I recently came across a really cool new plugin called A1 Trigger Gate. I’ve been playing around with it and it’s a lot of fun. It can take a really basic pattern or sound and make it super complex and deep. There are tons of customizable settings and it can be used with all different […]
TSE 808 Tube Screamer Pedal, Free Plugin
The TSE 808 Tube Screamer pedal is one of the best overdrive emulation plugins available. It’s based off a legendary Ibanez Tube Screamer pedal that famous guitarists have been using since the late 1970s. The TSE 808 plugin can give your amp sim some extra boost on leads and improve your guitar’s clarity and tone, […]
Guitar Sweep Picking & Tapping Lesson with Video and Tab
Last week I posted about a Pentatonic Tapping Lick Lesson from YouTube based on the E Minor Pentatonic scale. It’s a fun lick to learn and is good for practicing skipping strings with tapping. This week I found a video lesson on YouTube with a really cool sweep picking and tapping lick. The video is […]
Badass Pentatonic Tapping Lick Lesson with Video and Tab
YouTube can come in handy when you want to learn new guitar techniques and note pattern combinations to experiment with to get different sounds. The videos are nice because they give a visual representation to work with instead of just having to rely on an audio file. Plus you get a chance to see the […]
Free Pro Tools Control App For iPad (Video)
Avid is coming out with a new app that allows you to control Pro Tools using an iPad. The app is called Pro Tools Control. It’s a free app for iOS, and is expected to be released soon, probably in the next month or two. As the name suggests, the app lets you control and […]
Impulse Response Guide and Free Download Packs
Impulse Responses are the number one thing that can help you find the perfect guitar tone when using amp simulator plugins to record and play guitar through a computer. Digital amp sims have come a long way in recent years, but with some styles of music, such as heavy metal, it can be hard to […]
How to Adjust Velocity Settings on Alesis V Series MIDI Keyboards
The latest lineup of MIDI keyboard controllers from Alesis, the V Series and VI Series, come with velocity sensitive keys and pads. The sensitivity and velocity of the drum pads and keyboard keys is fully adjustable using Alesis’s V Editor software. The software is free to download from the Alesis website under the docs & […]
Ableton Live 9 MIDI Setup and Recording Tutorials (Videos)
Ableton Live 9 comes with a bunch of advanced MIDI features that helps make recording and editing virtual instruments and sounds easy. With the MIDI editor you can invert and reverse notes, quantize, create legato phrases, quickly duplicate loops, speed up or slow down individual or selected MIDI notes, and more. MIDI Controller Setup The […]