Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Distorted guitars were a big part of the rock revolution last century; we try to forget about the roll. As a youth, [David Hilowitz] couldn’t afford a loud aggressive amp, a distortion pedal, or even ...

Music making is increasingly digitized here in 2020, but some analog audio effects are still very difficult to reproduce in this way. One of those effects is the kind of screeching guitar distortion ...

Just how much distortion -- and the favored type of distortion, analog or digital -- varies from listener to listener, and that's where the story gets complicated. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Justin Shin/Getty Images We seldom hear from them outside of their music, so the inner ...

A study demonstrates that digital simulations of guitar amplifiers can sound just like the real thing. The implications are that as the software models continue to improve, they can replace ...

Hear songs from the duo’s latest album, “Bunky Becky Birthday Boy,” plus predecessors and protégés. By Jon Pareles Jon Pareles here, sitting in while Lindsay is on book leave. This week cranks The ...