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How-To Guides 5

Learn how to set up your guitar gear, craft unique tones, configure your DAW, optimize your studio and much more with How-To Guides on the zZounds Blog.
6 years ago Guitar Workbench

Building a Guitar, Part 5: Installing Tuners

Welcome back! In this installment, I’m going to do a basic walkthrough on a very common and practical guitar modification: installing tuners. Depending on the model and brand you have, this process can have slight variations, but the installation is largely universal. Here’s what you’ll need: Supplies  Tuners of your choice (I went with Gotoh […]

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6 years ago Behind The Kit

Direct-Drive vs. Chain-Drive Kick Drum Pedals

In the world of professional drumming, “feel” is almost always the most important aspect of picking components and hardware for a drum kit. This is why online forums are set on fire when the discussion of direct-drive vs. chain-drive bass drum pedals comes up. Those who love chain-drive for its “solid and real feel” argue […]

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6 years ago Studio Solutions

Analog Mixers for Multi-Track Recording

At the heart of countless performance venues, recording rigs, practice spaces, and broadcast facilities, you’ll find analog mixers. For any music project that involves more than one or two simultaneous mics or instruments, a mixer can be of great use. With a mixer, you can balance levels between multiple sources, sweeten your sound with the […]

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6 years ago Beat Connection

Beat Connection Collection: Production Styles

In Beat Connection, we explore modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In this collection, we’re highlighting Beat Connection posts that detail the foundations of beats across several genres — everything from trap to reggae to punk and footwork. […]

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6 years ago Behind The Kit

Cymbal Anatomy Part 4: Bell Size

Bells are an over-looked aural enveloper. Whether or not you’re riding them on a funk chorus, or blast-beating them straight into the abyss, this part of the cymbal really impacts your cymbal’s overall sound. Let’s look at how the size of a cymbal’s bell (or whether or not a cymbal has a bell) shapes your tone. Flat […]

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6 years ago Behind The Kit

Restoring a Thrift Store Snare Drum

If you’re someone who pinches every penny like me, or just someone who wants to wear other people’s used clothes, the thrift store is a great place to frequent when you’re in the buying mood. But short of an old church organ too big for your sub-compact car, there aren’t ever that many musical instruments […]

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6 years ago Guitar Workbench

Does a Guitar’s Finish Affect its Tone?

The first time I heard anything about Fender applying finish to their guitars was in a lesson with my first guitar teacher. Upon showing him my first Midnight Blue Telecaster, he responded with stories of men in hazmat suits, who might as well have stepped off the set of E.T., bulk-spraying dozens of guitars. Attached […]

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6 years ago Studio Solutions

Studio Solutions Collection: DAW Production Techniques

Audio production has come a long way since the advent of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Whether you’re just starting to mix and master your own tracks in your DAW at home, or you’re a more experienced producer, check out this collection of zZounds Blog posts and pick up a new technique to try on […]

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6 years ago Studio Solutions

Savory Softube Plug-ins

We all have our own obsessions. Some musicians drool over the newest boutique guitar pedals. Another musician that works at zZounds may dream about a tweed couch that matches all of his vintage Fender tweed amps. I, on the other hand, obsess over my new favorite plug-ins. I recently purchased a bundle of Softube plug-ins, […]

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