A Deep Dive into the EHX Canyon
Electro-Harmonix’s Canyon pedal is, first and foremost, a powerful delay, sporting a smorgasbord of 10 delay modes that will repeat your notes with just about every type of special sauce you can imagine. Tape warble, shimmering ambiance and multi-tap repeats — it’s all in here. Plus you get tap tempo and three selectable beat subdivisions (quarter, eighth […]
Preparing for Your Next Recording Session
Alongside writing and touring, recording is an extremely important part of the working musician’s trifecta. Walking into a well-equipped, professional recording studio is an inspiring feeling, so it’s important to be prepared to efficiently capture that inspiration. Generally speaking, studio time doesn’t come cheap. Whether you’ve saved up for an allotted amount of time in […]
How to Trade In Your Old 600 MHz Wireless Microphone Systems
If you use wireless microphones or wireless personal monitor systems in the United States, you should be aware of the 600 MHz wireless spectrum auction. In spring 2017, the FCC reallocated the 600 MHz frequency band (614 – 698 MHz) for wireless broadband use. This reallocation means that operating wireless microphones or personal monitor systems […]
Beat Production Tool: Ableton Drum Rack
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting 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 our previous posts, we took an in-depth look at two of Ableton Live’s most important beat production tools: Simpler and Sampler. Today, we […]
Tips on Changing Guitar Strings
I love cats too much to revert to a certain old adage, but when it comes to restringing guitars, there’s more than one way to do it. I have had a few go-to methods to restringing steel string guitars over the years, but finally settled on one which has proven to be the quickest and […]
Legends of Tone: Neil Young
Neil Young’s long and storied career spans five decades, with success in groups like Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and his best-known work as a solo artist. He has received several Grammys with tons of nominations too, and the same goes for the Canadian Juno Awards. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame […]
Adam Ezra on Making an Album with 400 Producers (and One Very Special Guest)
For folk-roots rocker Adam Ezra, music is a powerful force for bringing community together. So it’s no surprise that the Adam Ezra Group’s 2017 album Hurricane Wind is an all-hands-on-deck community effort, with some 400 fans playing a role in the production process — not only crowdfunding the project, but actually producing it. zZounds sat […]
Fret End Dressing
Previously, we talked about fret sprout, what it is, why it happens, and how to prevent it. Sometimes though, despite how many humidifiers you’re running, it happens. Fret sprout is just an unavoidable part of owning a instrument built out of wood. One of these days you’ll go to pick up your favorite guitar (or […]
D’Angelico Electrozinc Strings: Roundtable Review
D’Angelico Electrozinc strings are technically a new product, having been released in 2016, but the truth is, their origins go back much farther. A collaboration between famed John D’Angelico and string innovator John D’Addario, Electrozinc strings were first produced in the late 1930s using “Bethanized” steel from the Bethlehem (PA) Steel Corporation. Though production stopped […]
