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Audio Interfaces
Essential Audio Interfaces Guide: Everything You Need To Know
Choosing an audio interface for your studio doesn't have to be hard. This easy to understand guide will help you find the best audio interfaces in your budget.
DAW
Best DAWs 2022: Amazing Music Production Software for Beginners
Discover, download and learn how to use the best DAWs that will suit your workflow.
Monitors
Studio Monitors 101: How to Choose the Best Studio Monitors
Studio monitors are incredibly important in a recording studio. Find out which studio monitors are best for your home recording studio.
Headphones
Studio Headphones: The Ultimate Engineer and Musician’s Guide
Every musician should have a nice set of studio headphones for recording. This guide will help you choose the best studio headphones for your genre.
Microphones
Microphones 101: In-Depth Guide to Recording Studio Microphones
Learn which type of studio microphone you should buy for recording vocals, guitars, or drums. We go into detail about condenser, dynamic and ribbon microphones.
Acoustic Treatment
Ultimate Acoustic Treatment Guide for Home Recording Studios
Acoustic treatment is complicated to comprehend for new home studio owners. We've broken down everything you need to start with your room sound treatment.
Computers
The Best Computers for Music Production and Audio Work
If you're looking to upgrade or get a dedicated music production computer for audio work, check this guide out to see if you're meeting all the requirements.
Home Recording Studio Equipment Reviews
Audio Interfaces
CAN YOU MAKE GREAT SOUNDING PRODUCTIONS WITH A CHEAP AUDIO INTERFACE?
With such a wide range of audio interfaces available, it’s normal to be suspicious when you’re looking at the cheap end of the spectrum. What are you missing out on? Will a cheap audio interface sound bad compared to something more expensive? Which is the best cheap audio interface to get?
Drums
HOW TO CHOOSE AN ELECTRONIC DRUM AMP
While headphones are great for private practice sessions, nothing beats the feeling of playing your electronic drum kit through a drum amp. Hearing a drum amp deliver the weight of your bass drum, the thump of your toms, and the crack of your snare drum creates an immersive experience that will propel your drumming to a new level, no matter what style of electronic drum kit you play.
Home Recording
XLR to USB: How to Connect a Mic to Your Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet
If you want to record audio on your computer or portable device with an external microphone, you have a lot of options. And the solution can be as simple as a single XLR to USB cable — but that may actually limit the quality of your recordings instead of enhance it, depending on what your production goals are. After all, if you want to connect a microphone to your computer to record vocals and produce music, you have some very different needs than an independent journalist that needs to record voice memos and narration in loud environments. But the thing we have in common is the need to connect a microphone’s XLR output to the USB port on our computer, smartphone, or tablet, so let’s take a look at solutions that allow you to do exactly that.
Home Recording
Recording Audio For Video
You don’t have to be a veteran recording engineer to capture great audio for your video productions. With some basic understanding of your microphone and recorder options, when to choose different microphone types, and how to manage sounds in your environment, you’ll have a clear path to guide you when recording audio for video. Let’s take a look at some of the gear you’ll be using, and how you can optimize your audio recording for your video productions.
Guitar Effects
Make Music That Moves with Modulation Pedals
We’ll get into all the different types of modulation effects in this article: the thing to know is that a modulation pedal will change a property of your guitar tone (like volume or pitch) over time.
Microphones
Choosing a DSLR Camera Microphone
When it comes to choosing a DSLR camera microphone, there are many factors to consider that will impact your microphone choice. Are you shooting in an acoustically-controlled studio, or out in the noise of the real world?
Guitars
25 Great Gifts For Guitar Players Under $50
Finding great gifts for guitar players can be a struggle. This is especially true under the $50 limit we’ve set...
Home Recording
Best Live Vocal Microphones Under $100
A microphone's a microphone, right? Not exactly. There are countless models, styles, and features out there. And you'll want to...
Piano
Finding The Best Folding Piano
It's hard to beat a full-size digital keyboard for sheer musical horsepower. They're loaded with countless tonalities, practice tools, MIDI...
Guitars
Finding the Best Guitar Slide for You
Slide guitar is awesome! Throw a slide on your finger, and you can dig into gritty blues, create soaring melodies,...