Sonic Illusions: Creating “Mood” In Recording Mixes
Working to build the “sonic illusions” that help take a song to the next level…
April 9, 2024
Bruce A. Miller
In The Studio: Guerrilla Recording Is As Simple As One, Two… Eight?
A range of tips and approaches for making quality recordings with eight channels or less.
February 19, 2024
In The Studio: An Engineer Analyzes His Mix Process
Most engineers have their own systematic approach to their craft, with the end goal of creating specific illusions. Here’s the way the author typically goes about it…
October 9, 2023
In The Studio: How The Sync Head (And The Overdub) Changed Recording Forever
In the beginning there was no recorded music, then limited recording capability, and things have taken off from there in making a significant impact on how music is made.
June 29, 2023
In The Studio: Go Direct Or Deploy Mics For Electric Bass?
Upsides and downsides to both methods, as well as context of when to select one or the other…
April 14, 2023
In The Studio: “Music 101” For Recording Engineers
We work with sound. We work with music. We work with feelings. We must arrive in the musical moment.
December 21, 2022
In The Studio: Addressing Misunderstood Points Of Threshold-Based Effects
Getting “back to basics” on setting up compressors, gates and additional effects processors.
May 21, 2022
In The Studio: Instrument Roles & Creating Space
Sometimes assumptions regarding traditional instrument roles can limit your ability to emphasize what should be strong in a song…
April 15, 2022
In The Studio: The Evolution Of Recording
A brief and useful (but by no means comprehensive) look at some key developments along the path to modern desktop recording.
January 19, 2022
In The Studio: Band And Individual Dynamics Together In The Mix
The many aspects of getting all the parts assembled correctly in the pursuit of great music.
November 18, 2021
In The Studio: Gain Structure And Recording/Mixing Paths
Every process a sound goes through will change the tone of the sound, even if the process is a little bit of gain change…
September 1, 2021
In The Studio: Insights Into Recording Piano
Some sage counsel from a pianist leads to a whole new approach in miking the instrument…
July 19, 2021