Why I Love... Gates
SOS reader Ashley Pomeroy celebrates the creative power of gates.
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SOS reader Ashley Pomeroy celebrates the creative power of gates.
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The lovely thing about electric guitars is that you can tweak them to your own preferences in terms of both how they feel to play and in what features you add to them.
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If you care about sound but have previously considered video games a distraction, do yourself a favour: pick a title you like the look of, don your favourite studio headphones, and get immersed.
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When you use chance operations correctly, you end up challenging yourself constantly...
Even if some people who hear it loathe your music, there will always be some who adore it. Whether you care about either camp, or just decide to make music to please yourself, is entirely up to you.
Steve gave me his time that day, he was good-humoured and made it fun. He showed me how synthesizers work and how to create sounds... it was magical.
Almost no cell service reaches my home studio. People come here to record, and within moments of arrival, they inform me that they have zero bars... Then a wonderful thing happens: they put away their phones and we get to work.
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My name is Simon and I have Gear Acquisition Syndrome....