Music Calculator

Anxiety strikes! Your guitar are buzzing on the higher frets. Usually, a poor string is not the issue; it’s just a neck shifting under pressure. … Read more

When you roll back your guitar’s volume pot, the resulting sound can become muddled. Maybe you’re looking for a smoother texture for your rhythms, yet … Read more

Basic AC circuit physics is conspiring against you; as you turn down volume knob, your guitar sounds like it’s plugged into a cardboard box. When … Read more

Pull a set of slick flatwounds off the spool and slip ‘em on your neck, anticipating the smooth feel under your fingertips. Strum an open … Read more

A tool for estimating coil turns, wire length, and electrical specs before you start winding. So this is a handy tool for planning out a … Read more

Before you play a single note, the world opens or closes with that very first sound you hear when you plug in your guitar. That … Read more

DC resistance is simply a measurement of wire length and thickness… Not tone, but it’s a static snapshot of a coil of copper wrapped around … Read more

Take a tube out of your old amplifier. You see that thing glow like crazy, thats your clue the cathode bias circuit isnt working right. … Read more

Why you need a structured way to estimate sound check time As a front-of-house engineer or tour manager you know that stress of the sun … Read more

Before it begins, seeing physical limitations of your setup allows you to avoid panic mode. Instead of wishing there was a magical way to make … Read more

The moment of truth in live sound happen 30 minutes before first chord rings out. It’s when you look down at your blank patch list … Read more

There are times when clock reads twenty minutes, but your plan says forty. Usually this means running around in the dark looking for cables and … Read more

The vocal sounds as though it’s coming through a dodgy telephone line; you throw down a track and that metallic warbling is there to remind … Read more

DJs match tempos intuitively and by ear over time. But with so much music to sort and not enough time, that intuition isn’t always reliable. … Read more

When you import the file, it’s off grid, even though the drum break sounded perfect in your headphone. What has happened? The timing error cause … Read more