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2008


July 2008

July 24 - Fender Tremolo Designs Part Five
July 23 - Fender Tremolo Designs Part Four
July 22 - Fender Tremolo Designs Part Three
July 21 - Fender Tremolo Designs Part Two
July 18 - Fender Tremolo Designs Part One
July 17 - Martin's Two 15" Body Guitars Explained
July 16 - Burning File and Folder Aliases to CD
July 15 - Playing Tricks with Time, Not Money!
July 15 - Playing Tricks with Time, Not Money!
July 14 - Playing "FireWire Fear Factor"
July 11 - Accessing the "Basic Combination All" Patch in the VSL Libraries
July 10 - Making Your Own GarageBand Loops
July 09 - Jack Up Your Metal Guitar Sound with a Sub-octave Generator
July 08 - Why All Tremolos Are Not Created Equal
July 07 - Keeping Consistent Volume Levels on the Yamaha Motif
July 03 - Tempo Changes in Real Time on the Yamaha Motif
July 02 - Recording in Pattern Mode on the Yamaha Motif
July 01 - Down and Dirty

June 2008

June 30 - Tube Mics: Which Way is Up?
June 27 - Mac OS X Mass Migration
June 26 - Aligning Tempo to an Audio Track in Digital Performer
June 25 - Choosing Your Software Synth
June 24 - Taking Your Acoustic "Live on Stage"!
June 23 - When Only a Grimy, Grungy Sound Will Do!
June 20 - Booting the Akai MPC2000 from a SCSI Drive
June 19 - KikAxxe First, Ask Questions Later
June 18 - The Proper Order in Studio Processing
June 17 - One-click Fix for Viewing Long File Names in Column View Mode (Mac OS X)
June 16 - Using Event Edit on a Korg Triton to Fit a Sample
June 13 - Some Like It Rough
June 12 - Become a Quick Change Artist
June 11 - Tuning Wurlitzer Electric Pianos
June 10 - Drum Track EQ Basics
June 09 - Track Lanes and Groove Patches in Reason 4
June 06 - The Quickest Path to Mastering Your Hardware and Software
June 05 - Arpeggiators on the Beat
June 04 - Joining Noncontiguous Audio Regions in Garage Band
June 03 - Adding Richness to a Rhythm Guitar Track
June 02 - It's Just a Question of Amplitude

May 2008

May 30 - BOSS DS-1 Distortion Pedal Mods
May 29 - Reverb Blues
May 28 - VSL Library and Kontakt 3
May 27 - The Fabled PAF Pickup Revealed
May 23 - New Sounds Courtesy of the E-Bow Plus
May 22 - Stripping Off a Guitar's Neck Finish
May 21 - Repairing Digital (and Analog) Clipping Using iZotope RX
May 20 - Quick Tonal Changes in Guitar Rig 3
May 19 - "Humanizing" Percussion Tracks in Battery 3
May 16 - Sending Huge Attachments
May 15 - Changing a Drum Kit's Tone or Sonic Characteristics in Battery 3
May 14 - Extra Fine Control When Editing Pro-53 Patches
May 13 - Editing Hidden Zones in NI KONTAKT 3
May 12 - An Analog-style Multimode Filter in NI's FM8
May 09 - Using Boss' Micro BR as an Effects Processor
May 08 - Burning Dual-layer DVDs in Toast 9
May 07 - Optimizing Settings for Longer iPhone Battery Life
May 06 - Maple Neck Colors on Fender Guitars
May 05 - Thicken Up Emulated Tones!
May 02 - Confirming Your Noise Reduction Settings in SoundSoap Pro
May 01 - Mic Placement When Recording a Guitar Amp

April 2008

April 30 - Forcing a Document to Open in an Application (OS X)
April 29 - Synthogy Ivory Velocity Response (Part 2 of 2): Customizing a Velocity Map
April 28 - Synthogy Ivory Velocity Response Adjustments for Best Performance (Part 1 of 2)
April 25 - PRS Rotary Pickup Positions Defined
April 24 - Accessing the Effects on NI's Pro-53
April 23 - Remapping the MIDI Control Numbers on the Pro-53
April 22 - Changing the Number of Voices in Pro-53's Unison Mode
April 21 - Controlling Bleeding
April 18 - Measuring Your Electric Guitar's Neck Relief
April 17 - It Still Pays to Zap Your PRAM!
April 16 - Cautions When Using the Octaver Feature in Guitar Rig 3
April 15 - Removing Tight Knobs on an Electric Guitar
April 14 - Incomplete KOMPLETE Installation
April 11 - Reprofiling/Leveling Frets
April 10 - Absynth 4: More Than Just Another Pretty User Interface
April 09 - Using Purge in NI's BATTERY 3 to Conserve RAM
April 08 - Reading Sample Formats in NI's BATTERY 3
April 07 - Opening Reason NN-XT Files in KONTAKT 3
April 04 - Serial Number Blues (A Slight Return)
April 03 - Searching for Sounds with FM8's Browser
April 02 - Painlessly Transfer Data to Your New Mac (OS X)

March 2008

March 31 - A Little Undercover Work
March 28 - Using Built-In Mac Audio with NI Guitar Rig
March 27 - Korg OASYS: Wider is Better!
March 26 - More Tracks from Your Korg M3 Sequencer
March 25 - First Aid for Dry Fingerboards
March 24 - Tech Tip of the Day
March 21 - "What's It Worth To You?"
March 20 - What's in the Fender "Mystery Bag"?
March 19 - Learning a Foreign Language or Song at a Slower Pace (Mac OS X)
March 18 - Recovering Synthogy Ivory "Lost Programs" (Mac)
March 17 - Recovering Lost Vienna Symphonic Library Instruments (Mac OS X) Part #2
March 14 - Recovering Lost Vienna Symphonic Library Instruments (Mac OS X), Part I
March 13 - Trashing Pro Tools Prefs
March 12 - Living in Guitar Rig's Stereo World
March 11 - A Technological Retrospective
March 10 - Confirming the Noise Reduction Using BIAS SoundSoap Pro
March 07 - Logic Express Gets a New Instrument Editor
March 06 - What Will Sound Check Really Do For You?
March 05 - A Word of Warning About Power Adapters

February 2008

February 29 - Conserving Processor Power in Garage Band '08
February 28 - Using the Vienna Symphonic Library's Vienna Ensemble
February 27 - Accessing 35GB of Orchestral Gold Complete Using Structure Free
February 26 - Building Drum Tracks in GarageBand Efficiently
February 25 - The Importance of Earth Connections
February 22 - Volume Differences
February 21 - Understanding SoundSoap Pro's Attack Tilt Control
February 20 - A Few Wah Tricks and Tips
February 19 - Blocking a Strat's Tremolo
February 18 - Scrub Away Noise in the Right Order with SoundSoap Pro
February 15 - What To Do When You Run Out of Authorizations for your EastWest/Guantum Leap Virtual Instrument
February 14 - Digging Deeper into Your OS X File Information
February 13 - Needless Delays
February 12 - Helping an EastWest/Quantum Leap Application Find its Library
February 11 - Burning Multiple Times to the Same CD on a Mac
February 08 - Conspicuous (Battery) Consumption
February 07 - You Might Need a Conditioner (and Not for "Frizzy Ends")
February 06 - Don't Fret Over a Refret
February 05 - Learning the "Building Blocks" of NI's REAKTOR 5
February 04 - Using the QuickLoad Feature in NI KONTAKT
February 01 - The Formant Oscillator in Native Instruments Reaktor

January 2008

January 31 - When "Too Shiny" Just Won't Do
January 30 - To Pot or Not To Pot (Pickups, that is)
January 29 - Q: I just upgraded to a new Mac G5 Quad Core. My plan was to keep my original 23-inch Cinema HD Display which is still working beautifully. But when the new Mac arrived, I discovered the connectors were not compatible. What's the deal?
January 28 - What Does "CD Quality" Really Mean?
January 25 - Native Instruments REAKTOR Macros
January 24 - Enhancing your guitar tone with a compressor
January 23 - The Importance of Backing Up Your Data
January 22 - "Jog Scrubbing" in BIAS Peak
January 21 - Caution: Step Away from the Speakers
January 18 - Maximizing Polyphony
January 17 - Where to Save Your Sample Libraries
January 16 - Force Quitting an Application
January 15 - Trouble Using Your Electronic Tuner? Try This!
January 14 - "An Ounce of Prevention..."
January 11 - String Gauge Science
January 10 - Flying with Your Guitar
January 09 - A Quick Fix for Minor Tarnishing on a Guitar
January 08 - Pickup Problem
January 07 - Eliminating Hum and Rumble Using BIAS SoundSoap Pro
January 04 - Tarnished Reputation
January 03 - Using BIAS GateEx to Improve Dialog Recordings
January 02 - Using Kontakt 3's Sample Purge Function

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