In a tragic accident, while attempting to rewire a cabinet for 8 ohms, Gearwire Crosstalk panelist Britton Wetherald was transformed into a mic stand with a paper plate for a face. Actually, he just had a dentist appointment. So this week Mike, Dan, Drew, and Britton's improvised effigy were onboard for another installment of Gearwire Crosstalk.

This week we decided to take some time to respond to some of the mail our viewers have been sending us. By respond we actually mean to say ignore the questions and just generally act like pricks. Send your emails to crosstalk@gearwire.com and maybe we'll read it on the air.

As for products we checked out a new best of DVD from online audio loop distributor BeatHive. Thanks go out to Kenny D for the disc, it really is a cool product. The BeatHive site is definitely worth checking out if you're into loop based composing.

Finally we took a look and listen to some free plug-in effects from developer Antress. The Modern Plugins have recieved some internet hype in recent weeks. Since they are free we decided to check them out. So watch the video to see if they are worth the download time.

WARNING!!! The end of this video contains acts of extreme violence perpetrated against a paper plate.