Welcome and thank you for checking out "High on Technology" (HoT). You've found one of the best kept secrets on the internet. We sincerely hope you enjoy the time you spend here.
High on Technology is a labor of love, the results of a lifetime spent delighting in the magic and awe of acquiring and learning about electronics, sound and recording technology. Unlike traditional blogs or forums HoT is not beholden to advertisers, if a piece of gear has faults we will point them out. We're extremely proud of the 100's of thousands of views we've received; no click bait, no tricks, just information to help you in your personal journey, whether it is writing or creating music, recording, sound reinforcement or a mashup of all these elements, welcome.
We hope you enjoy HoT and benefit from it in your personal journey with music, sound and recording.
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 top categories, these are customized groups of articles and reviews based on what you selected. These are the same links that appear at the top of the Table of Contents.
01 - GEAR REVIEWS to read equipment reviews. You'll see the latest one first followed by all the others.
02 - HOW TO, How To Buy A Guitar, guitar anatomy and other important features
03 - DIY to read about some of Mark's inventions. Simple, reasonably priced things
04 - PEDALBOARD POWER to see our 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 $29 each) items and ideas to improve your studio.
08 - RECORDING OUTSIDE THE BOX - The title says it all.
09 - INTRODUCTION TO EURORACK, STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW
11 MICROPHONES - Mic reviews, mic accessories and microphone cables
12 - TEST EQUIPMENT - Tools you use to test, qualify and repair your studio gadgets and instruments
20 - TOP 20 REVIEWS AND ARTICLES - These were chosen by readers who picked them. There were some surprises like we find every month here on High on Technology. Thank you for spending time with us, you're the reason we do this. We wish you a great new year of gear and music.
FREE INFO: NEW- If you're viewing on a Mobile Platform we've added the new FREE INFO selection for you-- choosing this takes you to "consolidated lists" about each topic. This gives you faster access to Table of Contents information that mobile does not offer without switching to "View Web Version" (switching to web version makes text very tiny on a phone). We're actively building on these areas to improve them and we've got the entire staff working on it (both of us ;-).
HoT is in-depth, technical reviews, of equipment, hardware and technology used in modern recording studios like yours! We lean HARD on actual performance data and strive to achieve verifiable results.
WHY NO LINKS? The web is constantly changing, links to pages outside our site are continually going out of date leading you to errors. Links to products are often used to track you and promote affiliate marketing (neither of which we engage in). A while back we made the decision to stop adding direct clickable links. Occasionally when a product or company is really impressive we will provide their address but it won't be in the form of a clickable, trackable link. We figure that if you are smart enough to read High on Technology, you know how to do a little "search" and "find" to track down the cool stuff we feature.
We hope you enjoy HoT and benefit from it in your personal journey with music, sound and recording.
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We are welcoming our first guest writer from the Czech Republic, he goes by the handle of "ScorpionB". Want to start your own writing career? Contact us using the contact link and we'll give you the details for submitting your article. Thanks Scorp!
Enjoy and Good Music To You!
