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Monday, December 26, 2011
John Scrip 12/26/11 11:16 AM,This article is provided by MASSIVE Mastering. I’m going to try to keep this very “fool proof”. This was born out of the rantings of hundreds and hundreds of posts on a dozen or more audio forums exploding like a volcano recorded with lots of headroom. I hope to instill a basic understanding of why certain trends and common beliefs are just plain bad. And by the time you’re done reading, and perhaps doing a little experimentation based on… View this story
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Bob Katz 11/10/11 07:55 AM, 2 CommentsThis article is the first part in a series on decibels, excerpted from Bob Katz’s book Mastering Audio: The Art and The Science. So many of us take our meters for granted—after all, recording is simple: all you do is peak to 0 dB and never go over! But things only appear that simple until you discover that with the same material, one machine says that it peaks to -1 dB, another machine shows an OVER level, and yet your… 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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Friday, May 20, 2011
Bruce Bartlett 05/20/11 09:11 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Bartlett Microphones. Some time ago I decided I wanted to find out how the location of a microphone near a banjo affects the tone quality you hear. To make these tests scientific as well as subjective, I measured the spectrum of the banjo in several different mic locations. The spectrum of a musical instrument is its output vs. frequency. It affects the tonal balance or timbre. It is the relative levels of the fundamental… 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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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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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Joe Gilder 05/03/11 10:04 AM, 2 CommentsThis article is provided by Home Studio Corner. One of the most difficult things to do is maintain energy in a recording session. Often musicians find it difficult to play along to a metronome/click track without sacrificing some musicality. Personally, I love playing to a click track, even live. It just helps “lock” everyone into place musically. I’m certainly not suggesting that you must use a click track on every recording session, but you may be wondering “Should I… View this story
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Bruce A. Miller 04/29/11 11:02 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by BAMaudioschool.com. In the world of recording there are numerous kinds of effects. However, often there are more terms and details specific to each device than the average engineer would care to learn before jumping in and using the new equipment. Details are very important, though, and are critical to understanding the basic opperation of all equipment. So, let’s take a look at threshold based effects and make sure we all have a good understand… View this story
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