Making Sense of Technology
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Apple on Wednesday released an update for its professional guitar and keyboard app, MainStage.
Introduced at the NAMM music show in January, IK Multimedia is now shipping its new amp and modeling software, AmpliTube 3.
There are a lot of things to consider when setting up a studio, home theater, stage or auditorium, not the least of which is the actual space you will be using.
IK Multimedia on Thursday added to its guitar product line, introducing the StealthBoard.
The NAMM trade show in Anaheim, Calif. is a great place to be for Mac using musicians and today’s announcement from IK Multimedia proves it.
I wrote about how I use Capo to help me learn to play songs, back in October . The developer on Monday released an update with a really cool new feature, as well as some fixes for the app.
I’ve had a bit more than 24 hours with Gibson’s newest guitar, the Dusk Tiger. I’ve had quite a few questions on Twitter, Facebook and email about how it works, so I thought I’d give you some of thoughts before posting the full review.
Christmas lists are a dime a dozen these days. You can go anywhere and find a list of products that people recommend you buy for friends and family.
I’ve been testing Other World Computing’s (OWC) Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 RAID system for the past few weeks and have been very impressed.
Guitar players know that Boss has made some of the most classic pedals in history. Now you can try out some of those pedals online.
We’ve all heard about how bad the worldwide economy is over the past couple of years, but one company is bucking the trend and expanding its business in the United States.
I’ve been a guitar player for over 20 years and have used a lot of different tools to help learn riffs, solos and songs. I can think of very few, if any, that have been as useful as Capo.
Technology is allowing just about anyone to record music without venturing into a traditional recording studio. That’s good and bad.
Digidesign on Thursday upped the ante in the world of digital guitar amp and effects processing with the introduction of Eleven Rack.
Apple on Tuesday expanded the lessons available in the GarageBand Lesson Store to include two classic Rush songs and a John Legend song.
Like most guitar players, I spend a lot of time and money making sure I have the best gear I can afford to make my tone the best it can be. One item that’s often ignored when recording into the computer, is a quality audio interface.
There have been a lot of questions about the quality of the iPod nano’s video camera, so I thought I’d enlist the help of a friend and test it out.
Native Instruments on Tuesday announced the next generation of its guitar amp and effects modeling software, Guitar Rig 4 Pro.
I often get asked what drum sampler I use when writing a song. I have a lot of drum samplers in my collection, but to start off a song from scratch, I often turn to Toontrack’s $179 EZdrummer.
I recently took a look at Planet Waves Chordmaster app for iPhone and really like the interface and detail the company put into the app. I like the same things about another of its iPhone apps, Scale Wizard.