How to get the biggest bang for your recording studio buck This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! Not so long ago, a recording project required a full-fledged studio. Things have changed now, and […]
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When (and how) to master your own mixes This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! Conventional wisdom says you should never master your own mixes. Conventional also wisdom says you should never mix your
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It seems remote collaboration is the new world order, and it makes sense. Digital audio and quick internet make it possible to meet and work with anyone who’s willing, and that means doors that were previously locked are now wide open.
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Listening at the right volume levels This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! I’m 42 (45 now but I think I’ll stop updating this) years old, and although that’s not old, I admit to
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This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! One of my earliest mentors was a man named Dale, but we always called him “the old man”. He was a documentary producer at the local public
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This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! As I write this, there’s a Neumann U67 tube condenser mic available online for a mere $16,000. Obviously I want that, never mind that 16k is the
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This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! There’s nothing in the world like a great pair of…monitor speakers. It’s true. Whether you’re into Adam, Genelec, K-Rok, Events or Mackie, even if you’re old school
A Brief Discussion of Audio File Types This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! In my article “Keeping Track”, we covered data. We talked about the information you need to keep with your songs in
DIY Drums – Part 2 – Programming This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! Last month, I talked about recording acoustic drums yourself within whatever limitations you have. This month, we’re expanding the conversation into
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Studio computer, that is… Optimizing your Windows computer for audio This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! If you read my “Roll Your Own (studio computer, that is)” article, you’ll remember I promised to talk
