Drummerworld - Featured Ron Wikso

By Posterous May 01, 2010

Interesting bio on Ron from Drummerworld.com. Lots of other drummer bios and cool drum stuff on their site. Check it out!

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"Your Filthy Little Mouth" Tour

By Posterous Apr 17, 2010

Another fun blast from the past with Ron and David Lee Roth.

David Lee Roth performing "Experience" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 29, 1994 during his "Your Filthy Little Mouth" tour. Guitarist Terry Kilgore, bassist Jamie Hunting, keyboardist Brett Tuggle and Total Control Audio's own Ron Wikso on drums. .

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Part 3 - Tips for Using Multitrack Drums with Pro Tools

By Posterous Apr 13, 2010

This is part 3 of http://LilacWriter.com video tutorial on using Multitrack Drums with Pro Tools. Learn how to setup the session with a drum sub group and set the track color.

Total Control Audio's multitrack drum loops are used in this video!

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Part 2 - Tips for Using Multitrack Drums with Pro Tools

By Posterous Apr 12, 2010

This video continues with multitrack drum groupings using Total Control Audio drum loops. See how to set up the edit group to keep the drums in phase then mix groups for snare mics, toms and kick mics. See the way to override groups using control for relative mixing within a group and also how to turn defined groups on and off using the groups window on the mixer or arrange view.

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Tips for Using Multitrack Drums with Pro Tools

By Posterous Apr 11, 2010

Here is another excellent video from lilacwriter.com that features Total Control Audio multitrack drum loops. 

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Ron at Club Lingerie

By Posterous Apr 10, 2010

The band “Day” performing “Silence is Violence” at Club Lingerie in Hollywood. Featuring, Ron Day and Jerry Phlippeau with Ron Wikso on drums.

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Pro Tools Tip - Matching Tempo

By Arthur Edstrom Feb 09, 2010

This is an excellent 9 min video teaching tempo matching in Pro Tools using Total Control Audio Hip Hop Anonymous drum loops and a vocal track. Stretching audio using Pro Tool’s TCE trimmer tool. This is a handy tool to stretch or compress audio regions to match the tempo of your song. This clip also covers using Cmd-I to set the project tempo to match the tempo of a loop.

The video is brought to us by the fine folks at LilacWriter....
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Winter NAMM 2010

By Arthur Edstrom Jan 23, 2010


We were out in Anaheim last week at Winter NAMM 2010. We did four full days of checking out stuff and meeting people including talking to the folks at Modern Drummer Magazine.


Hugh McDonald (Bon Jovi), Ron Wikso (Co-Founder, Total Control Audio) and Dave Amato (REO Speedwagon)

We got together one evening for dinner with Hugh and Dave. Ron did world tours with Cher, Hugh and Dave so it was a bit of a reunion. Hugh is heading out on a 2-year tour with Bon Jovi. Dave...
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Maximum Threshold Radio interview with Ron Wikso

By Arthur Edstrom Dec 22, 2009

Check out Maximum Threshold Radio and the interview with Ron Wikso on Dec 19, 2009. Ron was on right after Joe Perry.

Maximum Threshold Radio is a weekly show that has grown globally. Give this show a listen and pass us around to your friends. They are addictive and so is the music that they present for your listening pleasure. MT is a hard rock/metal and sometimes comedy show. “Maximum Threshold is the only station that will make your ears bleed!”


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Live Drum Solo By Ron Wikso

By Arthur Edstrom Dec 18, 2009

Live with the Gregg Rolie Band Fox Theatre, Readwood City, CA

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