HC Confidential #147
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Issue 147
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Dear Musician |
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If you own a smartphone or an iPod Touch, you can avail yourself of handy apps that can provide all sorts of audio diagnostic tools and musical reference aids. Among my must-have music apps are guitar tuners (I collect all the free ones and pay for a couple more that have specialty applications), plus a versatile metronome. If you write for film, TV, or dance troupes, you’re constantly aware of tempos, because often the solution to a problem lies in the manipulation of them one or two clicks slower or faster than the ideal. A good metronome can do more than tick off the bpm too. Many provide rhythmic patterns, from a basic back-beat to funky hip-hop, in which to inspire groove creation or just jam along to.
— Jon Chappell
Forum Watch |
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A few of this week's top discussions from our ForumsEveryone knows to carry a spare battery and set of strings, but to be truly prepared how about a spare 8-channel mixer or large foam twist ties? See what other tools and indispensable gizmos the experienced road warriors in the Live Forum pack. Frigid Temperatures and Tube Amps With the weather turning ever colder, the inevitable question is here: Can you leave a tube amp overnight in a car in freezing temperatures? Get the lowdown here. Your Teles and Tele Equivalents: Show Them! This long-running thread is a celebration of all things Telecaster-shaped—including vintage and current production models from Fender and G&L, new custom creations from independent builders and even self-assembled creations from some of our forum members. One of the oldest solidbody guitars is still one of the most popular, as this thread clearly shows. In an alternate universe, these synthesizers became as common as a DX7 or CZ-101. In our world . . . well, check out the thread. So is it cool or is it posing to make a bass look like it’s been through touring hell and back? And how do you do it anyway? The Bass Forum attacks this controversial topic. How Do Producers Get Their Mixes So Loud? The Amps forum crosses over into recording territory, and dishes the goods on how to get those loud masters—and the advice goes a lot deeper than just “get a limiter.” Effect You Parted With and Miss Like Mad The Effects Forum laments "the ones that got away." Not only are effects that we once had (and still remember fondly) discussed, but being primarily guitarists, it was only a matter of time before instruments and amps became part of the discussion too. When people say “more cowbell” . . . you better have it mounted somewhere. But how? The Drum Forum has been there, done that, and knows a bunch of different ways to solve this problem. Digital Console Piano Suitable for the Front Room Sure, you’d like to have a Steinway . . . but sometimes it’s not just about a lack of money, but space. Can digital pianos hack it? What about restoring an upright? Get some answers here. Practicing Scales Without Backing Chords—a Waste of Time Musically? The premise sounds innocent enough, but this thread has a lot of insights about practicing before it starts to get silly at the end. |
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