Bounce to Disk

If you can solder, consider building your own cables and pedals. A good place for pedal kits is Build Your Own Clone, where you can purchase complete kits and instructions for copies of quite a few popular stompboxes. Check out this Rat Clone and this Big Muff Clone. If you’re feeling ambitious, re-house or repair your old pedals with parts from Pedal Parts Plus or Small Bear Electronics. Need cable parts? Try Redco.  Here’s a soldering tutorial.

Head to Gearslutz.com to read an excellent archived Q&A with Tchad Blake, legendary engineer, mixer and producer. After decades in the analog domain, Tchad is now mixing entirely “in-the-box” with Pro Tools with an ICON console system. He’s well known for pioneering the creative use of the SansAmp. He’s worked with Peter Gabriel, Ron Sexsmith, Sheryl Crow, Pearl Jam, Los Lobos, Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega, Crowded House and American Music Club to name a few. You can take a peek at his home studio here.

Welcome to Bounce to Disk. This site strives to be a valuable resource for hobbyist/semi-pro recording engineers working primarily in the computer domain. Expect helpful original content, links to technical and creative articles elsewhere on the web, and interviews with veterans and innovators in the field. Inspired by recording message boards all over the web and excellent print magazines like Tape Op, we hope to distinguish ourselves with quality interactive content that is best delivered via the internet. Bounce to Disk was created and is maintained by songwriter, musician, recordist and technology professional TW Walsh.