It’s time-tested advice. There’s always a point where the more you add the worse it becomes. It’s true with music production but it’s also true for other things. Too many ingredients in a meal won’t make it taste better. Sometimes you just need some salt, pepper and garlic. The same things goes for your music....
I saw Iron Man 3 yesterday. It was awesome. Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark is possibly the best movie interpretation of a comic book character that’s ever been on the big screen. In this one they really go all out with the special effects. I watched all the credits to see if there was a...
I’m going back to this project of mine in a few days. The singer wants to re-record all of her vocals so we’re going back into the studio to do exactly that. But it got me wondering about the session in general. Since I’m redoing the vocals, I’ll probably have to redo some of the...
I come across this question a lot: “What is the best interface for recording?” Not just about interfaces, but other audio equipment as well. “What’s the best this…what’s the best that…?” And frankly, it’s hard to say. It depends on so many factors. I have an it would be a terrible choice. How to find...
This is a guest post by Rajiv Agarwal of Audioshapers. A microphone preamplifier (or mic preamp) is one of the many things you’ll need to equip yourself with before recording anything with a microphone. Simply put, a mic preamp amplifies the weak signal from the microphone and boosts it to line level, so the audio can be recorded...
Dealing with limitations can often be pretty fun. For instance, recording drums with only one microphone poses some interesting challenges. If you’ve ever found yourself holding a single microphone with only one channel left on your interface to record drums, then you need to approach the process completely differently. It makes you approach the drums...
Music production is so different depending on who’s doing it. There are so many things involved: arrangement, instrumentation and pre-production. For instance, even before you decide to record anything, songs can come from many different directions. A guitar riff and a drum groove can be a basis for a song. A chord structure and a melody...
Got this question from a reader, it might interest you: I have a little home studio. I first bought a Focusrite interface 8 inputs and I’m at the point to buy good individual mic preamp to build up a little bit. I’m looking for warm mic preamp for vocal around 600$ Do you think it’s a good...
If you’re in school you might be familiar with the time of year when every professor at school thinks it’s a good idea to just pile on the projects. It’s like they get together and scheme against the students. “Hey, how about we make the first two months really easy and then we give all the...
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...