Category: Instruments

Traditionally, electric guitars are associated with being loud. Plug one into a big tube amp, crank up the volume and let rip! But there are many reasons why you might want to play through...

The traditional way to get sound out of an electric guitar for almost a century has been to plug it into a dedicated guitar amplifier. Most of the time when I play at home these days, I don't bother....

As a guitar player with a home studio, I have connected my guitar to my PC many times over the years. I have done this for both recording and for practice. It did take me a while, however, to work...

Digital pianos are amazing devices, providing an instrument that sounds and feels incredibly similar to an acoustic piano with greater reliability and ease of maintenance. The prices cover such a...

A lot of home studios, including mine, contain a MIDI keyboard. Music gear can get expensive, and it's great when you can use a piece of equipment for multiple purposes. So can that MIDI keyboard you...

MIDI keyboards have been a part of my home studio since I first started home recording in the late 1990s. Whenever I have worked with MIDI a MIDI keyboard has proved its worth many times over, making...