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Three Ways to Record Electric Guitars
There are three basic ways of recording guitar: miking up an amp, use a digital amp modeller or direct input. The first two record a “wet” signal, with effects like distortion already present in the sound. The third records a “dry” signal with the signal unmodified as it comes from the guitar output jack. 1. […]
Read moreNew Gear Trend: iPhone Pedals
NAMM has come and gone and among millions of other gear news, I’ve spotted iPhone-related guitar pedals from at least three manufacturers. They are all “single-unit” stompboxes that go on your pedalboard with the rest of the pedals, but each of the three have a separate approach. iStomp Digitech’s iPhone pedal is called iStomp. It’s […]
Read moreWriting Your First Song Part I: Creating Riffs
This is the first of a three part series about writing, recording and mixing your first song. I’m by no means an expert on the subject, but this will get you started. The obvious first obstacle is coming up with a song, writing the chords and notes. Composing, if you will. So where do you […]
Read moreWhy Do Your Recordings Sound Like Ass?
I’m currently reading an ebook dubbed “Why Do Your Recordings Sound Like Ass?” or WDYRSLA. It’s really not a book per se, it’s a collection of posts in a thread of the same name in the Reaper forums. It has 261 pages and contains things every home studio owner really must know. Even if you’re […]
Read moreReview of JamUp – New Iphone Amp Sim/Virtual Rig
Noone following this blog could have missed that I use my guitar with my iPhone all the time. There are numerous apps that provide virtual amplifiers and cabs, effects, miss etc. Newest on the market is JamUp from Positive Grid. The guys at Positive Grid sent me a copy of the Pro version of JamUp […]
Read moreWhy You Should Use Your Guitar with Your iPhone
I was asked on a forum why you would bother connecting your guitar to your phone. Since you need a guitar and extra hardware anyway, why not just use a Pocket POD. So here are my 10 reasons why I use AmpKit on my iPhone: Sound quality is lightyears ahead on an iPhone. Less stuff. […]
Read moreHow I Built My First DIY Pedal
Building a pedal from a DIY kit was my christmas project. After carefully wishing I got a BYOC Ping Pong Delay kit. Although the instructions were good (mostly really good, but a little obscure in two places) and the BYOC forum is amazing with really helpful people I figured out a few things on my […]
Read moreOsiris Guitar – Best Posts of 2011
The end of 2011 is rapidly approaching. A great guitar year for me personally and a great first year for this blog in its latest and greatest incarnation. Here are the posts that are most popular – my favorites and yours (according to statistics). Why There is no AmpKit for Android – My most popular […]
Read moreYellow Christmas Metal Man
Mr Englund like you’ve never seen him before:
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