This is a guest post by Kyle M. Bagley. You can get a great trombone or trumpet recording with an array of mics and methods, including several low price options. As in many cases, the sound of the player themselves and the mic position are more important than the microphone in capturing a great recording. This article...
A while back I walked through the studio, what would you buy next? So I ask you: If you had $1,000, what would buy with it? What gear have you been eyeing lately? Is it a real nice ribbon microphone? A warm tube pre-amp? Or is it a all-in-one acoustic treatment pack? Take a hypothetical...
As you might know, there’s one thing I’m highly passionate about in mixing. Bussing and routing. Subgrouping and routing your tracks together can make a massive mix seem smaller and easier to handle. I’ve already touched upon all the advantages of creating subgroups. But there’s one thing that you might be doing wrong if you’re...
I found a question about signal flow on Yahoo answers from a guy that’s trying to hook up his system. Since the question is pretty relevant to many of the beginners out there I thought it might be more beneficial to answer it here. The gear that this particular guy is working with is: Behringer...
I was a part of an interesting e-mail thread a while back. This guy was looking for a home studio and he was asking around for where to go. An acquaintance of mine chimed in with his answer, with some details about studios and such but there was one comment that really infuriated me: You...
I was a part of an interesting e-mail thread a while back. This guy was looking for a home studio and he was asking around for where to go. An acquaintance of mine chimed in with his answer, with some details about studios and such but there was one comment that really infuriated me: You...
This is a guest post by Kyle M. Bagley. How do I record that thing? Where does the sound come out? There are how many of you playing at the same time? Horns, as in saxes, brass instruments, and the like, can seem intimidating to an engineer not familiar with them. This series of posts...
How do you take your great idea for a song and create an awesome music production out of it? I mean, from a few simple chords to a full-blown production, that’s kind of hard to wrap your head around isn’t it? I’ve often wondered how great artists and producers have taken a basic but memorable...
You might have noticed more mastering posts than usual last week. hope you got a kick out of it too. But the reason I focused more on mastering than usual is because my buddy Ian Shepherd just came out with an amazing ebook about Multiband Compression in Mastering. It’s called, simply enough, “Mastering with Multiband...
He didn’t do it, I swear! I stand before you today to argue the case for the falsely accused. The limiter is being charged with high crimes of loudness and dynamic squashing. Even though music is louder and less dynamic than ever, the fact is that it wasn’t the limiter’s doing. He was just a...