Online Guide Choosing a Beginner's Instr.
The first hurdle though, is to decide on which instrument to learn?
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Online Guide E-Guitars
Electric guitars are ten a penny and nowadays there are at least as many models and makers to choose from.
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Online Guide Guitar Setups
The range of available guitars and amps has never been greater than it is today, and a huge variety of sounds are easily accessible.
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Online Guide 7 String Guitars
In this Online Advisor, created in conjunction with planetguitar.net, we explore the key features of the instruments that have redefined power chords.
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Online Guide Guitar synths & MIDI
Say the word “synthesizer” and most of us will think of the typical kind with a keyboard controller. But the guitar does not have keys!
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Online-Guide MIDI and Modelling Guitars
We delve into the digital technology bridging the gap between guitars and synths in several exciting areas.
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Online Guide Acoustic Guitars
The steel-strung acoustic guitar has a range of sounds that are unmistakeable and not easily replicated with any other type of guitar.
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Online Guide Classical Guitars
Until recently, the classical guitar represented the most popular route into guitar playing.
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Online Guide E-Basses
The bass player’s task is to support the groove of the band right from the beginning!
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Online Guide Bass Guitars
Here is a overview of the bass and all its component parts, from vintage to modern instruments.
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Online Guide Guitar Amps
The following pages give an overview of the various types of guitar amp available.
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Online-Guide Guitar Amp Heads
Though there are other options, the stack remains a rock icon, and is still the most flexible form of guitar amplification.
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Online Guide Amp modeling
Amp modellers are guitar DSP effects units that emulate the sound of a range of amplifiers and speaker cabinets.
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Online Guide Recording e-guitars
Our aim is to explain the basic process of recording the electric guitar!
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Online Guide Bass Effect Pedals
Effects processors designed for use with bass guitars are now more popular than ever.
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Online Guide Acoustic Guitar Amps
Before buying an acoustic amp, it’s important to consider exactly what you want it to do.
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Online Guide Guitar Strings
Without strings, guitars and basses produce no sound, yet most players know very little about them.
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Online Guide Guitar Multi FX
The multi-FX concept has been around in various forms since the mid 80s - It is therefore no surprise that there is a huge range of hardware available.
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Online Guide Distortion Effect Pedals
A classic Ibanez Tubescreamer or Colorsound Tonebender can fetch many times its original price from guitarists in search of the ultimate killer tone and sustain.
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Online Guide Modulation Effects Pedals
The term ‘modulation’ in its broadest sense covers a range of sonic effects, from the subtlest chorus to ear-bending ring modulation.
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Online Guide Delay Effect Pedals
Delays offer a simple and convenient method of creating a sense of space around your sound.
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Online Guide Reverb Effects
Reverb is an essential ingredient in almost all pop and rock music.
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Online Guide Wah Pedals
It would be fair to say that the development of the wah-wah pedal has been somewhat experimental over the years.
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Online Guide Pickups
There is nothing mysterious about the basic principles of the electric guitar pickup.
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Online Guide Recording Acoustic Guitars
The acoustic guitar is one of the most frequently recorded instruments in the studio, but it is often recorded poorly.
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Online-Guide Guitar Accessories
We investigate some of the many accessories available for both guitar and bass.
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Online Guide Tuners
Modern electronic tuners are generally accurate, reliable and fairly inexpensive.
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Online Guide Percussion for drum sets
Percussion for drum sets is like the toy shop for drummers.
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Online Guide Snare Drums
The sound of the snare drum defines and unites almost all forms of popular music.
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Online Guide E-Drums
Electronic drum sets are an instrument to reckon with.
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Online Guide Cymbals
The choice of cymbals is just as important as the choice of drums within a kit. Let’s take a closer look.
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Online Guide Drumsticks
Many Drummer’s have not yet found their optimal stick - the selection is large.
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Online Guide Drumheads
Drumheads have been manufactured from plastic since 1956, mostly polyester.
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Online Guide Drum Hardware
Hardware is the stuff you play on and it does not make a noise – ideal scenario that is.
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Online-Guide Percussion Instruments
Percussion instruments are the backbone of many traditional styles of music and are a wonderful way to add colour, texture and motion to contemporary music.
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Online-Guide Congas
Die Conga ist in vielen Kulturen zu Hause, manchmal anspruchsvoll und immer vielseitig.
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Online Guide Young Children's Instruments
In this guide, we’re going to look at one of the most important decisions a parent can make for their child
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Online Guide Portable Keyboards
Portable keyboards now offer a wealth of features to suit both the first time musician and professional songwriter alike.
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Online Guide Software Sequencers
Software Sequencing as a term is deeply inadequate to describe the power of the programs now available to the computer-based musician.
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Online Guide Synthesizers
There are a wealth of synthesisers available today, ranging from hardware keyboards to virtual software instruments.
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Online Guide Workstation Keyboards
The workstation keyboards has come of age and found niches in many different areas.
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Online Guide Grooveboxes
The single most important element in any style of dance music is the ‘groove’, a chemistry of rhythm for your song that can make or break its overall feel.
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Online Guide Controller Keyboards
At the simplest level, a controller keyboard, also commonly known as a "master" keyboard.
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Online Guide Digital Pianos
Choosing a digital piano actually involves many of the same considerations as choosing a real piano.
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Online-Guide Portable Multitrackers
The multitracker is a great tool for musicians of all levels. It really can be a ‘studio in a box’ replacing many of the components of a traditional studio.
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Online Guide Mic Preamps
Microphone preamps, are analogue devices that will remain important even as most other equipment is superseded by digital alternatives.
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Online Guide Monitor Speakers
In this guide we’ll outline the basic principles of studio monitors, and take a closer look at their most common features.
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Online-Guide Monitor Controllers
The monitor controller is an elegant solution to a relatively new problem, and is invaluable in the project and commercial studio alike.
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Online-Guide Headphone Amps
All you ever wanted to know about the small helpers called headphone preamps ... can be found here
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Online Guide Choosing a Computer
Computers can be very complicated. We’re here to offer some advice!
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Online Guide Mastering
Is mastering a ‘black art’ best left to the professionals, or with the right technology, is it something that anyone can attempt?
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Online Guide Equalisers
EQ is perhaps the least noticed of all types of audio processing, but also the most important.
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Online Guide Software Instruments
These days, software instruments seem to most like the natural thing to use as a sound source in a computer-based studio.
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Online Guide Sound Libraries & Sampling
Sampling technology is no longer restricted to large studios!
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Online Guide Plug-ins
More people than ever are now convinced of the advantages of plug-ins. Why?
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Online Guide Audio interfaces
There is a wide range of audio interfaces available, and in the end, choosing the right one comes down to your personal preference.
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Online Guide DSP Accelerators
This article will look at how a DSP accelerator can be a useful part of your computer-based studio, and also at their limitations.
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Online Guide MIDI Interfaces
This article will look at what MIDI is, how it’s used to connect different devices, and some of the more popular MIDI interfaces.
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Online Guide PA Speakers
In the digital age, the loudspeaker is the last and unchangeable outpost of analogue technology.
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Online Guide Choosing a PA System
Whether you’re a fan, a promoter or a performer, the refined craft of live sound is vitally important.
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Online Guide Mixers
In this guide we’ll concentrate on the functionality of hardware mixers. They are an essential part of any live sound systems and studio setups.
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Online Guide PA-Amps
You could sum up the whole idea of a PA power amplifier in a single word - sound. The power amp is a crucial part of a musician’s live sound.
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Online-Guide In-Ear Monitoring
In-Ear monitoring - reasonable prices since a few years only - a real bliss for any live musician. Why? Find out here..
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Online-Guide Headphones
Headphones are basics for any studio or DJ. But not all headphones are created equal.
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Online Guide DI Boxes
While we could go into more and more detail about DI boxes and their inner workings, at some stage it’s best to get some hands-on experience!
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Online Guide Can Lights
The PAR can is usually the basis of an entertainment lighting system!
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Online Guide Effects Lights
Professional standard lighting systems are no longer found solely in large venues.
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Online Guide DJ Setups
DJing has rather murky origins, and there are many people who claim to have been the first to mix two records together.
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Online Guide DJ Mixers
When choosing a mixer, the most important thing to consider is what style of mixing you will be doing.
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Online Guide CD-Decks
There is a wide selection of units to choose from in both single and double player format and a large range of prices.
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Online Guide DJ Record Decks
Turntables have evolved over the years from traditional record players into the professional record decks seen in every club today.
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Online Guide Stage Vocal Mics
There are many vocal microphones that are suitable for stage use, from the cheapest dynamic to the most expensive condenser.
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Online-Guide Dynamic Microphones
Dynamic microphones are the basic tools of live sound and play an important role in every recording studio.
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Online Guide Large Diaphragm Microphones
They pick up any sound! In this guide, we have tracked down the most popular condenser microphones for you.
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Online Guide Drum Mics
Miking up and recording a drum kit is a fairly complicated procedure, and this can apply equally to choosing the right mics for the job.
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Online Guide Small Diaphragm Mics
Read on and learn all you should know about small diaphragm mics
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Online Guide Ribbon Microphones
Ribbon microphones sound full, rich, and smooth. Seasoned engineers love their unique sound.
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Online Guide Radio Mics
Radio Mics are designed to give the musician the freedom to move about the stage unhindered.
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Online Guide Guitar Wireless Systems
It’s time for more guitarists to take advantage of the freedom of movement provided and strut their stuff!
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Online Guide Reporter Mics
There are many types of reporting, interviewing and other broadcasts. Each bring their own audio challenges, and each have their own solutions.
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Online Guide Clarinets
Let’s take a close look at this beautiful-sounding instrument.
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Online Guide Trombones
The trombone is a popular instrument in the brass family, and features in much classical, jazz and popular music.
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Online Guide Bassoons
Enjoy your bassoon, the wonderful sound it makes, and the beautiful music written for it.
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Online Guide Oboes
Explore the oboe, the wonderful sound it makes, and the beautiful music written for it.
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Online Guide Flutes
Our guide assist you in discovering which is the right kind of flute for you.
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Online Guide Recorders
Despite its infamous classroom or beginner’s image, the recorder is in fact just as difficult to play well as most other instruments.
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Online Guide Harmonicas
Welcome to our Online Advisor for Harmonicas.
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Online Guide Brass Mutes
There are many kinds of mute available, all of which alter both the volume and timbre of the instrument played.
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Online Guide Double Basses
This guide aims to help complete beginners and existing double bass students (and their parents).
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Online Guide Cello
Learning to play an instrument is a long, but immensely rewarding journey, and this guide has been designed to help at the start of that journey.
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Online Guide Violas
Learning to play an Viola is a long, but rewarding journey, and this guide has been designed to help at the start.
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Online Guide Orchestral percussion
A wide variety of percussion instruments forms the modern orchestra’s rhythm section.
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Online Guide Cables, Leads & Connectors
Cable... flex... lead... wire... what do all these terms mean?
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