• Technical Tip of the Day - A searchable index of Technical Tips and Helpful hints from our inSync Daily News and Tips Forum.
• Word for the Day - A browsable Glossary updated each weekday from our inSync Daily News and Tips Forum.

Summits

• TTOTD Piano Miking Summit - A collection of excellent piano miking techniques submitted by inSync readers.
• TTOTD Acoustic Guitar Miking Summit - A collection of excellent acoustic guitar miking techniques submitted by inSync readers.
• TTOTD One Piece Summit - What one piece of gear/technique/etc has made a difference to our inSync readers.
• TTOTD Vocal Recording Summit - A collection of excellent vocal recording techniques submitted by inSync readers.
• TTOTD Acoustics Summit - A collection of excellent acoustic and sound treatment techniques submitted by inSync readers.
• TTOTD Drum Recording Summit
• TTOTD Special +4/-10 dB Edition Summit

Articles

• PCI Recording - the latest options
• Cruising the MIDI and Computer Autobahn - MIDI sequencing "how to"
• VG-8 - A Personal Look - Set up that Classic Les Paul sound
• That Syncing Feeling - synchronization "how to"
• Power Translators and other Meaningful K2000 Tips

Tech Notes Archive

• Spring'95 - Guitar Preamp/Processors
• Summer '95 - Godin Multiac
• Late Summer '95 - Roland VG-8
• Holiday '95 - the buying experience
• Winter '96 - KRK, Iomega, Crown
• Spring '96 - Roland preview
• Summer '96 - Peak 1.0, MOTU MIDI TimePiece AV
• Holiday '96 - Earthworks OM1 and TC30K Microphones
• Winter '97 - Guitars, Amps, and the Roland VG-8
• Spring '97 - Sweetwater Certified Pre-Owned Equipment Plan
• Early Summer '97 - Earthworks and Oram Pro Audio
• Late Summer '97 - Big record companies and Oram consoles
• Fall '97 - Copy Protection, Digital Performer
• Winter '98 - PRS Guitars and Software Plug-ins
• Spring '98 - PRS Guitars and Plug-in Noise Reduction
• Early Summer '98 - Guitars, Guitars, Guitars - and the VS-1680
• Late Summer '98 - Broken Arms, Earthworks, and MOTU's 2408
• Early Fall '98 - The Real Difference Between 16-bit and 20- and 24-bit
• Late Fall '98 - Antares ATR-1
• Early Winter '98 - Peak 2.0, ButHeadz Retro AS-1
• Late Winter '99 - Comparison of microphones, Audio Technica AT4060
• Early Spring '99 - Paul Reed Smith Dragon 2000
• Early Summer '99 - driect boxes, Tech 21 SansAmp Acoustic DI, 24bit / 96kHz
• Late Summer '99 - SansAmp Acoustic DI
• Fall '99 - PRS, Gibson, Oram MWS, Alesis Masterlink, Mackie HR824, Roland VS-1680s
• Late Winter 2000 - A Look Back
• Early Spring 2000 - Line 6 stomp boxes, Peak 2.1

Q&A Archive

• Spring '95 - What are IRQs and Port Addresses?
• Summer '95 - computer internal drive and hard disk recording
• Late Summer '95 - CD ROM drive termination
• Holiday '95 - inputs and outputs
• Winter '96 - multi-effects units
• Spring '96 - Jaz drives with K2000 and which UPS
• Summer '96 - SMPTE, MTC, DAE
• Holiday '96 - Packing a tape, K2000 memory
• Winter '97 - Pro Tools memory, K2500 options
• Spring '97 - DAT/DAW Sync, K2000 fan filter
• Early Summer '97 - Multi effects patching, Pro Tools and SMPTE sync
• Late Summer '97 - K2500/Logic Audio sync, SMPTE Pull up/Pull down
• Fall '97 - VIP in Samplitude and Point CDaudio
• Winter '98 - Lost sampler sounds, Digital Performer and Audiomedia III
• Spring '98 - E-mu Emulator IV and CD-ROM drive, Bias Peak 1.63 and Audiomedia III
• Early Summer '98 - Year 2000 compliance in samplers, synths, etc
• Late Summer '98 - 20-bit to 16-bit conversion in ADATs
• Early Fall '98 - What is a direct box, CD-ROM drives for K2000
• Late Fall '98 - Backing up a DAW, Communications problems with SCSI-2/-3 devices
• Early Winter '98 - Transpoing MIDI files for K2500, audio on rewritable CDs
• Late Winter '99 - Front panel control on slave ADATs, upgrading Roland VS-880/1680s
• Early Spring '99 - K2000R MIDI questions, creating hotter audio CDs
• Early Summer '99 - SCSI and Blue G3s, Syncing MIDI in Windows, samplers and Zip drives
• Late Summer '99 - BPM, Lead-in / lead-out, CD-R on ultrawide SCSI
• Late Winter 2000 - VS880 and VSCDR2, Logic Audio and MOTU MIDI
• Early Spring 2000 - Logic Audio and MOTU MIDI, JL Cooper DataSync and Digi001

Late Summer 2000
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Late Winter 2000
Fall 1999
Late Summer 1999
Early Summer 1999

Browse through our past coverages of the industry's top trade shows from your number one source for information, Sweetwater.com! Turn to our Show Reports for daily updates from each and every Winter NAMM, Summer NAMM, and fall AES shows and you'll find out about all the latest and greatest keyboards, microphones, software applications, speakers, and more.

The 105th AES Show
Here's the latest showdown on new and upcoming products straight from California! Amazing new consoles, powered monitors, surround sound microphones, 24-bit recorders and more!

Summer NAMM '98 Report
We hit the streets in Nashville with our Kurzweil K2500 SWx, Oram products, as well as over 60 eager Sweetwater Employees! Discover everything that happened there from the loudest DJ equipment to Digital Mixers to the newest Keyboards, Synths and Guitars.

Winter NAMM '98 Report
Another interesting L.A. trip for Sweetwater - almost for the record books! From Roland's new 16-track Hard Disk recorder to the new Alesis ADAT-XT20's - there's something for everyone!

The 103rd AES Show
Live from New York! Join with us in our celebration! Sweetwater is the first retailer to ever exhibit at AES!

Summer NAMM '97 Report
All of the newest and coolest products shown at Nashville this year!

NAMM '97 Report
Check out the latest products here first!

The 101st AES Show
Tons of new gear was displayed at the biggest AES ever, see it here first!

Sweetwater Summer NAMM Report
Hot off the cyberpress, check out the latest equipment released at Summer NAMM '96

Winter NAMM '96 Report
The show was the biggest ever, the new equipment was great and our report is online!

The 99th Annual AES Show
The show is history and our report is online!

Jim Miller is a 30-year studio veteran and a Sweetwater staff writer for more than a decade. He has written feature articles and reviews for most of the major industry publications and is co-owner of Stratus Sounds. Tech Notes Online is a column covering all aspects of today's music, from stage to studio.

As a popular section of SweetNotes, Q&A offers a helping hand by way of interesting how-to's and tricks of the trade.