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• Is it okay to use "Pledge" or another type of furniture polish on my guitar?

  Whatever you do, DO NOT use furniture polish on your instrument. Furniture polishes contain silicones and other harmful materials that over time will cause damage to your instrumen
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• Is upright bass like electric bass?

  The only thing similar about the two instruments is the tuning. Both the four string electric bass and the four string double bass (or upright bass) are tuned in “perfect fourths”
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• I have seen the terms "line level", "instrument level", and "mic level" used. What do they mean?

  These levels refer to the relative strength of the signal carrying the audio information within an electronic circuit. These levels are expressed in units of decibels (dB), which i
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• What is a MIDI Controller?

  A MIDI Controller is a device that can be played by a musician and puts out MIDI signals to control synthesizers or sound modules. Typically, it will be a keyboard, although they m
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• I've seen a couple different options for drum kit woods. How do I know which one is for me?

  Drumsets are made out of several different wood types. However, the three most commom woods are mahogany, birch, and maple. Another wood that you may find on some entry level kits
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• What is the difference between wood and plastic clarinets or oboes?

  Most advanced or professional clarinets and oboes are made out of Grenadilla wood. Grenadilla has a beautiful sound that only wood can create. Wood is very sensitive and these inst
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• My microphone clip does not fit on my mic stand. What's the problem?

  Many microphone clips (especially those from European manufacturers) are shipped with an adapter for European stands screwed into them. To get the mic clip to fit on your stand, si
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• What's the best way to mic my drum set?

  Miking an instrument as complex as a drum set can be quite a daunting task. The simplest way to capture the essence of the drums is to employ a pair of high-quality condenser mics,
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• What is a modular synthesizer?

  The earliest synthesizers made were not made in a self contained unit like the modern day synthesizer is. Each unit, instead, was self-contained in an individual box (a module, hen
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016

• What is a monophonic keyboard?

  Monophonic (One-sound). A synthesizer that can only play one note or sound at a time is said to be monophonic. An example would be the original mini-moog synth.
  Date Updated: 10 May 2016