Welcome and thank you for checking out "High on Technology" (HoT). Hundreds of thousands have been here already and read our reviews, how-to's and DIY articles.
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.
We hope you enjoy HoT and benefit from it in your musical journey.
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, 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.
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 recording studios like yours!
Here on "High on Technology" you'll find real, honest insight and in-depth reviews of studio hardware, DAW recording gear, 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.
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Mary King started playing music in the late 60's and is a certified genius. She's been instrumental in helping with technical issues on the HoT web site. Lately she is spending a lot of time on watercolor and mixed media painting. Check her out at www.marykingpaintings.com.
Enjoy and Good Music To You!
