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Show 50 – Guitar Mics Part 3 and The Mixing Learning Curve

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In this episode Ryan goes into combining 2 mics at once in various ways in part 3 of his guitar amp miking series. Also in this episode, Jon shares an inspiring article by Charles Dye: The Mixing Learning Curve.

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Ryan’s Guitar Amp Miking series: Part 1, Part 2
The Mixing Learning Curve
Charles Dye

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CORRECTION – I said that one of the mics in the segment was an Apex 410.  This is not correct.  The mic that was used was an Apex 210.  Sorry for the confusion. – Ryan

Show 46 – Les Paul, Getting Through a Tough Session, and Tube Amps

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In this episode Ryan talks about the late great Les Paul, Jon talks about getting through a rough session, and then Ryan does his segment on the new tube amp that he recently picked up.

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Les Paul Commerial

Les Paul – Chasing Sound

Pilotone AA-920

Show 40 – Part II on Guitar Mics and Yamaha Monitor Review

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This week Ryan tries out several mic positions to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon reviews his new Yamaha monitors.

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All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.

The answers to the mic shootout in #39:

1 4060 -b
2 414 -e
3 Sputnik -a
4 Solaris -c
5 2035 -d
6 Nova -f

Show 34 – Swapping Tubes in Amps and Simplifying A Session

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This week Ryan talks about swapping out preamp tubes to get different tones out of guitar amps and Jesse does his first segment on how to simplify your recording sessions.

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Show 028 – Clearing Up A Dense Mix and Digital I/O

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This week Jon talks about how to clear up a dense mix by useing EQ however you see fit to get the job done and Ryan looks into the jungle that is digital inputs, outputs, and formats.

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Show 023 – Great In the Box Guitar Sounds and An Interview About Working Professionally In Sound

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This week Ryan interviews Jesse Zoller, a listener of this show, about working as a professional sound engineer and Jon demonstrates several techniques to get the most natural and best sounding guitar tracks all inside the box.

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Guitar Cabinet Impulses

Digidesign Eleven

Jesse Zoller