When we record something there are a lot of things happening behind the scenes between what we play and what we hear sent back to us through our monitors or headphones. Despite all of the benefits of digital audio, one thing that we unfortunately still have to deal with is the issue of ‘latency’, or in other words, the small timing delays that occur between what we are playing and what we are hearing back.

When a person is interested in dipping their toes into the vast ocean that has become D.I.Y recording, there are a few great software options to get you started. Notably, for Mac users the obvious choice would be GarageBand, which is packed with some great features and is also now accessible across iOS devices. Many users wanting to delve a little deeper however, will inevitably ask the question, how does GarageBand compare to its bigger (more expensive) brother, Logic Pro X?

Over the last little while we have been looking at some of the great free tools that are available for shaping the tone and dynamics of our guitar tracks. Each of these options prove that just because something is free doesn’t necessarily mean that it isn’t valuable. In this article we review some of these handy little plugins and discuss how they might be useful options for dealing with our guitar tracks in the mix.

If you’ve been playing guitar for a while, sooner or later it is almost inevitable that you will become curious about the wonderful world of guitar effects! Now personally, I’ve been an advocate for using stomp boxes for many years. I have certainly had a lot of experience with guitar pedals and they are predominately the type of effects I’ve been using. Admittedly, I moved away from digital multi-effects units fairly early on in my playing but having said that, I came across a unit by T.C. Electronics called the ‘Nova System’ which made me re-think my position on the matter. Specifically, I was really interested in the unique claims that this unit appeared to be a bit of a hybrid system combining ‘digital’ effects with ‘analog’ drive and distortion.

Are you sick and tired of constantly having to untangle knots and twists from your guitar cables every time you go to use them? In this article we will be talking about a simple technique to help keep your guitar cables tangle free. This tip actually has to do with the way initially we roll up our cables up in the first place.

​Guitar strings frequently breaking can be a massive universal frustration for a lot of guitar players! The good news is that it doesn’t necessarily have to do with just being unlucky or having excessively poor technique. In fact, in a lot of situations the issue has more to do with the guitar itself than the guitar player.

How often should I change my guitar strings? This is definitely a popular question, especially for people who are just starting out with the guitar. You’ll hear lots of different answers to this question. Some people will say every 2-3 weeks, others might say every 2-3 months, then again there are people who might say they only change strings when they actually break one. 

Beginning a discussion on tuning isn’t about the different techniques or tuners that we can use, it’s about understanding one key principle: For your guitar to be in tune with anything else, it must first be in tune with itself. Tuning isn’t just about adjustments on the headstock of the guitar getting your open strings tuned to pitch. It‘s about what’s happening across the length of your entire fretboard. So let’s check out five key essentials for getting in tune and staying in tune.

Guitar players have developed some unique ways of communicating musical ideas beyond what we might consider standard music notation. In fact, it has certainly been my experience that most guitar players are far more familiar with reading TAB’s, chord charts and neck diagrams than traditional music scores. Some people might think this is because guitar players are generally lazy when it comes to reading music (a case could probably be made for this) but it could also be seen largely as a matter of ‘instrument anatomy’. 

In this post we’ll be talking about 7 of the major mistakes that people make as a beginning guitar players and how you can avoid them! Lastly, we’ll cover the #1 tip for getting what you want out of the guitar and finding success as beginner.