Having multiple sets of monitors will greatly improve your mixing and critical listening skills. This is something that all professional audio engineers practice and is sometimes a huge part of their workflow. While you are mixing, try playing your mix through a few different pairs of speakers, even if they are just regular old computer […]
If you are on a budget and really need a solid microphone that will do the job, what should you buy? Recording Hacks has an indepth review on 7 microphones in the $200 price range. They took these microphones and recorded a couple different instruments and have the results as a blind test, letting you […]
This can be one of the biggest headaches of tracking or mixing a vocalist. Sibilance is all the S’s, T’s, and Z’s that really stick out and can be quiet bothersome and loud. So how do you get rid of all these stubborn syllables with out taking away from a vocal performance? There are a […]
Re-Amping has become a huge part of modern day recording and has given audio engineers even more fine-tune control of their guitar tones. Re-Amping is the process of taking a recorded Guitar DI track and playing it back through pedals, processors, and amps to re-record it. As you can imagine this give way to endless […]
It is a great feeling to have all the time in the world to work on a mix but most often that is not the case. So how to you spend up your mixing with out sacrificing quality? This is an art form that many engineers continually improve upon throughout their careers. The key to […]
Are you ever mixing and you try something that logically shouldn’t work but for some reason it does? There are a lot of strange mixing techniques out there that may surprise you. Did you know you could use compression to add attack? Or that you can add distortion to give something more clarity? Or adding […]
Why not? Ribbon microphones are one of the best kept secrets of studio recording. The reason being many high end ribbon microphones have a hefty price tag. If you have the option to use a ribbon microphone, try it out, it mite just give you that smooth sound you are looking for. READ MORE
An acoustic guitar can some times be one of the trickiest instruments to record. There are many different factors that need to be taken into account but, the end game should always be the same; getting the best sound for the type of music you are recording. What kind of guitar will be used? What […]
Story: An iconic drum sound to say the least, this drum sound came from just 2 microphones set up in a stairwell. “Bonham set up his kit at the bottom of Headley Grange’s three-story stairwell. Engineer Andy Johns recalls placing two Beyerdynamic M160 ribbon microphones at the top of the stairwell in a stereo configuration. […]
