Music

I’ve been using Guitar Rig since it was first introduced and love. I was just in my studio build a couple of new presets and realized how versatile the app is for customizing your guitar tone. It comes with a lot of amps and cabs, but my favorite component is Control Room Pro.

Control Room Pro gives your eight slots to put in amps, mics, adjust mic placement, adjust phase and room ambient sound. You can also adjust the volume of each cabinet you add. That will definitely give you a custom sound.

It’s worth taking a look at.

Every guitar would be unique. […]

Seriously, much respect.

The Marshall stack has to be louder than that. […]

One of the best songwriters ever. […]

A new drum expansion pack from Toontrack. The drums were recorded by the same engineer that mixed Metallica’s “Black Album” and Mötley Crüe’s “Dr Feelgood,” among others.

The Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Plug-In expertly tempers dynamics and tames transients like no other device on the market. Created by UAD Direct Development partner Brainworx and Shadow Hills Industries founder Peter Reardon, this true-to-life emulation of Shadow Hills’ hallmark Mastering Compressor features a world-class signal path, controlling music dynamics in two stages — first with an Optical section, then with a Discrete (VCA) section. Both sections can be bypassed, providing a variety of compression sounds (Optical, Discrete, and combined) from a velvet touch to an iron fist.

I want this.

Speaking to TV channel RTE, Sean Walsh of The Original Rudeboys said: “Even though it’s a huge opportunity to play in the O2 with a major hip-hop star and a substantial fee was offered, we are completely against Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna… In addition, with our latest single ‘Blue Eyes’ being about domestic violence, it goes against everything we are about as a band and supporting Chris Brown would send out the wrong message to our fans.”

Much respect to The Original Rudeboys. I met these guys in Dublin, Ireland last year and even got to play a song on stage with them. Great bunch of guys that deserve your support.

Hosted by actor Kevin Bacon, TURN IT UP! includes interviews and performances with Les Paul, Slash, Robby Krieger (the Doors), Paul Stanley (KISS), Carl Verheyen (Supertramp), Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Albert Lee, Steve Lukather (Toto), and the legendary B.B. King–plus many more.

You can help get this movie released by supporting it on Indiegogo. One of the many perks is getting a guitar lesson from Robby Krieger, guitarist for The Doors. There are a lot of other cool things you can get with your donation too.

I know the husband and wife team that put this movie together and was actually around for some of the shooting. This is a great project to support.

I didn’t know this story.I didn’t know this story.

Some great new gear in AmpliTube 3.9.

Taylor is looking for your story and the company set up a Web page for you tell it. Taylor is my favorite acoustic guitar and has been for many years.

Not exactly a glowing outlook. A lot can happen in a year.

The v2.1 update features three stunning new HD amps based on* the distinctive clean, crunch and overdrive tones of the Soldano® SLO100, one of the most coveted premium amps of the modern era. Two custom-designed originals, Line 6 Doom and Line 6 Epic, round out the POD family’s selection of high-gain amps.

I love new amp models.

Just released today.

The Apple Design Award winning app, djay, transforms your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into a complete and portable DJ system, letting you mix your music library on a hyper-realistic turntable interface. Perform live, record mixes on-the-go, or enable Automix mode and let djay mix your favorite playlist automatically. With unprecedented ease-of-use and innovative multi-touch mixing features, djay breaks barriers in DJ technology and offers a unique experience for beginners and professionals alike.

djay now supports the iPhone 5 and takes full advantage of the gorgeous 4-inch screen. djay for iPhone and iPod is on sale for only $.99 and djay for iPad is on sale for only $9.99! Get it now and become the DJ you’ve always wanted to be.

Love it. […]

The Stones are back, and rocking harder than ever.

With the size and weight of a typical single stompbox, the MS-50G includes a thorough lineup of high-quality effects types. It features 47 stompbox effects and 8 amp models. Along with distortion, reverb, modulation and other classic effects, its amp models simulate some of the most prized pieces of live and studio gear.

Picked this up today. Looks really cool, but I’ll post more details after I’ve used it for a bit.

The one and only Jimi Hendrix. […]

I need one of these.

Angus is a great blues player.

Headphones with built-in amPlug technology that allows you to obtain full-fledged guitar/bass sounds.

What a great idea. Vox has been doing some great digital gear over the last few years.

Clearly this person needs to be in my band. […]

I worked far too much when my kids were young (and still do). I missed a lot. […]