Ends and Odds – Book Order Updates, AU LAB and more
Hey Everyone, I hope this finds you well! Just a few quick updates. Book Orders and Lessons Learned The page has been a little light on lessons (minus the 12-tone post) lately, but I’ve been busy juggling a few other things and getting the book orders out the door are amongst them. I had been … Read more
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
The Modal Microscope And A Sequenced Arpeggio Approach
Hello everyone! . I’ve been cleaning up a lot of the text for the GuitArchitecture book releases and wanted to post a lesson that uses some ideas and approaches from my Melodic Patterns book (available here). But first, I need to talk about… . The Modal Microscope . When I explain using modes to students … 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
POD HD and (OLDER) ATOMIC AMPS Part II – Taming the EQ
As a followup to part 1 of this post, I thought I’d talk about how to tweak patches to work with the Atomic. The current Atomic line is Full Range Response, so this is less of an issue – but for those of you on a budget, the earlier (all tube) Atomics, can be picked … Read more
Plan B, Re-amping, POD HD and (older) Atomic Amps
There are a number of things I’ve recently noticed working with the POD HD, but the biggest one that’s jumped out at me is how dynamic the guitar gain is now. For example: with POD Farm, I can dial in a good tone but rolling down my volume doesn’t really affect the timbre of the … Read more
Making Sense Of The Pentatonic Scale – Diagonal Forms – Part Two
Hello everyone!! Here’s part 2 of the diagonal pentatonic lesson..Hopefully you’ve checked out the posts on two string patterns and part one of the diagonal forms post and have gotten the shapes and visualizations down and under your fingers. (if not – just take a moment and check out the other two posts). . In this lesson, … Read more
Some Thoughts On Modeling, Gear Acquisition And The POD HD500
The forums have been a flutter over the Fractal Audio announcement/release of a major upgrade to the Axe FX product line, the new Axe FX II. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the unit, The Axe FX is a high end modeler that emulates a number of amp tones and effects very well. . From … 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
