage to the cassette 4-track recorder that liberated the…
boss bx-800 mixer
Houses can be haunted but what about musical gear? Could it be that there are ghosts in the circuitry, the after-image of sonic experiments…