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Ethos Overdrive Pedal Review
This week I am writing a review on one of my favorite Overdrive pedals: the Ethos Overdrive Pedal.
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Cusack Screamer V2 Overdrive Pedal Review
Today I am posting a review I wrote for Berklee’s Guitar Faculty newsletter, Open Position. I thought it would be nice to share it with a larger community of tone-seekers.
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Mixing Tips: How to Know When to Solo
Every term, without fail, I get a few assignments handed in with all of a mixer’s solo buttons enabled.
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The Tone Power of the Stratocaster
One eye-opening revelation in the quest for tone happening to me back in the early ’90s: I was playing with a relatively popular Boston-based band called the Heavy Metal Horns.
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Signature Guitar Tone and Picking
Let’s talk about attack devices, or ways to get a string moving. I know it sounds too simple to be true, but this one post might be the difference between you and your signature sound!
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Guitar Notation Basics
Guitarists might read three different types of notation. Each has its strengths.
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How to Change a Loop’s Tempo in Pro Tools
“How do I tempo change a loop in Pro Tools?” This is a common question and the answer is, “There are lots of ways.”
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Improve Your Sampler Chops
Berklee Online music production instructor Erik Hawkins explains how to improve your sampler skills, with advice from his “Producing Music with Reason” course.
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Velocity Layers in Reason’s NN-XT Sampler
By grasping the concept of velocity layers in a sampler you will be able to better use and more easily create your own dynamic and exciting sampler patches.
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The Virtues of Virtual Tracks
Learn about the old school function of virtue tracks, and how to apply it to music production today.