In this video, Grammy award-winning recording engineer, Steve Lamm will show you the best way to place a mic on an acoustic guitar. To begin, it’s important to understand that the acoustic guitar is designed to amplify sound through the hollow core in the front, whenever the instrument is played. However, this type of engineering […]
Learning the correct placement of two microphones on a guitar amplifier is easier than you think. In this video, Grammy award-winning recording engineer, Steve Lamm, will show you some simple tricks to experiment with for optimal results. Why Two Mics on a Guitar Amplifier? To begin, you might be asking yourself why are two mics […]
All of you home studio owners ask us about how to get great guitar amp recording with the least amount of mics possible–and we understand, you may have a limited mic collection or inputs on your interface. Have no fear, you can get a great guitar amp recording just using one SM57. Grammy award winning […]
Hey all, we get a lot of questions on this topic so we thought we’d have a Grammy award winning recording engineer explain how it’s done. Actually, re-amping a guitar sounds more complicated than it is. It’s a fairly simple process of recording a guitar part clean in to a DAW, routing it through a […]
Starting new sessions in Pro Tools can be slow and tedious, especially if you suddenly have a big idea you want to lay down or a client waiting to start a new recording. If you’ve checked out our two previous videos (Using Shortcuts to Set Up New Tracks and Using Shortcuts to Set Up Aux […]
It’s our favorite blog post, sharing free Pro-Tools plugins with you guys! If you missed our original post a few months back with free plugins here it is: 5 FREE Plugins We Love Now let’s get started with our newest bunch: Blue Cat Audio Plugin Pack II Actually, how about a free plug-in BUNDLE. Blue […]
Streaming continues to dominate the music industry conversations this week. Here are some of the latest articles highlighting the latest happenings with the ever-changing the streaming phenomena. Spotify launches video shows on iPhone and Android Unsurprisingly, Spotify is solidifying its position as the leading streaming service by expanding its horizons. Now, the streaming mogul has […]
We are proud to share that not one, but two Dark Horse Institute recording graduates have recently been hired by United Record Pressing here in Nashville. We are proud to have two of our graduates working at such a prominent music business here in Music City. Kristofer Jedd and Alex DeVor have landed positions in […]
Last weekend we hung out at the Nashville Music Gear Expo here in Nashville, TN. It was pretty much a toy store for gear lovers like us. Representatives from microphone, live sound, and lots and lots of guitar and pedal companies took over 10 floors of the Hotel Preston. Here were our 5 favorites: Kemper […]
Pro Tools has gone through some substantial changes since Avid took over a few years ago. One of the biggest was Avid’s move towards a subscription program called Avid® All Access. For better or worse, most software programs are going this route: getting rid of stand alone versions of software and moving towards a subscription […]
