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How to Record a Song – Part 4: Keyboards and Editing

Jul 29, 2011 Line 6 Tips & Tricks, Propellerhead Reason & Record

Line 6′s Propellerhead Product Specialist Matt Piper shows you how to record a keyboard part and how to edit a song in part 4 of his “How to Record a Song” series.

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Deep Dive into the Effects of the POD HD Multi-Effects Processors: Echo Platter

Jul 26, 2011 Line 6 General, Line 6 Tips & Tricks

The Echo Platter delay model on the POD HD multi-effect processors is a very special effect indeed. It is based on one of the most sought-after and revered delay effects of all time, the Binson Echorec. Brief History of Binson The very first Echorec units were introduced in the late 1950s. Located in Milan, Italy, [...]

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ROCK AND ROLL ERGONOMICS: THE STUDIO

Jul 22, 2011 Line 6 Tips & Tricks

The Rock and Roll doctor is in. Dr. Ricky Fishman, San Francisco, CA,-based Chiropractor and veteran bass player is uniquely qualified to evaluate and treat the challenges that musicians face. Back pain due to hauling gear, repetitive stress injuries due to hours of playing – the “Musician’s Chiropractor” has seen it all. Visit Dr. Fishman’s [...]

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JTV and POD HD500 Multi-effect: Building the Perfect Beast

Jul 21, 2011 Line 6 General

In the last blog post, I talked about using the James Tyler Variax and POD® HD500 multi-effect pedal to tackle the daunting task of recreating and taking the vast array of tones created in the studio to the stage. My personal experience in the past has been that the results are one huge compromise. Unless, [...]

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Employee Spotlight: Valerie Corabi, Office Assistant

Jul 15, 2011 Line 6 Spotlight

Before you came to Line 6, what, if any, was your previous experience working in the music industry? I was a makeup artist for many ’80s and ’90s rock bands. I have done makeup for Scorpions, David Lee Roth, Michael Schenker, Queensryche and many more. I have done magazines, CD covers and videos and have [...]

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Employee Spotlight: Kris Daniel, Senior DSP Software Engineer

Jul 8, 2011 Line 6 General

Before you came to Line 6, what, if any, was your previous experience working in the music industry? I worked for a start-up company in Philadelphia called G-Vox for about three years. We made these funny magnetic hexaphonic pickups for electric guitars that would connect to your PC and it would output MIDI, mostly for [...]

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Deep Dive into the Effects of the POD HD Multi-Effects Processors: Multi-Head Delay

Jul 6, 2011 Line 6 General, Line 6 Tips & Tricks

It’s amazing how many classic, groundbreaking delay effect models are loaded into the POD HD multi-effects processors. In my previous blog posts in this series we’ve already touched on a few of these great delay effects and this week is no exception. The Multi-Head delay effect loaded into the POD HD multi-effects processors is inspired [...]

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