Recording Tips

I got this question from a reader that I thought was interesting: I am a baritone singer with a dynamic voice. I do some mimicking of singers of the olden days and record my voice with karaoke tracks and send these through WhatsApp or emails. I never use auto-tuning plugins. I do it very honestly with...

This week’s production tip over at The Long Wait’s Youtube channel is about rough mixing during the recording process. Because I do most of the work myself I’m constantly changing the session around, moving the levels around and tweaking stuff to suit what I’m doing that day. So the levels are usually all over the...

I posted this video on The Long Wait channel yesterday but I bet it’s very interesting to you as well. It’s about how we recorded all the acoustic guitar on our upcoming album. Check it out here: In case you’re too lazy to watch the video to the end, here are the three key take-aways:...

I got an email from Greg Abate of Neon Audio after yesterday’s video. I’ve known of him for a long time and I really respect his engineering skills so I took to heart when he voiced his concern that I was using phase and polarity interchangeably. Which, I have to admit, I was doing. Part...

I wanted to give you a quick tip today when it comes to recording drums and making sure you get the best kick drum sound. In this recording here we put all the mics up where we thought they sounded best. My biggest concern for the kick drum was because I was using two microphones...

I made a nice little discovery on finding the right microphone for the job the other day. You see, I record my singer a lot, and I’ve tried multiple different microphones on her. Everything from cheap dynamic mics to expensive ribbon microphones. I usually end up with some sort of condenser on her because I...

Turns out my drummer is exceptionally talented. Not only is he a killer drummer but he’s also awesome at making tutorial videos! So instead of my monotone ramblings this week I’m bringing you a brand new Long Wait video about our drum re-recording. After recording all the rhythm instruments to our original drum track Tyrus wanted...

I’m going to let you in on one vocal recording trick I’ve started doing. It gets great results because the vocalist feels like he’s singing on a record, not a demo. And the best part is, you don’t have to compromise the quality of your recording either. “Ooooh….tell me Björgvin! What is it!” It’s simple...