the HOME of DOOM!

Goetic Circle - "The Book of the Cult of the Infinite Within"

http://www.myspace.com/goeticcircle

The Vox Lil' Night Train = 2 watts of crunchy ass-kickery

http://www.voxamps.com/modernclassic/lilnighttrain/

http://www.zzounds.com/item--VOXNT2HSET

killer band: Wall of Sleep

 

Bio:

The doom metal band called WALL OF SLEEP (founded in 2001) is one of the most recognized bands of the hungarian underground metal scene. Built on the remains of MOOD (1993-2001), their traditional doom metal sound is based on twin guitar harmonies and classic heavy rock elements, which are rooted on the sounds of 70's and 80's.

They released their epic album, the 'Sun Face Apostoles' in 2006, with the guest appearance of doom icon Scott Wino Weinrich (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, The Hidden Hand etc.).The year after the album called'...And Hell Followed With Him' was released by the swedish 'I Hate Records', so their reputation further increased.

Through some West-European tours and festivals (like Doom Shall Rise and Stoned From The Underground in Germany) they shared the stage with some great bands like Crowbar, Trouble, Mastodon, High On Fire and Darkest Hour.

Armed with a new vocalist, WALL OF SLEEP unleashes their brand new full-length, titled 'When Mountains Roar' this year...

http://www.myspace.com/wallofsleepdoommusic

Lexicon MPX-550 dual-channel multi-effects unit

Here's a video by my friend Dave running thru the factory presets of his new(used) Lexicon MPX-550 dual-channel multi-effects rack unit:





This particular model's no longer available new, but they have other versions... sounds killer!

http://www.lexiconpro.com/product_list.php

King Diamond undergoes triple bypass heart surgery

http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/232/20656/King-Diamond-undergoes-triple-bypass-heart-surgery.html

KING DIAMOND’s wife Livia has posted the following update at the official band fan club Covenworldwide.org:

"Let me catch you all up on the past couple of weeks' happenings, because it affects many things. On Monday, November 29th, King had to be transported to the nearby hospital by ambulance. After several different tests were done and the EKG machine showing abnormalities, the doctors recommended that he get a cardiac catheterization.

Cardiac catheterization is a procedure where the doctors lead a very thin tube up from the leg and into the heart, where it injects dye into the bloodstream. Then a camera at the end of the tube takes many pictures of the heart's arteries, looking for blockages. After this was done, they determined that King had several heart attacks, and three of his heart's arteries were the cause: one was completely blocked, the second was 90% blocked, and the third was 65% blocked.

The only solution to this was an open heart triple bypass surgery.

If you are interested in the details of how this surgery is performed, please look it up online. I will only touch on the basics. The sternum (breastbone) is cut in half and pulled apart, to expose the heart. Veins are harvested from other places of the body, in King's case it was his left leg and chest wall. The person is then hooked up to a machine that practically does the job of the heart, circulating and oxygenating the blood.

The heart is then stopped, and the lungs collapse (the lungs stop working since the blood is being oxygenated by the machine). The surgeon then sews the harvested veins in place, bypassing the found blockages. Once the surgery is done, the surgeon moves the ribs and breastbone back into place and wires it together. The chest is closed as well. They use an electric pulse to start the heart and a breathing machine is lead into the lungs to restart breathing.

King's surgery took approximately seven hours.

Everything went well, and King was taken to ICU for recovery. He was walking and eating solid food already 2 days after the operation, and he was the first one in the history of the hospital who walked on his own power from the ICU to normal care. 10 days after the ambulance took him to the emergency room, he is at home and is recovering well. It will be a few months before he feels completely normal and is without pain.

He would like to mention here that he's eternally grateful for the wonderful staff at Centennial Medical Center who took care of him. Dr. Kourlis, Dr. Kamili, Dr. Alang, Nurse Christie and Nurse Thomas among many others made sure that he got the best care and attention he could ever have hoped for.

They were always very nice to me too, letting me stay overnight in the ICU after visiting hours were over.

In light of this, he will be taking a break from music and the music business altogether until further notice.

He very much wants to write new music, finish the DVDs, and go on tour, but for now, all those things are in the distant future and he's not thinking about them.

Please understand that the King Diamond band is not stopping, disbanding or anything of the sort. King's health is first priority, and when everything is going good with him, the music will resume.

Thank you all very much for reading this and STAY HEAVY."

Jex Thoth - "The Banishment"

http://www.myspace.com/jexthoth

yet MORE proof that Gibson has completely lost the plot

EVIDENCE:  a JONAS BROTHERS signature Gibson Melody Maker guitar!


No, I am NOT making this up...


http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Melody-Maker/Gibson-USA/Jonas-Brothers-Melody-Maker.aspx

NEW from Schecter for 2011: Gary Holt(Exodus) signature V!

Gary Holt (Exodus) Signature V-1
The new Holt model is a redesign of Schecter’s popular V-1 shape, now with the longer ‘wing’ on top. This striking axe is trimmed in a blood red binding throughout AND is armed with exclusive red EMG 81/89 active pickups … delivering attack, sustain and power.



The 24.75” scale mahogany neck is set into the offset ‘V’ body with an Ultra Access neck joint… for unparalleled access to the 22th fret! The rosewood fingerboard is emblazed with a red Exodus ‘goat-head’ inlay at the 12th fret.

An Original Floyd Rose locking tremolo system provides rock steady tuning, even with torturous dive bombing. Gloss Black finish, Grover tuners and Black hardware are standard. A Lefty version is also available.

http://www.schecterguitars.com/

What is the difference between delay and reverb?

“I don't really understand the difference between delay and reverb. Do you have a course that explains it clearly, and everything else I can do using effects?”

Suppose you have a great singer and a great backing band. Or a great singer and a great set of virtual instruments in your DAW. Shouldn't the recording and eventual mix and master sound great?

Well yes. If you are recording music that is meant to sound like traditional acoustic and electric instruments, then all you need are great performances, and a professional quality of recording, mixing and mastering.

But sometimes you might want a little more.

And sometimes the reality is that not every link in the chain is up to full professional standards.

Often when everything else is right, it is the acoustics of the studio that don't shape up. It is very difficult, for example, to get a good recording in an ordinary room in a house or apartment.

And software instruments often have a very dry sound. This is intentional, because you can always do things to a dry sound, but if the sound already has reverb locked in, you can't take it away.

And sometimes...

Well sometimes you want to use the recording studio as an instrument in its own right. You want to use all of the techniques and tricks of the recording studio to create an amazing sound.

So what we need are effects, as we call them.

The most fundamental effect is reverberation.

If you record an orchestra or acoustic band in an auditorium, you can capture the natural reverberation there and then, and you won't have to add any later.

But it takes time to get the mics in exactly the right places to capture the balance between direct and reverberant sound that is best. So broadcasters (whose time is extremely tight) put up microphones that are quite close to capture the direct sound of the instruments, and specific ambience mics, to capture the reverb. Then they can easily mix them in the right proportions from the console during the sound check.

In the studio, it is often best to use acoustic treatment to achieve quite a dry sound.

As I said earlier, if reverb is imprinted into your recording, you can't take it away. So if you start with a dry sound, you can always add reverb later if you need to.

Also, if you have a band in your studio, if there is too much natural ambience or reverberation, the sound of one instrument will spill into the mics of the others. You will find that all of the individual tracks have the sound of the rest of the band in the background. That will hinder your ability to mix well.

But if the studio has a dry acoustic, leakage between instruments will be much less. And you can add reverberation artificially as little or as much as necessary. All of the instruments will be much more controllable this way.

Delay is like a primitive form of reverberation. In the early days of recording technology, reverberation could only be created using an 'echo chamber', which is an actual room rigged up with loudspeakers and microphones to create reverb.

But in those early days, they could create a single echo, or a repeated echo, using a spare tape recorder in a special way.

We are all very familiar with the sound of delay through hearing, since birth, countless recordings that use the technique.

So it can still sound good now. Of course we don't have to use a tape recorder to produce the delay, we use a plug-in.

Another effect from a past era of recording is phasing, which in its subtle variations is also known as flanging or chorusing.

Phasing produces a rich 'swooshing' sound that can be very attractive to the ear. Of course it can be overdone, but so can any effect. The trick is to use it sparingly, when it will have its most useful influence on the listener, and subtly so the listener doesn't get tired of it.

Another effect is harmonic generation.

We are often told how useful it is to have 'warmth' in our recordings. You can use a vacuum tube microphone or preamplifier to achieve warmth. This is fine, but like reverberation earlier, once the warmth is burnt in to a recording, you can't undo it.

Too much warmth can be irritating to the ear. But fortunately there are plug-ins that will improve warmth in a controllable manner. So you can make a clean recording and add warmth later.

Don't have a warmth plug-in? Don't worry - we can show you how to generate warmth from first principles, using only the equipment and software you have already.

Finally, for now, there is pitch shifting.

You can use pitch shifting in a variety of ways. One is to correct the tuning of a slightly out-of-tune singer. This is more often necessary now than it used to be, because all the background instruments are now digitally tuned. Tuning in the past used to be done by ear, hence the singer could be a little more loose without anyone noticing.

Pitch shifting can be used in other ways, for example to make a vocal or instrument richer and fuller. Or you can create a harmony line from an already-recorded melody.

Or...

You can use the Auto-Tune effect!

Some would say that using Auto-Tune to extremes is a fad that is well due for going out of fashion.
But it is used so extensively that any recording engineer or producer should be familiar with it.

To use the Auto-Tune effect you would have to have Auto-Tune, or a similar pitch correction plug-in, installed in your DAW. If you don't have it, we'll give you something else to work on that will also help advance your knowledge of pitch shifting.

In summary...

You can improve your knowledge and skills in all of these effects through the Audio Masterclass Professional Reverb and Effects Course.

All Audio Masterclass Professional Courses are entirely project based. We set you interesting, challenging, and often tough, projects that you can carry out in your own home recording studio.

We will listen to your work and grade you on each assessment point, then give you helpful advice on how you can improve the quality of your work still further.

You can find more information on Audio Masterclass Professional Courses here...

www.audiomasterclass.com/pro-courses/


****DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated in any way with Audio Masterclass Professional Courses, I am simply sharing useful information.

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III guitar amplifier demo

the new Hot Rod Deluxe 3 from Fender has a bunch of upgrades and is a killer all purpose amp:



http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=2230200000