Thu, 28 June 2007
News, a Celebrity Interview and even more prize-winning Trivia! News:  Source Elements TalkbackEpiphone Valve Junior, Version 3 Universal Audio v4.7 Sonalksis TBK3 Uber Compressor Propellerhead Reason 4 Waves API Bundle This week Andy Diekroger dropped by for a chat. He's a guitarist, a recording studio professional and a valuable asset as a Senior Sales Engineer at Sweetwater.com. Andy's contact information:
andy_diekroger@sweetwater.com M-F 10-7 EST Pictures of the Sweetwater's expansion (There's photo gallery button to push down the page.) Technical Support Database and other helpful links (The knowledge database is what to look at plus the most popular knowledge base articles.) Check out Sweetwater's e-newsletter InSync (not the band) and their online audio dictionary called Word Of The Day. There are links on the Sweetwater care page above and a database for Tech Tip Of The Day. The specfic pages are: The overall signup page including the directory Liquid Mix assets list - The "who's who" of the eqs and compressors and their respective serial numbers. See the Liquid Mix See The Liquid Channel  
Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: What famous three piece band had Frank Zappa produce an album for them in 1976? A: Grand Funk Railroad! This week's winner is Pete Buchwald! Congratulations, you're taking home a copy of Guitar and Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to John Demetre. Great job! See you next week! |
Fri, 22 June 2007
News, Crosstalk, a Spotlight/Lava Lamp segment and we tweak The Stupid Knob! News:  Beware Mixing The Safari 3 Beta On Mac!de la Mancha Subhuman 2.0 Free Native Instruments Battery 3 Add-ons Free Native Instruments Battery 3 Video Will Robin Thicke Be The First Funky White Boy? Nexoft's LoopAZoid Free Sampler VST! Free Massey Tools Beta Plugin Pack Spotlight/Lava Lamp Special Report Jeff Conner provides audio lava lamp conspiracy proof.  Jeff C., Somewhere In Texas Here's video proof of the lava lamp's involvement in Mike Rowe's career (of Dirty Jobs fame): Listen To CAPE Radio At The Womb (Top Of The Page) Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: This group started off as the Blue Velvets, then they became the Golliwogs, after one more name change, they hit big with swamp rock! By what name are they known today? A: Creedence Clearwater Revival! This week's winner is Utku Alatas from Istanbul, Turkey! Congratulations, you're taking home a copy of Guitar and Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Thomas Rushton, Kevin Doucet, Pete Buchwald and Jesse Osborne. Great job! See you next week! |
Sat, 16 June 2007
News, Crosstalk, a Gear Review, a Featured Performance and we tweak The Stupid Knob! News:  Official Digidesign Support For 8-Core Mac ProMusicRow Drum Queen School Of Audio (SAE) Engineering Ardour Open Source DAW de la Mancha Dynamite Cowbell Plugin FX Plugin Comparison Site #1 FX Plugin Comparison Site #2  Les Paul Is 92!Stax Records Is 50! Send in your questions for Charles Dye! Send in your questions for a Mastering Engineer! Calling all Cat Box submissions! Here kitty, kitty. Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash - Blue Yodel No. 9 Johnny Cash's Last Recorded Performance at the Carter Family Fold July 5, 2003. Gear Review: The Epiphone Valve Jr. Mike's credit card just FLEW out of his wallet for this one. 
Featured Performance: Al fininshed his work on the french dance/chill song One Step Away. Check out the final master! We'll let you know where you can pick up the album as soon as it's released. The artist is VillaBlue, which is Juanite Grande and Pascal De Falco. The Stupid Knob: Moby, The Vegan Vampire!  Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question:Q: In spite of the fact that much of his time was devoted to his role on Rawhide, the western TV series, this actor had time to record a major novelty hit. Who was he and what was the song? A: He was Sheb Wooley and the song was Purple People Eater! This week's winner is Patrique Osbourne. Congratulations Patrique, you're taking home a copy of Guitar and Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Jonathan McMillan and Steven Moore. Great job! See you next week! |
Wed, 6 June 2007
News, a Celebrity Interview, and we tweak The Stupid Knob! News:
 Pro Tools Updated to 7.3.1 cs3Kenny Gioia's Pro Tools Videos Link #1 Kenny Gioia's Pro Tools Videos Link #2 Pro Tools 310i: Advanced ICON Mixing Techniques URS Plugins The URS discount code: twentyoff http://www.All-Guitar-Chords.com/ Al met Scott Griggs over at Charles Dye's forum over at The Womb, that's MilarForum.com. Scott has an interesting project in progress and wanted to ask some questions and opinions regarding the direction he's taking. It occurred to us that many of you may have exactly the same questions, so we invited Scott to come and grill Al in person.  Apogee AD/DA ConvertorsRealTraps.com Ethan Winer's Forum Millennia TD-1 Mic Pre Avalon VT-737sp Mic Pre / Channel Strip Focusrite ISA 220 Session Pack Mackie HR824 Monitors mk2  Adam Audio A7 MonitorsDynaudio BM 5A Monitors Avantone Mix Cubes Andy Diekroger (800) 222-4700 ext 1273# http://Sweetwater.com Q: What mega, superstar musician made the two following statements: 1) "I guess I just want to be remembered as a good musician and a good writer of good songs." 2) "When Jim Croce died, John Lennon said to me, 'You sell more records when you die than when you live. And with you, I hear so many of your records on the radio now that if you die, it will get so ridiculous I'll have to throw my radio out the window.'" A: Elton John! This week's winner is Roger Linder. Congratulations Roger, you're taking home a copy of Guitar and Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Pete Jarvis, Dave Jackson from the Musician's Cooler podcast, Utku Alatas from Istanbul, Turkey, Trevor Brooks and Dave King. Great job! See you next week! |
Where does Big Al go when he needs to look sharp? |
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