iOS DEVICES & APPS ROUND-UP

Posted on Fri 24 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with app, ipad, iphone, ipod touch

iPad 2'sIf you paid any attention whatsoever to the recent NAMM 2012 industry show, you are likely to have noticed a recurring theme based around one product in particular… the iPad.

Now, this is hardly a surprising move, considering that nowadays every man, woman, child, cat, dog and weasel seem to …


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ELECTRO HARMONIX PEDALS

Posted on Wed 15 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with big muff, big muff pi, effect, effect pedal, electro harmonix, pedal

Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi PedalOur Guitar Manager, Terry Haselden, gives us the low-down on Electro Harmonix, a legendary brand of guitar effects pedals that we now stock!

Electro Harmonix

There are effects pedals and then there are Effects Pedals, and Electro Harmonix are most certainly one of the Music Industry's pioneers, having been founded …


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ABLETON LIVE: HOW TO RECORD AN EXTERNAL AUDIO SOURCE

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with ableton live, ableton live 8

Please note that this tutorial was written for Ableton Live 8 and although the basic principles are likely to remain the same for future updates, some of the screenshots may not exactly match up with what you see in future versions.

To route an external audio source to an audio …


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LOGIC PRO: HOW TO RECORD AN EXTERNAL AUDIO SOURCE

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with audio, logic, logic 9, logic pro, record

Please note that this tutorial was written for Logic Pro 9 and although the basic principles are likely to remain the same for future updates, some of the screenshots may not exactly match up with what you see in future versions.

To route an external audio signal to an audio …


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LOGIC PRO: HOW TO SET-UP AN AUDIO INTERFACE

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with audio interface, logic, logic pro, logic pro 9

Please note that this tutorial was written for Logic Pro 9 and although the basic principles are likely to remain the same for future updates, some of the screenshots may not exactly match up with what you see in future versions.

To set up an Audio Interface in Logic:

1 …


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LOGIC PRO: HOW TO SCAN FOR AUDIO UNITS

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with audio units, logic, logic 9, logic pro

Please note that this tutorial was written for Logic Pro 9 and although the basic principles are likely to remain the same for future updates, some of the screenshots may not exactly match up with what you see in future versions.

To rescan for Audio Units in Logic:

1. With …


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LOGIC PRO: HOW TO CHECK THAT MIDI IS BEING RECEIVED

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with logic, logic pro, logic pro 9, midi

Please note that this tutorial was written for Logic Pro 9 and although the basic principles are likely to remain the same for future updates, some of the screenshots may not exactly match up with what you see in future versions.

To check that MIDI data is being received by …


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LOGIC PRO: HOW TO SIDECHAIN

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with logic, logic pro, logic pro 9, sidechain

Please note that this tutorial was written for Logic Pro 9 and although the basic principles are likely to remain the same for future updates, some of the visuals may not exactly match up with what you see in future versions.

Sidechaining is a useful tool for creative, practical and …


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MAC: HOW TO SET UP AN AGGREGATE AUDIO DEVICE

Posted on Tue 14 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with 10.5.8, aggregate, audio interface, logic, mac

An aggregate audio device allows you to combine multiple interfaces and access them as one unit. So, for example, if you have one interface with 2 inputs and 2 outputs and another with 4 inputs and 2 outputs, you can set them up as an aggregate device so that your …


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TC HELICON VOICELIVE 2 REVIEW

Posted on Mon 13 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with tc helicon, vocal effects, voicelive

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony’s productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

TC HELICON VOICELIVE 2 - INTRODUCTION

You can't get away from the fact that vocals are one of the most important aspects of music. In my opinion there is no other element …


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