ABOUT H.o.T.

Welcome and thank you for checking out "High on Technology" (HoT). 

Every month thousands of eyeballs feast on HoT reviews and technology articles. We don't accept advertising and we don't track you or your usage of our site. This is a safe place to visit and learn. 

We purchase the items we review so HoT is not beholden to advertisers, if a piece of gear has faults you'll read about them here.

You can view any article by clicking on it in the Table of Contents column on the right. The links below take you directly to our latest features.
 
 01 GEAR REVIEWS to read equipment reviews. You'll see the latest one first followed by all the others. 

 02 HOW TO, this is a newer section and it kicks off with How To Buy A Cheap Guitar. 

 03 DIY to read about some of Mark's studio creations and inventions. Put these simple things to work for yourself. 

 04 PEDALBOARD POWER to see our latest five part article which details all the important aspects and considerations of powering your pedalboard. 

 05 BASIC TRAINING to access articles designed to help you understand technical ideas.

 06 DIRECT RECORDING to read about recording electric instruments without microphones or speakers. 

 07 CHEAP STUDIO SOLUTIONS for inexpensive (under $25 each) items and ideas to improve your studio.

08 RECORDING OUTSIDE THE BOX - The title says it all.

12 TEST EQUIPMENT - Tools you use to test, qualify and repair your studio gadgets and instruments

HoT is an ongoing discussion about the equipment, hardware and technology used in modern personal home recording studios like yours

Here on "High on Technology" you'll find real, honest insight and in-depth reviews of studio hardware, musical instruments, amplifiers and the signal processing used for creating music, sound, podcasts and other audio content. We lean HARD on actual data and strive to achieve verifiable results. 

We hope you enjoy HoT and benefit from it in your musical journey.

Hear MK (short for "Hear Mark King") These tunes are hosted on a Soundcloud Pro account so you don't pay anything and just like High on Technology, no tracking, no advertising, just original music created using the products reviewed on H.o.T.

Mary King started playing music in the late 60's, clarinet, keyboards, bass, guitar and vocals are just a few of her many creative musical talents. Mary is a certified genius and has been instrumental in helping with technical issues on the HoT web site. Lately she is spending a lot of time on her latest passions, watercolor and mixed media painting. Check her out at www.marykingpaintings.com

Enjoy and Good Music To You!