Analog Alien Blog Posts

What Even Is MIDI?
So you’re very happy with your board. It sounds great. You think to yourself, “I’m going to share this beauty with some like-minded people”. Upon wandering into some Facebook groups and forums you see pedalboards which may look more at home within the walls of NASA, and everyone is talking about MIDI …. ”What’s going on here!?” you ask. Do not fear fair traveler. You have stumbled upon our MIDI Guide For Dummies. Allow us to guide you.

Why Are Guitar Pedals So Expensive?
In this blog, we’re going to cover a few key points which from a buyer’s POV could easily be overlooked. We hope it helps clarify some things and encourages guitarists to support the community when they can.

How To Connect Guitar Pedals
When asking yourself about how to connect guitar pedals up, you may be doing one of a few things. For sure, you’re likely running them

Songs Which Gave Us G.A.S
Listening to us explain the difference between a chorus and a vibrato may well be very informative but hearing great examples of the effects is

Are Guitars Still Cool?
We try to be unbiased on all approaches to life however, that’s truly difficult to do when people ask, are guitars still cool!? Since the

Why are there so many types of delay?
It can be confusing to new and experienced guitarists alike, as to why there are so many different types of delay, so first let’s look

How do I use drive pedals?
To answer the question how do I use drive pedals lets first ask what is a drive pedal!? A drive pedal, be it overdrive, fuzz,

How To Transport Guitar Pedals
The discussion around how to transport guitar pedals has a very interesting place, right at the heart of Analog Alien. Over the years the solutions

How To Daisy Chain Guitar Pedals
We often see people asking how to daisy chain guitar pedals and despite our first reaction being unless there is absolutely no other option then

How to Modify Guitar Pedals
Something almost every pedal user has asked themselves is “Do I know how to modify guitar pedals” and the answer is … yes you just

What Guitar Pedals Do I Need?
The question of what guitar pedals do I need is answered relatively, if you’re an acoustic player who only plays by the open bonfires when

How To Arrange Guitar Pedals
Questions often seen from new effect pedals users and even some more experienced musicians is centred around how to arrange their guitar pedals and although