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TuxGuitar – Play, Create and Read Guitar tabs

July 9th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | 3 Comments | Filed in Apps, Music, Online, Tech

TuxGuitar is an exellent piece of software I recently discovered.

It is completely open-source and reads and creates Guitar Tablature files. It even is compatible with the file format used by the commercial software Guitar Pro 5, allowing it to read and write to files that software can understand.

It’s the perfect solution to get those song ideas that are stuck in your head onto paper so you don’t lose them.

Also, if you ever go on www.ultimate-guitar.com and see Guitar Pro tabs, then this can read them, so you can read the tab as the song is playing.

Download it Now! and give it a try.

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How to get ASIO drivers for any Sound Card

November 12th, 2008 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | 2 Comments | Filed in How Tos, Offline, Tech

I recently installed Guitar Rig onto my computer and when I plugged in my guitar, I couldn’t really hear anything but a whole bunch of crackling. I adjusted the settings and I could hear my guitar but there was a lot of latency (time between when I hit the string and when I could actually hear it on the computer). There was still a lot of crackling when I was playing, and the latency was really bad, so I did a bit of research and I found out that in order to get rid of the crackling when you play (and the huge latency issue) you need to use ASIO drivers with your sound card.

Guitar Rig 3 with ASIO

If you click on the file menu, and then go to audio setup, then you should get this dialog box (or do the equivalent in whatever software you are using). Here, in the interface menu on the soundcard tab, you probably won’t have the option for ASIO (if you’re having these problems). If you do have it, select it as the Interface. If you don’t then go to ASIO4ALL, download it, and install it, and then voila, problem solved! (Don’t forget to go back and change the interface to AISO).

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MXR Phase 90 – My New Guitar Pedal

June 4th, 2008 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | 6 Comments | Filed in Non-Tech, Older Posts, Reviews

Hey everybody!!! I am really excited because I just got a brand new guitar pedal!!!

It is an MXR Phase 90 by Dunlop. (Or MXR, Dunlop makes MXR). MXR is a very nice and reliable brand, and the sound is AMAZING!!! This pedal retains all of the tone of your guitar and amp, and just adds this watery, warbley, crisp sounding effect. Plus I mix this pedal with my Palomino V16 Class A Tube Amp (With Groove Tubes) and the sound is like you hear off of some Van Halen and Pink Floyd recordings!

This pedal has only one knob, to adjust for speed, but seriously, this is all it needs! It is a very simple set up, in a very sturdy metal box. It is a very impressive stomp-box, and when you adjust the settings on your amp, and your guitar, you can make this thing really sing.

I seriously would recommend to any who play guitar (or bass, or vocals, because this pedal sounds amazing with those too!) to check it out and buy it! Its usual price is around $80, but I got it for a sweet deal for only $68! MXR is an awesome brand with pedals that retain the sound of your amp, and not make it sound like something it’s not. I will be getting many more MXR pedals in the future. IT ROCKS!!!

(Also, this pedal is great for solos, especially when you turn on distortion and reverb, and you can sound like “Aint Talkin’ Bout Love” and “Eruption” and even great tones like “Speak to Me/Breathe” and “Wish You Were Here”) (Turn down the speed on this pedal and it makes chords awesome! Perfect for rhythm guitar as well!)

Check this pedal out at these websites!

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=243&pmh=products/p_and_e_detail

http://www.music123.com/MXR-M-101-Phase-90-Pedal-Refurb-151100-i1124431.Music123 (I did not get the refurbished pedal off of this website for $69.99, I got my pedal in Guitar Center for a great deal of $68, and it wasn’t refurbished. It was brand new.)

Rock on!

(Credit to Craig McBrine)

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