Guitar tones in the digital world

Posted by Robby on Jun 17, 2010 in Advice, Gear News | 0 comments

Guitars hold a special place in my heart. As a guitar hack wanna-be, I’ve spent countless hours developing tones I’ve never been good enough to use. How sad it is really. As a drummer, I always dreamt of playing guitar (ironic since my guitarist friend always wanted to drum apparently). I’ve been hacking at a beautiful piece of PRS for a couple...

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Manley VoxBox – Feeling Justified

Posted by Robby on Mar 30, 2010 in Advice, Reviews | 1 comment

For those of you that know my gear tastes, you know I love Manley. I’ve been telling my customers for years the VoxBox is the top of the food chain. Now, a more “credible” source. http://www.proaudioreview.com/article/27642 Please read the link (click through the add). It’s well written, and makes me feel smart.

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Limitations will expand your horizons

Posted by Robby on Mar 29, 2010 in Advice, Gear News | 3 comments

A quick blurb… and something I know I don’t follow enough… limit yourself a little when you’re mixing. Just because you have 100+ plugins doesn’t mean you need to use them all. In fact, if your tracks were really good, you wouldn’t need many plugs at all. My advice, track well. I need to follow that closely as well. What’

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How to create a voice over studio for under $1000, $500, $100?

Posted by Robby on Mar 29, 2010 in Advice | 1 comment

This was originally published in my friend’s blog. He came to me wondering if I had any rules about creating a voice over studio. I’d never really had to put my thoughts on paper. When I was done, I was nearly blown away. After now being up and running, I felt it important to but it in here as well. I had agreed to try to not be selling… so I...

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