Most home studio engineers yearn for a second room to record in. Close your eyes, and make a wish: I wish, I wish, I wish I had a live room! Open your eyes. Nope? Still stuck with your single bedroom studio where you not only record, but mix and master everything you produce. Joe Gilder...
Reading recording tips is an invaluable way of avoiding mistakes. Because let’s face it, you’ll make mistakes. It’s OK. But isn’t it better to read someone else’s mistakes and learn from them? It’s easier than doing it on the job. When your client is looking at you puzzled because his whole vocal track sounds distorted....
Recording drums is one of the most challenging tasks an engineer can face. One of the requirements of my final project back at SAE (School of Audio Engineering) was that it had to have drums. The school wanted you to know how to record drums, or at least be familiar with every aspect of recording...
This is a guest post by Kim LaJoie. Bass mixing isn’t easy. It’s one of easiest ways to tell the difference between a lousy mix and a great mix. If you don’t know what you’re doing, your bass will sound boomy or hollow or tubby or messy or indistinct. In a great mix, however, the...
A particular problem with fingerpicked acoustic guitar is picking up all the subtleties of the strings with your microphone. If your guitarist is really picking quietly it’s hard to get all that softness loud enough for the listener to appreciate it. One Mic Can’t Rule them All You can’t get a good acoustic guitar without...
Beginners make newbie mistakes, and it is up to those who know better to offer them some solid audio recording tips. But to some experienced sound engineers, it’s not always so apparent what is easy to follow and what isn’t. Like a teacher that is so familiar with a subject, he expects the students to...
There are many ways to screw up your recording session. Whether you are the artist or the engineer there are certain practices you can adhere to when you are recording. If you are working in a commercial studio or recording at your friend’s home recording studio then try not to screw up your studio time...