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  • Free Piano Libraries and VSTi shootout

    Free Piano Libraries and VSTi shootout

    This post is a long due on my schedule, I prepared everything during mid 2015 and then…nothing. It’s time to wrap it up and maybe also do a little update, 5 years in the world of sampled instruments are like a whole new era. Anyway, the main question behind this post was “Is there…

  • Sunday with Ola: the Riff Challenge

    Sunday with Ola: the Riff Challenge

    It’s been few months since I started recording ideas “on the fly” for the Sunday with Ola Riff Challenge and I’m quite digging it. What is it? It’s a challenge to write your own riffs on a drum loop that you can download from a link on every episode of the segment “Sunday with…

  • Monday Suggestion: Computer Music magazine

    Monday Suggestion: Computer Music magazine

    One thing I always liked since I was a kid is buying and reading magazines about geeky and nerdy stuff: computer magazines were a huge source of information during the ’90 (I mean, they were the only source of information, you know, I’m an old guy…). When I discovered “Computer Music” magazine I was…

  • The metal bass tone digest: useful videos

    The metal bass tone digest: useful videos

    Yes, I know, I could start writing about how cool your bass can sound if you follow my suggestions and stuff but you know what? I won’t. For the simple reason that everyone likes different sounds and everyone has a kind of taste, so, it’s simply impossible for me to tell you how to…

  • From The Depth: Solar Guitars endorsement

    From The Depth: Solar Guitars endorsement

    Quick post, just to say how much I’m proud of these two guys: Gianpiero Milione and Simone Martinelli got endorsed by Solar Guitars!