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! The modern recording process has been set for quite a while. It goes: Pre-Production (writing/rehearsing, etc.) Tracking Mixing Mastering Keeping these processes separate and distinct has its […]
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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! I was talking to a friend on Twitter (ironic start to this I know), and he sent me a picture of a beautiful lake. We got to
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Improving your tracks by soliciting critique 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! Normally in the audio world we try to eliminate feedback. Nobody wants that high-pitched caterwauling ruining an otherwise perfect performance. That
Modern use of drums is different now 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 just something about a live drummer. I’ve said this hundreds of times. Two records ago, I insisted on using
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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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