How To Connect Guitar To A Mac or iPad
Over the past few days while browsing around social sites, I noticed many people asking the same question. Well how do you connect your guitar to your macbook or iPad? It’s quite simple really & there are few ways to do it, so let’s head in. My bet is the reason you want to connect your guitar to your devices is to record your playing or to utilize a software that came with amazing sounds. I’ll explain how to do it on the Macbook first. Get An Audio Interface You obviously...
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Learn Music Production On Youtube
If you have followed me recently on twitter (www.twitter.com/reubenchng) or if you happened to see my updates on YouTube you’ll know that I will be coming out with weekly free music production tutorials & courses on Youtube! The tutorials that I’ll come up with will be suitable for complete beginners and even people who are already familiar with music production would benefit from them. The first music production tutorial up on Youtube In today’s age we musicians &...
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The Making Of: “The Fall Of Penang”
If you’re a penangnite like me, this show would be something meaningful to you. The Fall of Penang, is a story of the japanese occupation in Penang as told by the people who survived through the invasion. someone posted the whole documentary on Youtube, but I don’t know who! http://www.historyasia.com/tvshows/Nineteen-Forty-One-The-Fall-Of-Penang/about.html You’ll can probably catch the documentary on History Channel the whole week before our national day on 30th August. See...
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Caution: Mistakes Home Musicians Make When Making Music
When you’re new to recording and production, there is usually four stages that most home musicians will go into. Buying the best possible recording gear Recording the best music take Mixing the recorded audio to perfection Mastering and sharing your final work For the most part, nearly, if not all home musicians focuses only on Step 1 & 2. Most musicians who wants to get their ideas and compositions across to fans would simply think of buying a great recording gear that compliments...
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Mac Vs PC : Views From A Music Producer
Mac VS PC. The never ending debate. The never ending war. The quarrel that causes people to hate each other. Well, not really. I might just be exaggerating. I’ll get asked by my students all the time whether they should invest in a Mac (Macs are more expensive) or a PC (its upgradable mate!). And I would normally tell them to get a Mac. Mac vs PC : Making Music First of all, I have not left PC completely. I still have a windows machine running in the studio. However Mac machines...
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How To Save Money In The Recording Studio
Recently a client asked if I could offer their group a discount for renting the recording studio. And then on another occasion another client booked the studio for an hour and expect to finish producing a song complete with piano, guitar and rhythm recording. I’ve to humbly tell him that its not possible to finish everything under an hour. Even commercial artists take days to finish a track. Then it make so much sense to write a post about saving money in the recording studio. How Much...
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