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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Curt Taipale 05/26/11 09:45 AM, 0 CommentsAt the heart of what we call “effects” in professional audio is the delaying of sound. Virtually any audio effect - reverb, flanging, chorusing, phaser, echoing, looping, etc. - uses (and manipulates) delay in one form or another. You’ve probably heard the repetition of a person’s words in a large canyon. The first sound is the voice arriving directly to our ears, and then moments later, the voice repeats after the sound wave has traveled across the canyon and back… View this story
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Jon Tidey 05/25/11 09:29 AM,This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine. Tracking guitar can be extremely tricky even under the most perfect of circumstances. However, not every session is ideal. In reality, they’re often far from it. So, here are a few tips to keep in mind when you’re tackling that next guitar session. 1: Guitar Selection Every brand and style of guitar has a different sound - Yamaha vs. Martin, a full size Dreadnought or a smaller Parlor style. They all… View this story
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Joe Gilder 05/24/11 09:17 AM, 2 CommentsThis article is provided by Home Studio Corner. I know it may be hard to believe, but I too used to believe this was true. I had simply never given it much thought. Maybe you’re in the same boat? The issue was, I made the mistake of confusing headroom with dynamic range. Put simply, when I looked at the master fader, if there was a lot of room between the loudest peak of my mix and 0 dBFS (clipping,… View this story
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PSW Staff 05/24/11 09:09 AM, 0 CommentsLinear Acoustic has announced they will showcase the new slimmer, lighter 2RU AERO.air — Transmission Audio/Loudness Manager — at BroadcastAsia2011. “More features and less rack space were the primary goals for the new AERO.air,” said Tim Carroll, founder of Linear Acoustic. “Essentially, it’s the same proven technology broadcasters and their viewers continue to rely on for loudness control and legal compliance — only now more efficient and cost-effective.” The Linear Acoustic signature AERO.air continues to solve the newly regulated “commercial… View this story
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Jon Tidey 05/18/11 11:16 AM,This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine. I recently shared some tips for recording great vocals, so it only seems logical to carry on with the process and get them sitting right in the mix. Here are some simple steps you might want to take to ensure that your vocal track is working together with the rest of your mix. Cleanup Before anything, clean up the vocal tracks. Go through and trim the silence around each phrase. Remove… View this story
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
PSW Staff 05/12/11 07:58 AM, 0 CommentsPendulum Audio has announced the introduction of the DS-500 De-esser at the 130th AES Convention in London. The DS-500 is the second Pendulum product designed specifically for the 500 series format. The DS-500 is a single channel, non-tube version of the De-esser in the Pendulum Quartet Tube Recording Channel. It uses the same highly selective inductive detector and opto-inductive notch filter as the the de-esser in the Quartet, so it has the same characteristics, and very fast response. By pairing… View this story
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Jon Tidey 05/11/11 11:02 AM,This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine. Recording vocals can be extremely tricky even under the most perfect of circumstances. However, as we well know, the perfect circumstances aren’t encountered by everyone from day to day. So, here are a few tips to keep in mind when you’re tackling that next vocal session. Try Isolation Many studios don’t have a dedicated vocal booth, or simply don’t have the space for one. The next best thing is some acoustic… View this story
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
PSW Staff 05/10/11 09:08 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Home Studio Corner. I recently finished up a fun little EP project with an artist who is a phenomenal female singer/songwriter. Early on in the project she told me she wanted everything to have a very acoustic, folky feel - almost bluegrass. To that end, we avoided using drums or any heavy percussion, and we stayed away from “electric” instruments, like electric guitar and bass. While this approach kept the instrumentation fairly simple, it… View this story
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Russ Hepworth-Sawyer & Craig Golding 05/05/11 11:05 AM, 0 CommentsThis excerpt provided by Focal Press In the previous article we spent some time discussing pre-production and its importance to the session. How does this preparation come to fruition? How does it manifest itself? And what lessons and actions or habits should be carried on throughout the sessions? In this section we look at the possible ways in which a producer can manage and run the ship during the sessions. We must suggest a caveat inasmuch as every producer… View this story
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
PSW Staff 05/04/11 04:36 PM, 0 CommentsWhat is dynamic range? Dynamic range can be defined as the distance between the loudest possible level to the lowest possible level. For example, if a processor states that the maximum input level before distortion is +24 dBu and the output noise floor is -92 dBu, then the processor has a total dynamic range of 24 + 92 = 116 dB. However, the average dynamic range of an orchestral performance can range from - 50 dBu to +10 dBu on… View this story
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