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.
EarthQuaker Devices has done it again, an other-worldly effect straight from the tone pits in Akron, OH! The EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny multi-reverb pedal is a modulated octave reverb with eight distinct reverb modes and eight editable presets. Explore these celestial reverbs including: Abyss, Shimmer, Sub, Sub Shimmer, Astral, Ascend, Descend, and Cosmos all in […]
Your drum kit is a complicated beast. High and low frequencies collide during every hit, and it’s hard to capture all that complexity when you’re limited by the amount of microphones you can use. Maybe it’s your interface — something like the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 or the Presonus AudioBox iTwo only provides two XLR inputs […]
We’ve done the research, compared the tones, and taken a trip into the cosmos with three incredible, other-worldly reverb pedals in this zZounds exclusive video. The Eventide Blackhole reverb pedal, Source Audio Ventris Stereo Delay + Reverb pedal and the just-released EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny multi-reverb pedal plot a course into the unknown, while providing […]
Walrus Audio wants their pedals to be constantly evolving, getting better and taking on new shapes. The Walrus Audio Julianna is just the latest effect to come from this quest to challenge what we know about modulation. With a blueprint coming from the Julia analog chorus/vibrato, the Julianna adds a secondary LFO speed, modulation and […]
Warwick is known for making top-of-the-line bass guitars and amplifiers, now they’ve making it easier to record wherever you are! The Warwick Gnome i bass amplifier offers a truly portable design with a built-in USB audio interface that’s compatible with any software DAW. And with its truly light-weight, compact design, the Warwick Gnome makes tracking, […]
You’re down to your final input on the audio interface after miking guitar, vocals and bass, but there’s an entire acoustic drum kit you still need to mic. Or maybe your interface only has a single input and you’ve got drum tracks to record, what do you do? That’s easy, you use one microphone. Though […]
Today it’s easier than ever to get a musical idea from your head bounced out to a great-sounding recording in a hurry. And as the quality of gear climbs higher and higher each year, that means good news for all. This is where the Line 6 HX Stomp comes in. An all-in-one stompbox, interface and […]
Congratulations, you just bought a brand-spanking new acoustic-electric guitar! You’ve got a gig lined up and can’t wait to show off the amazing tone of this new axe. So you plug in your acoustic to your amplifier and…bleh. Awful, thin, nasally tone emanates from the speaker of your electric amp. A common misconception is that […]
The iconic LinnDrum sound revolutionized the way music was made in the 1980s. The ability to have drums-on-demand over 40 years ago was no small feat, not to mention the fact that it shaped the percussive elements and bottom of nearly every song it was used on. How did the LinnDrum come to be, and […]