7 pieces you buy only once (Vol. 3)
The tier where you stop replacing things: an expandable interface, a quiet microphone, open working headphones, calibratable monitors, a laptop with memory bandwidth and a monitor controller.
Read →Written guides
Every video on the channel becomes an article: the same choices, with the details that slip past in a video.
7 pieces for when your first setup isn't enough (Vol. 2)
The step up, slot by slot: an interface with clean gain, a quiet microphone, open headphones, real monitors, a screen and an outboard preamp.
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7 pieces for your first music production rig
Interface, microphone, headphones, monitors, drive, MIDI controller and a book: the complete day-one chain, explained piece by piece, with nothing you don't need yet.
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7 pieces that work on Linux (no proprietary drivers)
Audio interface, microphone, headphones, monitors and controller that Linux recognizes on its own, with no drivers: seven class-compliant choices, explained one by one.
Read →How these guides are made
Every article comes from an episode of the channel: the same seven products, the same criteria, but written down. On video the specs fly past in two seconds; here they stay put, so you can compare them and come back when you are at the checkout.
The structure is always the same: first the problem the episode tackles, then the criteria I picked by, then the seven pieces one at a time — what it solves, who it is for, the specs that actually matter and the trap to check before you pay. At the end, the questions people ask most.
The articles exist in Italian, English and Spanish, and each one links back to its video. Product links are Amazon affiliate links: they do not change the price for you, and they do not change what I write.
Questions people ask
Are the articles transcripts of the videos?
No. They start from the same list but are rewritten to be read: no «as I said earlier», more specs, and the flaws explained in full instead of mentioned in passing.
How often does a new guide come out?
One per episode of the channel, so on average every two or three weeks. When the video goes up, the article follows right after.
Are the prices up to date?
Prices move constantly, so the articles talk in brackets rather than exact figures. What matters — what a product does and who it makes sense for — still holds six months from now.
Free tools, while you are here
A microphone tuner, a metronome, a BPM tapper with delay times, the fretboard game and the quiz on what kind of guitarist you are. They run in the browser, no sign-up.