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Heil Sound Introduces the PR 48 Kick Drum Microphone

By Big Al on Sunday, December 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Bob Heil is up to his dynamic microphone shenanigans again. His company, Heil Sound has introduced a new dedicated kick drum microphone, the PR 48. It is, of course a large diaphragm dynamic microphone. Here’s the low down from the official web site: The Heil HDK drum kit series is a culmination of over 2 [...]

How Vinyl Records Were Recorded In The Studio

By Big Al on Sunday, December 13th, 2009 | No Comments

This is a great mini documentary of how recordings used to be cut (literally) in one pass in the studio for the purpose of manufacturing vinyl records. (Thanks to Don Dawber for sharing this with me!) It features one of my all time favorite jazz greats, Duke Ellington. Using a screen reader? Click here for [...]

PowerFX Soundation Studio “DAW In The Cloud” Updated

By Big Al on Saturday, December 12th, 2009 | No Comments

PowerFX just barely released this new virtual in-browser DAW and already they’ve added some impressive updates. Among them are note clips, five different virtual instruments to choose from, a side chain compressor emulator and more. Here’s more of the lowdown from the official site… Soundation Studio is the web based sequencer that enables you to [...]

How To Properly Adjust A Fender Guitar Single Coil Pickup

By Big Al on Saturday, December 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Here’s master guitar tech Billy Penn with another helpful video on setting up your Fender guitar with single coil pickups. Using a screen reader? Click here for the video.

How to Handle Bad PR – by Frank Sinatra

By Big Al on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Have you ever been the victim of bad PR? Maybe on a web site, a local newspaper or magazine, etc.? If you weren’t sure what to do, maybe studying a master can help you out. Here’s a little lesson in the power of the pen from the Chairman of the Board himself, Mr. Frank Sinatra, [...]