Paul McCartney played a very odd guitar on the December 15th episode of Saturday Night Live during his performance with surviving members of Nirvana. It was a Cigar Box guitar (or CBG for short). The body is a large cigar box with a resonator in it, … [Continue reading] about Guitar Paul McCartney Played on Saturday Night Live
Getting a Music Mix To Sound Good No Matter Where It's Played
A very common and serious problem for people recording and mixing music in home studios is that the recordings don't sound the same on the big CD player/entertainment center as they do on iPod earphones, and different again in the car. This can be … [Continue reading] about Getting a Music Mix To Sound Good No Matter Where It's Played
What Are Gain Stages In Audio Recording And Live Sound?
The term gain stages basically refers to all the points in an audio set-up (either for recording or doing live sound) where something can be turned up. And if it can be turned up, that means it cam possibly distort, which we will state for the record … [Continue reading] about What Are Gain Stages In Audio Recording And Live Sound?
What Is A Delay Throw Effect?
One of the many common effect used primarily in music is called a delay. It might help if you call it an echo, because what a delay does is create a copy of part or all of a piece of audio and then repeat it just after the original. It "delays" the … [Continue reading] about What Is A Delay Throw Effect?
10 Fascinating Things About Sound That You Probably Don't Know
Here is a really interesting post about a presentation made by international speaker and sound/audio expert Julian Treasure, author of the "Sound Business" blog. The video of that presentation can be seen below. Treasure offers 10 things "you didn't … [Continue reading] about 10 Fascinating Things About Sound That You Probably Don't Know