Guitar and Audio Gear Blog
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Addictive Drums 2 Fat Rock Drums Preset
Create a Big, Punchy Modern Rock Drum Sound in Addictive Drums 2 If you’re chasing a powerful modern rock drum sound inside Addictive Drums 2, this Fat Rock preset delivers exactly that. Instead of relying on excessive processing inside your DAW, the preset shapes each drum directly within AD2 using EQ, compression, saturation, transient…
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Ultimate Guide: How to Mix High-Impact Rhythm Guitars
Ultimate Guide: How to Mix High-Impact Rhythm Guitars Mixing overdriven or distorted rhythm guitars using amp simulator plugins is one of the most challenging parts of modern music production. Get it right, and your track sounds massive, powerful, and cohesive. Get it wrong, and you are left with a muddy, messy production that masks the…
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Terrestrial Paradise – Guitar Idol 2008
Terrestrial Paradise was composed in 2008 during a period of severe illness, right before I submitted the track for the Guitar Idol 2008 competition. “Terrestrial Paradise” is an instrumental rock song composed and performed by Bulgarian guitarist Dimitar Nalbantov which gained widespread recognition as part of the Guitar Idol 2008 competition. [1, 2, 3, 4] Competition…
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Maintaining an Ibanez Edge Tremolo
Master the Float: The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up and Maintaining an Ibanez Edge Tremolo For decades, the Ibanez Edge has stood as one of the finest double-locking tremolo systems ever created. Manufactured by Gotoh, the Original Edge and Lo-Pro Edge are celebrated by virtuosic guitarists for their unrivaled tuning stability and buttery-smooth feel. However,…