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MIDI Month Tip of the Day –

Looks like there are going to be 31 tips. Who knew? MIDI is alive and well at 30. I’m a card-carrying member of the association these days.

The Complete Guide to Recording Electric Guitar — Pro Audio Files

One of the biggest fundamentals of getting great guitar tone is having a taste for great guitar tone. It would be hard to cook something in the French culinary style if you’ve never had French food. Yet, I see a lot of guitarists and engineers approach recording guitar this way.

At the heart of any great tone is great ears. Tools like microphones and amps can help sculpt your tone, but if you haven’t acquired a taste for fine tone, how will you know when you’ve arrived?

It’s not simply a matter of placing a mic in position and pressing record. Great guitar tone is often the culmination of many elements.

This sums up lots of thoughts about electric guitar (and other things run through the amps and pedals).

My struggle is with DI signal that’s way too distorted when distorted, and way too loud when the volume pedal got pressed (I think it was a wah-wah). Finally figured out something that started to work, but still have a very hard time.

The MIDI 1.0 Specification

The newly adopted MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) specification is available for download at the bottom of the Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification page

Polyphonic Expression. Right up there with Polyphonic Aftertouch — a rare beast indeed.

The Reason Why Stradivarius Violins Are Worth Millions — Bobby Owsinski’s Music Production Blog

I think most of us that play a stringed instrument love instruments of all types, but given a choice, will always pick a vintage instrument over a new one.

I read Bobby’s blog, and listen to his podcasts, all the time. Always interesting and/or useful.