Posts Tagged ‘ Studio ’
Isn’t new gear great? Don’t you love that feeling of getting stuck into a new piece of gear – exploring the range of sounds, cooking up new dimensions or additions to your usual sound, feeling inspired to make music? New gear feels great – it’s almost like a hit. So much so that it even [ READ MORE ]
You need to acoustically treat your room. You know it. You’ve read the articles, you’ve had people tell you. You already know that it’s holding you back. The problem is that you haven’t done it yet. Despite you knowing how important it is, it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe you’re not sure how to do it, [ READ MORE ]
Get an acoustically-designed computer An easy way to do this is to use a Mac. The latest Macs are already whisper-quiet. And you can also run Windows on them if you prefer to use Windows-only software. If you don’t want to use a Mac, another option is to use a purpose-built PC. There are companies [ READ MORE ]
The purpose of a studio is to create or record music. Hence, it should foster creativity. Certainly, a lot of creative work happens in the studio. A lot of non-creative work also happens in the studio. Some of it happens ‘out of session’ – upgrading equipment, cleaning the ashtrays, backing up files, getting to know [ READ MORE ]
When recording, it’s important to control the sound that you’re trying to capture, but it’s also important to control the sounds that you’re trying not to capture. Background noise can reduce your ability to process the sound appropriately and can frustrate your efforts to create a convincing mix. At worst it can ruin a recording. [ READ MORE ]
The easy availability of plugins makes it easy and tempting to ‘collect’ plugins – resulting in a plugin folder with many different compressors, reverbs, EQs, delays and other effects (not to mention synths!). This can actually slow down the mixing procesess because of a perceived need to try out all the different options. Rather than [ READ MORE ]
There’s only two reasons to drag out the tools: (1) To play with them because you don’t know what you’re doing. It is necessary to do this in order to learn your tools. Whether your new tool is a reverb processor, a compressor, a guitar, a new set of speakers or even a new studio [ READ MORE ]
Headphones are a part of a well-balanced monitoring environment. They offer a different listening perspective to the speakers in your room. Generally, headphones allow more detailed and focussed listening, which makes them ideal for spotting problems in recorded audio, such as background noise or interference. They’re also essential for recording acoustic instruments such as vocals, [ READ MORE ]
The speakers are the most obvious component of a monitoring environment, but not necessarily the most important. It’s also not simple to choose speakers. Full-range monitors Full-range monitors usually have large woofers and are designed to produce sound down to low frequencies (in addition to high frequencies). These monitors try to reproduce the broadest range [ READ MORE ]
The space you listen in is just as important as the speakers. There are many different types of acoustic spaces, and if you want to get the best out of your space you should try to understand the relevant acoustic properties. Spaces generally have three broad properties that you should pay attention to: The size [ READ MORE ]
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