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
Making Sense Of The Pentatonic Scale – Diagonal Forms – Part One
Hello everyone!! After a lengthy delay – I’m posting the next part of the pentatonic lesson. The amount of information over the next few posts will keep some of you busy for a while. . A general online lesson note: . The lessons I post here typically go into quite a bit of detail with the … 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
Hardware vs. Software – Or Praises And Perils In Live Laptop Use
Before I drag this article kicking and screaming down the bloody cobblestones of memory lane, I’ll mention that the kick off for this post was a recent effort to stabilize my laptop rig. A couple of months ago I found out that the 4 gig chip that my laptop would support had come down in … 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
The Baker’s Dozen Approach To Pentatonic Scales
6 for the price of 5 While pentatonics are a great melodic and harmonic device, slipping some extra notes into the scale can add some additional spice to the approach. The most common way to do this is through the method used in the blues scale – which is a pentatonic minor scale with an … Read more
X Code 3.2.5 / AU Lab 2.2 Now Available – Caveat Emptor
Here’s a pretty tech oriented post for those of you who have been using AU LAB for an audio unit host. For those of you using AU Lab – the new X code 3.2.5 update is now available – which includes an update in AU Lab to version 2.2. I did the update this weekend … Read more
