Nick started playing guitar in 2004 and stepped in as a drummer for his band shortly thereafter. Nick honed his performance and production skills with his projects released on labels like Deathwish Inc., Flesh & Bone, Save Your Generation, and more. At zZounds, Nick handles all Bass, Drums, and Effects Pedals marketing, and he’s a huge fan of Fender Telecasters, fuzz pedals, his Marshall JTM 45, and DW Drums. Other loves are Formula 1, house cats, and Michigan history facts.
Your Drums Will Thank You for Choosing the Right Overhead Microphones
Let’s face it, we can’t all have microphone lockers filled to the brim with every modern and vintage mic option available. Most of us find a pair of decent overhead mics and stick with them forever, or at least until that sweet, sweet upgrade comes around. Today in studio we’ll be looking at three distinctly […]
zZounds Live: Your Own Personal Gnarly Rodent: The JHS PackRat Distortion
How many gnarly rodents can you stuff into a stompbox? The JHS PackRat features nine rodent-style distortion versions all available on a single knob. Think replication, not emulation. When JHS founder Josh Scott crafted the original prototypes of the PackRat, he examined 45 different versions of the famous rodent-style stompbox. Now with the JHS PackRat, […]
zZounds Live: J. Rockett Audio’s El Hombre Overdrive Takes Your Tone to Texas
J. Rockett Audio crafts incredibly useful effects that tend to stick around on pedalboards for the long haul. The J. Rockett El Hombre overdrive will be sticking to your board in no time with its classic “Texas-style” overdrive that captures all the nuances of your tone with incredible touch sensitivity. Alter your drive style with […]
zZounds Live: Your Delay Workstation Awaits in the Line 6 DL4 MkII
Line 6 made waves all the way back in 1999 when the DL4 delay and echo unit made its debut. Now, it’s time to party like it’s 1999 again with the DL4 MkII. An updated take on the original unit, the DL4 MkII is complete with 30 delay options (15 MKII patches + 15 legacy […]
zZounds Live: Return of the King: Maestro Pedals are Back!
The recent return of Maestro rocked the pedal world with a modern line of potent effects. Effects like the Invader distortion, Fuzz-Tone, Comet chorus, Discoverer delay, and the Ranger overdrive fill out a family of vintage-inspired effects that not only look fantastic on a pedal board, but sound incredible as well. Not sure which effect […]
Take Control of Your Ambience With the Eventide UltraTap!
Ever wondered what it would be like if a vintage Echoplex had modern capabilities like saving presets, expression out, MIDI, and even tap tempo? The engineers at Eventide made that very thought a reality with the Eventide UltraTap reverb, delay, and echo pedal. The UltraTap delay algorithm may seem familiar to Eventide fans from its […]
Toms Sounding Thin? Elevate Your Mix with These Techniques!
Your kit is tuned up, you’ve got it sounding great, full, and resonant with every drum that you hit. But when you hit record in your digital audio workstation, (DAW) your toms sound thin, brittle, and not at all like the fat tones you’re hearing behind the kit! Today we’ll look at the solution to […]
zZounds Live: An Audio Landscape Journey With Walrus Audio’s Slotva and M1 Modulation Pedal
Walrus Audio is pushing the envelope for modulation and reverb! See the latest from these pedal innovators in our livestream, starting with Slotva — a multi-textured reverb pedal ideal for studio or stage. Then there’s the high-fidelity Mako Series M1 modulation pedal that lets you confidently craft the perfect modulation for your leads, rhythm, or […]
Want the Cheat Code for Tuning Fat-Sounding Toms?
Every drummer wants their kit to sound fat and fantastic in a mix. There’s just something about an immaculately miked, mixed, and tuned drum kit that elevates any recording instantly. Unfortunately, many drummers miss out on this bliss after disregarding the very first steps when preparing for recording. Today we’ll take a look at the […]
