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The Fifth Flight

Youth isn’t always wasted on the young

The Fifth Flight are a group of young, up and coming musicians from the Austin, Texas area who, by coming together originally at a local music performance school decided to get together and …

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Home Music Studios

One important consideration

When preparing to build a home music studio, you need to determine the best equipment to purchase — a computer, a digital audio work station (DAW), which is your recording software, an audio interface or sound board,

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CREATIVE & TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT WINNERS ANNOUNCED

30TH ANNUAL NAMM TEC AWARDS

Hosted by comedian Sinbad

Presenters for the evening included: Michael Braunstein (Executive Director, Les Paul Foundation), Don Was (Musician/Record Producer), Harry Shearer (Musician/Actor), Bernie Williams (New York Yankee/Guitarist), Orianthi (Singer-Songwriter), Richie Sambora, CJ Vanston

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FRFR Speaker Cabs

Trailblazing Atomic Amplification technology
by Gene Baker

Flat response, full frequency aka FRFR isn’t necessarily new technology for speaker cabs, as recording reference speakers and PA speakers have always focused on delivering flat response, full frequency sound from 20 hertz …

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Disturbing the Peace

Part 2: In-ear monitoring considerations and tips
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine

The journey into using in-ear monitors is anything but simple, raises controversy and requires techniques to work effectively. Over the past few months since I wrote …

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Disturbing the Peace

The quest for hearing preservation
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine

Over a year ago, my band MGB (Mean Gene Band) directly routed everything to our PA system to avoid neighbor or family disturbance. These noiseless rehearsals benefited us …

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