Tutorials & Tips

Mind Mapping: Projected

When you have a group of people in a meeting to brainstorm or resolve a contested issue, only talk could really heat things up, resulting in even further disagreements. Instead, try this!

Dynamics Explained: in a Sound Context

Dynamics in the context of your instrument and in the context of your band, has quite a direct relationship to the sound of the band. This is where it all comes together in a chain of events: Good individual dynamics lead to good band dynamics; and good band dynamics lead to a good sound – […]

Android Phones: Caller IDs, Contacts & Country Code Prefixes

Is your Android phone not associating Caller Idenfication (CID) with your contacts, due to country code prefixes? Then this article is for you.

Dynamics (music) Explained: Band Context

Continuing from my previous tutorial on dynamics, in the context of your instrument, this my attempt at explaining dynamics in a band’s context. This will help you sound good in a band setting as, you will not only understand where to fit in (and where not to), but also by how much.

Dynamics Explained: Instrument Context

The application of dynamics may well be the most misunderstood and therefore neglected aspect of a performance, especially here in the Maldives. This article was inspired by a comment from Faya. Hence, this is the first part of a series of tutorials, in my attempt to explain dynamics in the contexts of: Instrument Context (individual […]

Presets: A Quick Start – Not a Good Head Start

More often that not, beginners are lead to rely a bit heavily on presets programmed-in by the manufacturer, and usually get stuck with a tone, that initially sounds great, only to be criticized by others later.

Q: Should I Record in Stereo or Mono?

Lately, this has been a recurring question that I get asked. So, I thought I’ll blog it to clear up the misconception for audio enthusiasts. In this case, Stereo and Mono refer to Stereo or Mono Tracks. Recording a Mono source onto a Stereo Track does not automatically make it “stereo”, nor does it serve […]

Guitar Tone Tutorial

This tutorial will help you get the maximum tonal depth and dynamics for your guitar or bass, just by identifying the optimal output volumes. This article assumes that you are competent in your playing skills at a moderate level. If not, the following tutorial might not work for you.

Fix for iPhone Syncing to a Mac

Here’s a fix that worked for me for an error that I got, while trying to sync an iPhone 3G to a macbook. It was syncing 100% when out of the blue one day (on an important and a busy day) I get this error on iTunes saying: iTunes cannot sync information with the «iPhone […]

Writing Dhivehi in Windows XP

How to turn on multilingual support and write Dhivehi using Windows XP.