All items tagged with guitar (18)

Gibson Brands Appoints Cesar Gueikian as Permanent CEO

July 10, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Gibson Brands Appoints Cesar Gueikian as Permanent CEO

Gibson Brands, the iconic musical instruments brand, announced that its Board of Directors has confirmed Cesar Gueikian to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gibson Brands. Cesar Gueikian joined Gibson in November of 2018, and since then, has been leading the brand, product, and team development efforts, and has been instrumental in the resurgence of Gibson. He created the Gibson Labs and lead the company into profitable business growth.

Sennheiser Starts Shipping EW-DX Digital Wireless Microphone Series

November 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Starts Shipping EW-DX Digital Wireless Microphone Series

Sennheiser has announced that the first EW-DX devices are shipping in North America, EMEA, Japan, and Singapore. For rental companies, touring bands, theater, worship or broadcasting the new EW-DX series brings the lowest latency on the market (1.9 milliseconds), eliminates the need for frequency calculation, and offers an ultra-wide input dynamic range of 134dB, enabling the transmitters to handle any signal that is thrown at them. A new digital wireless microphone system designed for simplicity, supporting even more channels.

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: VCA & VCF

November 8, 2022 by Ethan Winer

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: VCA & VCF

Ethan Winer offers his fifth Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer article where he describes how to make two key modules needed by every analog synthesizer: the Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) and Voltage Controlled Filter (VFC). This article explains two different VCA circuits, with a simpler one that works fine for one-off projects where precise unit-to-unit repeatability isn’t needed, and a second circuit similar to the VCA in the original Moog synthesizers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2022.

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: Input Section & Pick Detector

October 19, 2022 by Ethan Winer

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: Input Section & Pick Detector

The three previous articles described circuits that Ethan Winer developed for his current project that uses an electric guitar instead of a keyboard to control an analog synthesizer. This article continues with two pieces needed to process input from an electric guitar: the input section’s preamplifier and noise gate, and the pick detector. The preamp amplifies the weak signal from an electric guitar’s pickup and brings it up to line level for further processing. The noise gate detects when a note is currently playing and when it stops. Of course, the pick detector signals each time a new note is picked.

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: LFO and ADSR

October 12, 2022 by Ethan Winer

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: LFO and ADSR

This third article continues to follow Ethan Winer's fascinating journey of building modules for a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer. The two previous articles described the core circuits he developed for this project that uses an electric guitar instead of a keyboard to control an analog synthesizer. This article continues with two components that are essential for all analog synthesizers: The Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) and the Attack Decay Sustain Release (ADSR) envelope generator. Both of these circuits generate voltages that control other modules in the synthesizer. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2022

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer - Frequency to Volts and Back

June 2, 2022 by Ethan Winer

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer - Frequency to Volts and Back

This is the second article in a fascinating DIY journey of a guitar-controlled, all-analog synthesizer project that will include multiple stages and modules. Following a Sample & Hold circuit designed to retrieve previous voltages that no longer exist, this article details voltage control and how the playing is converted to voltages and back to frequency.

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer - The Sample & Hold Time Machine

May 25, 2022 by Ethan Winer

You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer - The Sample & Hold Time Machine

This article initiates a fascinating DIY journey through the world of synthesizers. More specifically, a guitar-controlled all-analog synthesizer project that includes a "time machine" sample & hold section, input signal detectors, noise gate, oscillators, envelope generators, filters, signal converters, and more. This first module is a sample and hold circuit designed to translate the guitar notes to equivalent oscillator frequencies.

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Presonus Audio Electronics

November 1, 2021 by Joao Martins

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Presonus Audio Electronics

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, one of the world’s largest guitar companies, announced it has signed a definitive agreement of merger with PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana based company is a leading designer and manufacturer of recording hardware and software, and professional audio live-sound solutions, popular in both the home studio and music PA markets.

IK Multimedia Launches Compact Guitar Interface With Tone-Shaping and Re-Amplification Features

July 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

IK Multimedia Launches Compact Guitar Interface With Tone-Shaping and Re-Amplification Features

IK Multimedia continues to show a unique ability to design and quickly bring to market innovative solutions. And that's not easy to do in a crowded category such as USB audio recording interfaces. With the AXE I/O SOLO, IK Multimedia expanded its range of AXE I/O high-end guitar interfaces with advanced tone-shaping features, while offering a more budget-friendly, mobile format. The little unit also offers IK's proprietary Z-Tone impedance-adapting circuit and powerful guitar recording tools.

Gibson Cleans Up Its Act - Making Good on a Troubled Past

August 1, 2019 by Joao Martins

Gibson Cleans Up Its Act - Making Good on a Troubled Past

The recent return of Gibson is one of those great case-studies for any marketing professional and a story that I am certain will be taught for years in marketing schools. How to “Clean Up Your Act” and restore the value of a brand that has been on a slow-burning destructive process for decades. Gibson is a legendary company, an American icon, and possibly one of the world's most valuable brands. I mean, it is hard to accept that someone could possible break a valuable business and a valuable brand like Gibson.

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