Marketing experts will be familiar with the 4 P’s of marketing: Product, Price, Promotion and Placement. But do you engineers know the four P’s of Audio Engineering & Music Production? – Click to Tweet! Production There must be some level of production involved with any level of audio engineering. It’s called music production for a reason...
Chances are, if you’re from the United States, you have no idea what I’m talking about. If you are from Europe, you’re probably cringing at the thought of Eurovision. Eurovision was a little over a week ago and pits all European countries against each other in a song competition. The results are varied, weird and sometimes...
Homemade dollars and feel accomplished about your carpentry abilities. Homemade absorbers are a popular DIY project engineer. They’re fairly simple to make and really effective in the corner of your studio. Diffusers are more complex, but you can get away with a really simple design. This weekend I created five 2×4 bass traps to go...
There are so many things we engineers say to ourselves about our audio production that simply aren’t true. We’re trying to justify some shortcoming we have, and we usually end up lying to ourselves instead of fixing the situation. Lie #1 – I Don’t Need Acoustic Treatment Yes, you do. I’m sorry to break it to you,...
New rooms are tricky. They’re uncharted territory, and dangers lurk in every corner. Literally, the corners are your worst enemy. Anyone setting up a home recording studio is going to run into some problems, but realizing what you’re dealing with makes the process so much smoother. If you’re dealing with a bad sounding room, here...
In the battle for a great recording, who will win: the rich kids with all the nice gear, or the resourceful and educated intern? In one corner we have George the rich kid. His trust fund allows him to buy Neumann mics, Millenia pre-amps and Focal monitors. He thinks money will get him great recordings, so...
We’ve been talking about the Loudness Wars all week, and for good reason. Today is Dynamic Range Day, the day we celebrate mixes that actually sound good. If I haven’t beaten the idea into the ground yet, here’s a video demonstration of what happens with too much compression. Are Your Mixes a Casualty? Here are...
This is a guest post by Mark Dowdell. The more I create, the more I learn the beauty of a lean mix and even leaner composition. When I had just started out using Ableton to arrange, compose, and mix my music, I had this romantic view of how my work would immediately blow everyone away....
Are you happy with your audio interface? I’m looking to upgrade so I’d love to hear your thoughts. I usually don’t believe in buying the newest gear since exception. What Audio Interface are You Using? I’m in the market for a new audio interface. My old Alesis has problems that I’m too lazy to figure...
Man have I got a RESOURCE for you! You might have heard about Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior. It’s a great book that shows you how to create great mixes in even the smallest bedroom studios. But what you might not know is that his book has an amazing companion site, complete with 50 multi...