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RSS 2.0 Now Available! Monday, October 18, 1999
 

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  Tascam TMD4000
New in stock at Sweetwater Sound: The first of Tascam's great new digital mixers are starting to roll in. The TMD4000 has been built upon years of Tascam developments and knowledge and it really is a phenomenal mixer. The units arriving now have Tascam TDIF interfaces built in. We are expecting units with ADAT optical built in very soon. Retail price $3999.

Don't forget about the excellent Sweetwater Web prize. This month we are giving away an Alesis DM Pro drum module valued at $899. It has more drum sounds in it than you'll ever use, and they sound fantastic.

As an adjunct to the upcoming version 9 Cakewalk release they have announced that they also plan to release version 9 of Cakewalk Home Studio. It doubles the number of audio tracks from the previous version and adds a ton of other improvements.

  Web Prize: Alesis DM Pro
New in stock at Sweetwater Sound: The first of Tascam's great new digital mixers are starting to roll in. The TMD4000 has been built upon years of Tascam developments and knowledge and it really is a phenomenal mixer. The units arriving now have Tascam TDIF interfaces built in. We are expecting units with ADAT optical built in very soon. Retail price $3999.

Don't forget about the excellent Sweetwater Web prize. This month we are giving away an Alesis DM Pro drum module valued at $899. It has more drum sounds in it than you'll ever use, and they sound fantastic.

As an adjunct to the upcoming version 9 Cakewalk release they have announced that they also plan to release version 9 of Cakewalk Home Studio. It doubles the number of audio tracks from the previous version and adds a ton of other improvements.

  Cakewalk Home Studio
New in stock at Sweetwater Sound: The first of Tascam's great new digital mixers are starting to roll in. The TMD4000 has been built upon years of Tascam developments and knowledge and it really is a phenomenal mixer. The units arriving now have Tascam TDIF interfaces built in. We are expecting units with ADAT optical built in very soon. Retail price $3999.

Don't forget about the excellent Sweetwater Web prize. This month we are giving away an Alesis DM Pro drum module valued at $899. It has more drum sounds in it than you'll ever use, and they sound fantastic.

As an adjunct to the upcoming version 9 Cakewalk release they have announced that they also plan to release version 9 of Cakewalk Home Studio. It doubles the number of audio tracks from the previous version and adds a ton of other improvements.


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Headstock
The part of a guitar at the "other" end of the neck from the body. The headstock is traditionally used for supporting the mechanical assemblies used to wind the strings, although in some modern designs string winding is done at the bridge.
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Fender Fulcrum Blues

Today's tech tip comes from John Robinson. No, not Wil Robinson's father, this John Robinson is one of our esteemed Sweetwater Sales Engineers.

Fender Fulcrum Blues

The standard Fender fulcrum tremolo is widely used, but has some downsides, the main culprit being friction. As the tremolo bar (which in reality is technically a vibrato bar) is released, friction can prevent the strings from returning fully to rest, usually being hung up on the bridge, as well as the string trees on the headstock. I have found that a bit of graphite applied to the bridge saddles as well as the underside of the string trees is a great cost effective way to increase the odds of the instrument returning to tune. Handily, this graphite can come from your common, everyday household pencil. Unless you absolutely need bi-directional tremolo arm movement, adjust the trem springs so the plate returns tight against the body of the instrument. This makes the assembly much more stable and less prone to small tuning anomalies.


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