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GET YOUR FREE VOCAL PRODUCTION CHECKLIST: 47 THINGS YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU PRODUCE VOCALS This is a guest post by Sheryl Alfaro. Learn more about how to sing at The Singer’s Corner. Have you tried recording your own singing voice in a studio? It usually doesn’t sound anything like you thought it would the first...
This is a guest post by Niklas J. Blixt – niklasjblixt.com. The kick drum is one of the most important pieces of the modern drum kit, regardless of style. Today I’ll give away some of my best tips and tricks on how to make it sound great and how to record it to sound awesome. Get...
This is a guest post by Niklas J. Blixt. All right gals and pals, before I get any further into the topic I’m gonna debunk the myth that says that you can’t record professional sounding drums in your home studio. Or any other place that isn’t built for drum recording purposes. Maybe I’m sticking my...
This is a guest post by Damian Burke the editor of The Doughnut music magazine. I love home recording (for the record, that’s not my studio in the photo). I don’t claim to be any good at it, but that doesn’t make it any cheaper. Here are some tips that may help when money is...
You’ve hopefully recorded your tracks very well. (If you followed the music production checklist in this post, or used any of the recording techniques in this guide, you should be doing well). And now the time has come to mix your song. Sometimes mixing can seem overwhelming. You can spend hours and hours jumping from...
This is a guest post by Jessica Josh. If you wish to contribue to the site, please see the guest post guidelines here. All of us trying to make music these days are brutally aware of two facts: Firstly, most of the big pro studios are using Avid Pro Tools to make all the records...
There are so many audio formats out there; which ones should you choose to record your audio in? An audio format is a file format that you use to store music on your computer. There are a variety of formats, like wav, mp3, aiff, wma etc. To understand the difference between various formats, we need to...
This is a guest post by Jamie from Audio Engineering School. 1. Find Yourself A Mentor Or Critic Mixing, recording, sound design, and all the other complexities of audio engineering are all demanding tasks. They require an in-depth understanding of acoustic concepts and principles, intimate familiarity with the computers and software that have become industry standards,...
This is a guest post from Barry Gardner, mastering engineer at SafeandSound online mastering I have lost count of the number of times where I have seen the word mastering appear in the same sentence as the word mixing. The reality is they are 2 very different procedures within the realms of audio engineering and...
This is a guest post by Todd Cardon. So you are passionate about audio recording. You are an excellent guitarist, singer/songwriter or composer. You have minimal spare income to spend to get your recording gear up and running. If this applies to you, let me show you the 5 best types of quality recording equipment...