Mas Modeling!! POD Farm, POD HD, Scuffham Amps And A Whole Tone lick
Computers, and models and amp sims – OH MY! . There’s been a lot of interest in the posts on this site regarding modeling, POD Farm and POD HD. When I made my initial post about this, I didn’t have the 2 units to compare, but I do now and here are my thoughts. . … Read more
POD HD Flash Memory Update, POD HD500 In Live Use And More Thoughts About Gear
I was going to wait a week and post this – but I want to break the lesson/gear/motivational posts up a little more evenly, and the Line 6 firmware update that was released yesterday provided a good reason to talk about gear. Line 6 V 1.4 firmware update . Line 6 announced a new firmware … Read more
SooperLooper Live Looping AU Update 1.6.18 Announced
In the better late than never category, SooperLooper snuck out a new update last week (v1.6.18). SooperLooper is an awesome FREE software version of the Gibson Echoplex EDP. . .You can download it here. . From the website: “SooperLooper is a live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing, multiplying, reversing and more. It … Read more
Should you upgrade to OS X Lion?
Depending on what you’re trying to do the answer could go either way. There are a lot of new apps that people may really be into but from an audio standpoint – I’d recommend holding off for now. For myself, I’m going to hold off on it – my 1st edition Apogee Duet doesn’t have … Read more
Line 6 POD FARM 2.5 update and POD FARM FREE announced
Line 6 quietly announced the release of POD Farm 2.5 today. . For current users the biggest changes seem to be: . No hardware requirement – can use with any USB device (not an isssue with the iLOK version) 64 Bit support Stand alone version also available if you currently own version 2.0, 2.5 is … Read more
A Game Changer? The Sonuus i2M musicport overview
I haven’t done a gear review in a while – so I thought I’d bring something exciting to the table this time. Lately, I’ve been thinking more about Midi guitar. Not in the traditional sense of, “wouldn’t it be great to get some flute sounds out of my guitar for this smooth jazz solo?” but … Read more
Line 6 POD HD Bean Announced
Yesterday, Line 6 announced that they were bringing back the desktop version (i.e. “the bean”) of the Pod and upgrading it to HD. The page is here. No specs on the page yet – just some really general information. For those of you using the earlier Pod series – Line 6 did something interesting with … Read more
Apogee Duet 2 Announced
For those of you familiar with my series of posts on using a laptop as a guitar preamp, a key component of this rig is the Apogee duet. Apogee just announced a new version of the Duet that has some really interesting features and may be worth exploring. The superficial: Well the new unit looks … Read more
New SooperLooper Update 1.6.16
For those of you who use SooperLooper – it looks like Jesse snuck a new release under the radar back in January that I’m just catching now. The only release note is that the AU unit is now more stable under various hosts, for those of you with AU validation issues – this might help … Read more
Octave4Plus A4 – .007 String Review
When I started playing 8 string (all 6 weeks ago or so) – I knew from the get go – that I was looking to have a full range instrument that went from a low B (below the 6th string E) and a high A (above the 1st string E). When I checked out the … Read more
