The 5 Best & 5 Worst Holiday Gifts for Guitarists [2021 UK Gift Guide]

Eager to buy something special for the guitarist in your life? Want to buy them a gift they'll actually use? Here we have the 5 best and 5 worst holiday gifts for guitarists to help you navigate the minefield of musical gift-giving!

Sonification Article on FStoppers

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 LTGuitarist In The News & Elsewhere Online, Music Tech audification, fstoppers, sonification, tom anderson

Recently I had a chat with my good pal Tom Anderson, filmmaker and writer at FStoppers, about some of the ways audio and images can work together. If you've followed me or the blog for a while, you'll know I have a soft spot for sonification so it's only natural that this article resulted from … Continue reading Sonification Article on FStoppers

Music Tech Magazine – Aliens, Superheroes & Spies

March 5, 2021April 15, 2021 LTGuitarist In The News & Elsewhere Online, Music Tech Music Tech Magazine, MusicTech

Hey people, just wanted to share this article I wrote for Music Tech Magazine where I share examples of times Holywood set designers use music hardware in their sci-fi environemnts! Here's the intro: With their complex interfaces and shiny, animated LEDs, music equipment is a great choice for set designers looking for futuristic set design. … Continue reading Music Tech Magazine – Aliens, Superheroes & Spies

From Score to DAW

July 3, 2020February 18, 2021 LTGuitarist Music Production Tutorials, Music Tech, Tutorials for Educators ableton, cubase, digital, music education, Music Tech, sibelius, transfer

Is there an easy way to move a piece of music from Digital Scoring Software, (Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, Guitar Pro, etc), to a Digital Audio Workstation, (Cubase, Pro Tools, Ableton)?

Collabavirus: Isolate & Collaborate

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 LTGuitarist Bespoke Project Blogs, In The News & Elsewhere Online, Music Tech collabavirus, sonification

Intro taken from StabbedPanda.com: "Combating the technological and societal restrictions of quarantine during the COVID-19 outbreak, a group of musicians combined forces to create an album in aid of Olympias Music Foundation.The project is led by Cambridge-born musician Jay Plent, (Scatterchild), and features a variety of artists from his creative network working in a variety of … Continue reading Collabavirus: Isolate & Collaborate

Beats with Crisps

March 5, 2020February 18, 2021 LTGuitarist Cubase Stream, Found Sounds & Weird Music, Music Production Tutorials, Music Tech, Production Tutorials bearmaker, beats with crisps, crisps, cubase, cubase tutorial, funny music, livestream, making beats, weird music

Did you know you can bow a crisp? Nope, me neither.

BOSS DD-200 Review

February 29, 2020December 7, 2021 LTGuitarist Gear Reviews, Guitar Pedals, Music Tech audio samples of boss dd-200, boss dd-200, boss delay pedal, boss pedals, dd-200, dd200, delay, delay pedals, Guitar Effects, guitar fx, Guitar Pedals, what does the dd-200 sound like?

https://youtu.be/HGg7NkEMbjc Video review of Boss' new digital delay pedal, the DD-200. Includes demos of some of it's sounds and a guide to the pedal's functions. More info from the Boss website Affiliate links:- Boss DD-200 on Amazon.co.uk Instruments used in the video:Cort M600t & KX508MS through Line 6 HD POD Pro;Korg Monologue.

Signal Chain for Delay Pedals

February 7, 2020February 16, 2020 LTGuitarist Guitar Pedals, Music Tech best order for guitar effects, delay pedal, Guitar Effects, signal chain, signal chain for delay effects

https://youtu.be/Y44ieu62_Kg Where is the best place to put your delay pedal to get the cleanest, best-possible-sounding delay sounds? The signal chain for guitar effects isn't always straightforward, especially if you want super clear delay sounds.

Do I Have Too Many Guitars?

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 LTGuitarist Gear Reviews, Music Tech, Personal News, Channel Updates, etc, Uncategorized all my guitars, all the guitars, guitar porn, guitarist, guitars, guitars i have, guitars i own, showing off guitars, too many guitars

https://youtu.be/pLLYUJOffw0 This week's video is me showing off my guitars in roughly the order I got them and silently wondering: do I have too many guitars? I'm also talking about each guitar's origin story, mods, seeing if they work, playing a bit, generally enjoying my own company. Some of the dates I mention don't match … Continue reading Do I Have Too Many Guitars?

3rd Generation Scarlett 2i2 Review

July 7, 2019February 16, 2020 LTGuitarist Gear Reviews, Music Tech 2i2, 3rd gen scarlett 2i2, 3rd generation scarlett, 3rd generation scarlett 2i2, 3rd generation scarlett review, audio interface, focusrite, focusrite review, focusrite scarlett, focusrite scarlett 3rd gen, focusrite scarlett third generation, guitarist review of scarlett 2i2, home recording, interface, Music Tech, music technology, new scarlett 2i2 review, recording, scarlett, scarlett 2i2, scarlett 3rd gen, scarlett 3rd generation, scarlett review, scarlett solo review

https://youtu.be/EkrAa4q7igI I'm super lucky to be one of the first in the country to play around with the brand new 3rd generation of Scarlett audio interfaces by Focusrite. In this review & overview we look at all the ins and outs of the new 2i2, along with the improvements made to the existing Scarlett range.