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This is a guest post written by Barry Gardner of SafeandSound Online Mastering. 1. Postpone non-essential equipment purchases and invest some money into acoustic treatment. The results from basic acoustic treatment in a room will be audible on every recording and mix you make. Start with side wall absorbers for early reflections. Next, install a ceiling cloud...
This is a guest post by Mark Dowdell The process of mixing has so many dimensions, there’s no question that keeping track of everything is a task in and of itself. The tracks, the returns, the effects, the overall groove… it all piles up quicker than we’d like. Taking all of this into account while...
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...
This is a guest post by Barry Williams of VocalSteps.Com Whenever you sing, it should not only be your voice that is singing, but you – the total you. When you sing, your whole body should become a musical instrument. From head to toe; transform yourself into a musical instrument that sings. Your head, brow,...
As a musician it is highly recommended that you use 24 bit resolution in your digital audio workstation. This affords a number of real advantages and not just when processing the audio with plug-in software. Why 24 bit Recording? When you set your DAW to 24 bit you have allowed yourself to record at a...
This is a guest post written by Emerson R. Maningo. Most music mixing tutorials you will find on the Internet emphasize the most common genres such as pop, rock, alternative music, hip-hop and metal. Very few resources are dedicated to Jazz music mixing. Jazz music is not as popular as it once was, but this type...
This is a guest post from Nick Lewis of your own material. Whilst I stand by that advice, I also know that sometimes you will need to break the golden rule of mastering, break out the compressors and have at it yourself. For the small studio producer, here are my top 5 tips for mastering...
This is a guest post written by David Rose of Platinum Mastering. Mastering is the final creative process in the production of a piece of music. The song is written, recorded, mixed and finally mastered. The mastering engineers job is to provide an objective view on the sound of a piece of music and make...