Any person could slap a microphone near an acoustic guitar, hit record, and capture an ok recording. If you’re one of these people, you’re limiting yourself and compromising the quality of your recordings. Check out these 5 simple mic techniques for capturing your acoustic guitar. These techniques will take your acoustic guitar recordings to the...
Recording, production, and sound design is a delicate and time-consuming process. Oftentimes, you’re on the clock in the studio or you’re dealing with deadlines for your next release. To make the most of your time and to improve the quality of your productions, there are a number of different strategies to implement when you’re creating...
This week I’m excited to team up with JZ Microphones to give you this video about vocal recording and vocal EQ. Before we get into the video, please make sure you enter our giveaway for your chance to win a Black Hole 2 large-diaphragm studio condenser here. The giveaway ends tonight so if you haven’t...
A great song needs a great vocal Vocal doubles are among the secret ingredients used by producers from Sir George Martin to Roy Thomas Baker, from Butch Vig to Rick Rubin. In this post, I’ll show you how to master this super important production technique. Are you ready to make your vocals sing like Freddy,...
Where Should You Record Each Instrument Over the years, every artist I’ve ever worked with has been critical of their budget to some extent. Before we ever start recording anything, we’ll always have a pre-production meeting. During this get together we’ll discuss numerous things about their album. However, the budget is usually a big conversation...
Whether you’re recording a quick demo of an original song or an intimate ballad with a singer-songwriter in the studio, knowing how to record vocals and acoustic guitar at the same time is a crucial skill for any engineer. With so many different techniques available, it’s tough to know which approach will sound best for your...
Do you constantly create new ideas but never finish anything? Have you always been attracted to make music, but never made the plunge? Are you constantly confronted with writer’s block? If any of these questions resonate with you, I’d like to show you how combining your music production with the principles of Alchemy can help...
Have you ever watched a sound engineer behind the board? Flailing arms like an orchestral conductor and eyes like a mad scientist. Honestly, it is an awesome sight to see. However, not all of us are able to pay the big bucks to have a professional engineer record, edit and mix our tracks. A large...
There are certain things that separate great tracks from clearly amateur tracks. And bad engineering is one of them. If there are plosives in your track, that could ruin the whole experience. So how do you remove plosives? In this post, I’ll go over what plosives are, how to keep them out of your recording,...
As a home studio owner, I’m continually trying to find “that sound”—the lively yet polished character of my favorite records straight from the hands of the best mix engineers in the world. Through years of learning and practicing professional audio recording, one thing is certain: the better you can capture a quality sound at the...