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Week in Review
Curry does Rocky … Britney walks the Federline … Wood
dries out …
1948, CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) demonstrates the
long-playing microgroove recording, playing at 33-1/3 revolutions
per minute, replacing albums consisting of several 10- or 12-inch
78rpms with a single record … in response, RCA Victor, who
had experimented with 33-1/3 in 1931, comes out with its own
innovation, the seven-inch 45rpm record, which becomes the standard
for single releases … 78rpms are gone by 1960 …
1955, Sun Records releases Johnny Cash's first single, "Cry
Cry Cry" … Johnny will be cashing in for quite some time to
come, as it's the first in a string of over 100 hit singles by the
Man in Black … 1962, Hank Ballard and The
Midnighters, who …
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Harmony Central Spotlight
What's new at the #1 Online Community for Musicians
Summer NAMM is upon us, and once again you can count on Harmony
Central to deliver extensive coverage of the show! Once again, we'll be
taking our videos to the next level, with highlight clips providing
"live" action from the floor itself, not just summaries at the end
of the day. And as usual, we have a few other tricks up our sleeves as well. It's all part of our
continuing efforts to make sure that Harmony Central maintains its
leadership position in trade show coverage, and our community the
best-informed on the Web.
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Expert Advice
Tech Tip - EQ Curves and Musical Style
Look at music with a spectrum analyzer, and you might be surprised
at what you see. For example, if you analyze a bunch of music that
belongs to the same musical genre, you'll start to detect a pattern
with respect to how energy is distributed over the frequency
spectrum. Granted, it's impossible to generalize for all types of
music within a genre, but there are often …
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Guitar Effects Hands-On Review: DigiTech RP500 Guitar Multi Effects
Pedal
DigiTech: Professional multi-effect control with stompbox
simplicity
What's the first thing you do with an effects pedal? If you said,
"Read the manual thoroughly before attempting to use it …"
well, let me say on behalf of all humankind, "Welcome to earth!"
(You may not want us to take you to our leader, however.) The first
thing anyone does with an effects pedalboard is step through the
…
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Electric Guitar Hands-On Review: Peavey PXD Series Electric
Guitars
Peavey: Extreme design for hard rock and metal
Right after the first electric guitars were created, the first
guitar amps were built for them. Here we have the story of what may
be the first guitar built expressly for an amplifier. It starts
with Peavey?s 6505 amplifier, formerly the 5150, designed for Eddie
Van Halen. The 6505 continues to get rave reviews from metal and
hard rock …
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Guitar Accessories Product Spotlight: TASCAM MP-GT1 MP3 Trainer
TASCAM MP-GT1 MP3 Trainer
TASCAM?s MP-GT1 is the first MP3 player designed for musicians.
Based on our award-winning CD Trainers, this fun, mobile guitar
trainer includes enough memory to store up to 240 songs. Guitar
parts can be slowed down, looped, and even eliminated to help you
to learn new riffs and play along. Play back MP3s using
…
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