Children Of The Sea - A COVID Jam Stephen Toback 2021-01-27 | After doing a few COVID jams with other musicians, Drummer Andrew Gormley and Bassist Mike Rohr reached out to Neon Knights NC, an acoustic tribute to Dio era Black Sabbath to see if they wanted to record "Children of the Sea" - a favorite from their set featuring cellist Elana Scheiner, guitarist Steve Toback and vocalist Jeff Ivey. Located in different cities and states, the musicians were able to come together to celebrate the life and legacy of Ronnie James Dio and his time with Sabbath. \m/ Rock In Peace RJD
Vinny Appice Commenting On Children Of The Sea Stephen Toback 2024-01-28 | Drummer Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath) commenting on my friends and my version of Children Of The Sea from the first Black Sabbath record with Ronnie James Dio. Vinny would join the band after this record for years and play on Dio's solo records. I met him when I worked at Sound City Studios in the late 1980s. Here's the recording of "Children Of the Sea" - youtu.be/G6KqLGS7ctE?si=2Vt6UCWyTO5UwJOF
1997 Disney Consumer Products TechExpo Concept Reel Stephen Toback 2021-12-29 | Produced on Adobe Premiere 0.0, this was created during my time as the Manager of Creative Resources IT (or CRIT) at Disney Consumer Products. I left soon after this video to join Walt Disney Television Animation so I'm not sure if this ever happened. Ironically, I joined Duke in July 2007 and that fall they had their first "TechExpo" that year - which has been happening every year since - a gather in of University and Health System IT staff with vendors - very much like my video. Visionary? Maybe.
HX Stomp Input Panning Request Video Stephen Toback 2021-11-12 | For the folks over at Ideascape. I'd like to have the ability to automate panning for the input block.
Andy And Steve - Bi-Coastal Jamming Stephen Toback 2021-08-01 | A little east meets west and a 3000 colab
My first drone flight Stephen Toback 2021-03-31 | Of course it was pouring rain. My 26th anniversary present from my amazing wife - a Tello Drone
Frankenstein Replica First Play DOA Stephen Toback 2021-03-13 | Just got my replica EVH Frankenstein guitar. Really bought it as a wall piece but the thing rocks. This is going direct into my Marshall DSL1 then into my Mesa 1x12 mic'd by a SM57 and a cheap Sampson SM58 clone into QuickTime Pro. Sounds even better sitting in front of the amp. RIP Eddie.
New Keyboard Shelf Stephen Toback 2021-02-27 | Just an inexpensive pair of keyboard tray slides (link below), some extra wood lying around and a LOT of measurements :) amazon.com/gp/product/B000KQ5E82
Logic Pro X - Sync Project To Track Stephen Toback 2021-02-06 | I use Logic Pro X to learn songs. I always want to play with a click once I learn a part but for songs that weren't recorded with a click, I used to try to use the tempo track manually to try to do the tempo changes - just found the magic command to have the tempo track align to any track in your project. Pretty freakin cool!
My first Cigar Box Guitar! Stephen Toback 2021-01-17 | My beautiful sister-in-law Nancy and her amazing family got me my very first cigar box guitar. This is me 5 minutes after putting it together - it was a cool kit that even came with a glass slide! Excuse the guitar faces but you just can't help it! Going through my Marshall DSL1 with gain on about 2
My First TV Lift Stephen Toback 2021-01-14 | My father-in-law moved in with us last Fall. His room is pretty small with a lot of windows so there was no place to hang the TV. I wanted the TV at the foot of the bed so it would be easy for him to see it. I checked out some TV Lifts pre-made and they were a couple of thousand dollars. Together, we built this for under $400 including the lift mechanism which we got on Amazon for about $260 with wireless remote. I originally bought a premade dresser I was going to use as the frame, but we ended up just using the top. If I had to do it again, I would just buy all the wood myself.
Our babies Stephen Toback 2020-10-30 | After over two months of slowly working with Sugar and Sheena, they are all playing together!! First time!
Bass Transform Stephen Toback 2020-09-06 | Updating my 2002 20th Anniversary Fender Squier P-Bass (Indonesia) with a new bridge (Omega Badass Clone) from Allparts and Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pounder P-Bass Pickups. Bought a new pickguard but it didn't fit. Music ©2020 Stephen Toback
Prophet 5 Stephen Toback 2020-08-04 | I'm Fooling Myself if I think I can play keyboard. Just having so much fun with Arturia's Prophet 5 emulator. I'd buy it if I weren't such an angry young man.
Marshall DSL1 Amp & Line 6 HX Stomp Stephen Toback 2020-07-17 | I've had the HX Stomp for well over a year now. Really dig all the amp sims but nothing was as tubey as I wanted. I finally got around to putting my Marshal DSL1 (which I LOVE) into the effects loop of the HX Stomp as basically a tube pre-amp into a Fender amp sim into a Celestion IR from Ownhammer. Settings are at the end of the video
Riff With Drums (TD1 Test) Stephen Toback 2020-07-14 | Riff - played the Roland TD1 for the first time using MIDI into my Prosonus Audiobox USB Midi in using EZ Drummer Metal Machine sounds. Fixed in Logic. Guitar sound is my HX Effects using my Marshall DSL1 tube head as a pre-amp in the effects loop into the US Deluxe Nrm amp sim and the Ownhammer 412 MES-ST V6 IR
Around The Lake Stephen Toback 2020-04-09 | My senior project in animation at the University of Miami in 1988. Gives a nice glimpse of late 80s UM. Save from 8mm film before it completely faded away. Music added now.
HX Stomp + MC6 - Adjusting Delay Parameters Stephen Toback 2019-10-16 | In this video I describe how I'm using the Morningstar MC6 with an additional American Looper 3 button switch to control the note sync and feedback of a delay between two patches (on the MC6) using one patch of the HX Stomp
MC 6 - Helix HX Stomp Control Issue Stephen Toback 2019-09-30 | Trying to convert one of the buttons from my American Looper Pedal that is controlling the Stomp through the MC6 to Overdub from Stop. Stop worked fine. Not sure what's going on.
Telefartketer Stephen Toback 2019-09-16 | I kept a POS telemarketer with a fake phone number online for over 10 minutes. I recorded the last 6 or so. Everyone needs to do this. If you keep them online, they can't rip off other people.
Blues Jam At The Park Stephen Toback 2019-06-21 | My first performance in LA in over 25 years. Honored to share the stage with the amazing comedian and entertainer Perry Kurtz. Too much fun was had
Line 6 HX Stomp 4CM Problems Stephen Toback 2019-04-22 | Just got a Blackstar HT-5. Thing freakin rocks. Was playing it for a while just through the amp before I hooked up the Stomp. One of the things that struck me was how sensitive the preamp was - super reactive to the volume knob on my Strat®. I then hooked up the Stomp in traditional 4CM (Guitar- Stomp IN, Stomp Send - Amp In, Amp Send - Stomp Return, Stomp Out -Amp Return). I immediately noticed I lost all that sensitivity. I REALLY like the preamp on the Blackstar so not a big deal that I'll go into that and then just have the Stomp on the loop, but I would have liked to have the Stomp compressor before the loop. Any ideas on what's wrong? I can set the Loop on the amp to +4 or -10 and neither made any difference.
The Doctor Jam Stephen Toback 2019-04-12 | A sampler of the jam at the Corner Tavern in Cary, North Carolina - April 11, 2019
Lonely Is The Word Stephen Toback 2019-04-01 | Jeff Ivey & Steve Toback performing Black Sabbath's "Lonely Is The Word" at Suck, Bang, Blow in South Carolina on March 30th, 2019
HX Stomp stacked ODs vs Friedman BE-OD Stephen Toback 2019-02-02 | Another useless pedal vs Stomp comparison. :) I've had the Stomp for a while working on building a fly rig for jams and I was able to stack 2 ODs to get a sound I actually like better than the BE-OD. Is it "better" than the BE-OD? Well, it's less noisy and I like it better so.. ya. For me it is. BE-OD going on Reverb :)
Tim And Steve At The Corner Tavern Stephen Toback 2019-01-14 | Two friends from high school reunite a few thousand miles from their hometown and the result is epic music magic
Mooer Free Step Wah Demo Stephen Toback 2018-12-25 | Using on the input of my HX Stomp to save a block
My Hands Are Sending An SOS To The World Stephen Toback 2018-12-25 | HX Stomp - Trinity Chorus, Mesa Mini Rectifier, Clean Channel, 2x12 Celestions, Crappy Mic through PreSonus AudioBox USB to QuickTIme X - Guitar Faces are my trademark
Double Decker Board Stephen Toback 2018-12-23 | Cut a piece of aluminum and used two right angle Simpson ties per side to build an "upper deck" on my board. Things were too tight underneath and stuff kept getting unplugged, Plus the Control Switcher and the Morningstar Switcher need to be touched to program.
1997 Disney Consumer Products - Goodbye Nancy Stephen Toback 2018-12-20 | What looks to be the raw video interviews saying goodbye to Nancy Astamendi (Probably not spelling her name correctly) at Disney Consumer Products IT group. Great look at a late 90s Macintosh heavy office
Macs Tavern Jam - December 18th, 2018 Stephen Toback 2018-12-19 | Jamming with my son Josh on drums to some Cream and Free! Using the Line 6 HX Stomp Twin Harmony for the intro to White Room
White Room Intro On HX Stomp Stephen Toback 2018-12-18 | Using the twin harmony preset with snapshots to change the "scale" from minor to major for the last chord.
