Gear Guides

Ever wonder why everyone says that tube amps sound better, louder, and warmer? Not only that, but they seem to be much more expensive than solid state amps, right? Why is this? Well, in this post I’ll try and answer all of these questions as best I can… Let’s get started! Here’s the short answer; […]

Have you ever asked yourself whether you need an SSD (Solid State Drive) or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) for music production? There is a very straight forward answer to this question that I will cover in this post, as well as give you my opinion on how much storage you actually need, whether or

So, you’re trying to figure out what components are really important to have in your PC for music production, and you ask yourself if a GPU (Graphics card) really is something that you should consider investing in or not. In this post I will answer this question as well as some other related ones to

When I was in my early teens, I decided that I wanted to start recording my guitar on top of some backing tracks, however I didn’t have an Audio Interface and I also couldn’t afford one. I then realized that my computer had a sound card already built in and that I should be able

We are all making music in our own bedrooms by now, and this means using loads of virtual instruments so that we don’t have to record everything ourselves. However, this also means that our PCs need to be quite more powerful than earlier to be able to handle all those instruments and effects. This is

I was doing some research on some budget headphones for my home studio that I could also use to listen to music on any device as well. After reading loads of reviews I decided to try out the Audio-Technica ATH-M40X, and I absolutely love them. I purchased them about three months ago and have been

About two years ago I decided to invest in a portable recorder for the simple fact that I needed a way of recording high quality music without having to take half of my home studio with me. With all the different portable recorders out there, I didn’t really know which one to get. I did

Have you ever wondered why there are so many different cable types in audio, and how they work? In this post I will explain the differences between balanced and unbalanced cables, how they work, and more. Just note that using the right cable can have a major impact on what the sound quality is going