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	<description>Make better recordings in your home studio.</description>
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		<title>Stupid Deal Of The Day &#8211; Reverb</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 08:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musician Friend offers a Stupid Deal of the Day. Today they are offering the excellent IKM Classik Studio Reverb at $50. This plugin normally sells for $200. I have this plugin and use it on almost every track I record. It works better for me than even Waves TrueVerb and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POD HD 500 Tips And Tricks: Volume/Wah with toe switch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[POD HD 500 does not automatically assign the toe switch for volume/wah. Here is how to set it up. Start on a patch with two open fx slots Put a volume pedal in one slot Put a wah pedal in another slot Hold ENTER until POD goes into FS ASSIGN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Line 6 POD HD500 tone “Hell&#8217;s Bells” by AC/DC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bvesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a rhythm guitar tone for playing &#8220;Hell&#8217;s Bells&#8221; by AC/DC. I&#8217;ve been trying for years to get convincing AC/DC tones out of my PODs and have always felt successful. Each iteration seems to be more convincing than the last. I think this one is clearly the best one yet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Line 6 POD HD500 tone “Ballerina 12/14” by Steve Vai</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a rhythm guitar tone for playing &#8220;Ballerina 12/24&#8243; by Steve Vai. Vai created the original track using an Eventide harmonizer dialed in to create delayed harmonies along with his playing. He described the song as sounding like a ballerina dancing on Christmas Eve. The primary ingredients are a stereo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Line 6 POD HD500 tone &#8220;The Animal&#8221; by Steve Vai</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a rhythm guitar tone for playing &#8220;The Animal&#8221; by Steve Vai. The rhythm guitar on this track is all power chords but is unique in the fact that Vai plays it on a single string with a harmonizer adding the second note. It is also interested that he chose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POD HD500 Initial Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Line 6 have released the next evolutionary step in their modeling family with the POD HD series. The new HD modeling aims to set new standards for routing flexibility, realism, feel and overall quality. Here are my initial thoughts after spending a little time with my new POD HD500 along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mix Recipes: Clear and present vocals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bvesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting your vocals to sit right on top at the front of your mix is desirable for any vocal focused song. Lackluster vocal production is like a glowing neon sign that says, &#8220;home studio recording!&#8221; This tutorial covers a simple mix recipe for getting your vocals right out there in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mix Recipes: Heavy guitar Haas and EQ</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bvesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many approaches to mixing heavy guitar tracks. Striking a balance between clarity and thickness is a constant struggle. There is a general tendency in the recording of heavy music to layer many guitar tracks, but how do you maintain that razor&#8217;s edge clarity of a single track? Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DEAL: Link.MIDI 4&#215;4 USB Interface</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bvesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OVER: This deal has ended. They still have the stupid deal of the day going, but it isn&#8217;t for the MIDI controller anymore&#8230; The Stupid Deal of the Day is a Link.MIDI 4&#215;4 USB MIDI interface. For all you MIDI addicts out there just getting by on a 1&#215;1 interface, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POD X3 Pro Tips &amp; Tricks: MIDI CC Chart</title>
		<link>http://www.benvesco.com/blog/the-digital-age/2008/pod-x3-pro-midi-cc-chart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the long awaited MIDI CC chart for POD X3 Pro. Once Line 6 implement MIDI in POD X3 Live (and hopefully POD X3 over USB) I would imagine these CC numbers will be accurate for those units too. Tone 1 of your POD X3 responds to CC on [...]]]></description>
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