Home Studio Essentials (2023)
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Studio Recording
Operating a recording studio can be a nightmare of the uninitiated. But don’t worry. All you need to know about using all of that complicated studio equipment can be found here, from cabling and signal chains, to mic positioning and acoustic treatment. Put this together with info from our other columns and you’ll have more clients and projects than you can handle!
Best MIDI Controller Buying Guide (2023)
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Best DAW: Choosing the Digital Audio Workstation That Fits You
You can ask 100 professionals which is the best DAW and get at least 10 different answers. That’s not because there’s a ton of equally …
The Best Free Audio Editing Software: Simple & Complex Options!
Free audio editing software made me into the man I am today. Of course, I jest, but the truth is that if they weren’t available …
Bass Traps: The Complete Guide for Taming Unruly Low-End
Bass traps in particular, but the entirety of the acoustic treatment rabbit hole, are extremely interesting. If you look around online you’ll see just how …
The Benefits of Using a Scratch Track When Recording Music
A scratch track, sometimes called a guide track, may seem like a waste of time to a cocky, over-confident amateur or a money-conscious renter of …
Spring Reverb – Learn About & How to Use This Ever-Present Effect
Spring reverb has been around for what is practically forever. Anyone who’s been slightly involved in the music industry to any degree, especially guitarists, have …
Plate Reverb – Learning About & Using This Influential Audio Effect
Anyone that has spent even the slightest amount of time with signal processing effects, either as a guitar player, synthesizer player, music mixer, or really …
13 Types of Reverb & When to Use Them
I do agree there’s only three main categories, but anyone looking to fully explain the topic can’t limit the discussion to five or seven types …
What is Reverb? All About This Beautiful Sound Effect & Its Uses
What is reverb? Is it different than an echo or delay? If so, what makes it different. Why is it used in music production? How …
What is Audio Clipping: Examples, Causes, & the Easy Fix
Whether during recording or playback, you’ve been around someone that sees the little red light go off or light up permanently who then says “Oh, …
Blown Speaker: Sounds, Symptoms, & Fixes (Plus Guidance)
No matter if you’re talking about car speakers, studio speaker monitors, a guitar amplifier, or even some cheap computer or TV sound system, blown speakers …
What is Phantom Power? All the Big Questions Answered in Plain Talk
What is phantom power? How does it work? Why does it have that name? Which mics need it? Anybody who’s been in this industry hears …
The Types of Microphones & Their Uses (When & Why)
In most cases most people will only ever deal with three types of microphones. These are the main choices used in most recording and broadcasting …
DIY Vocal Booth: Studio Quality Recordings on a Budget
Nothing matters more than vocals. You can get away with shoddy drums, guitar, and any other backing instrument. But vocals get all the attention, so …
Gain vs Volume: The Practical Differences That Matter
At some point, no matter if you’re learning to record music, be a mixing engineer, toying with your first guitar pedals, you’ll be asking the …
Microphone Basics: The Beginner’s Guide Stuff You Need to Know
Let me give you the low down. You can read some really in-depth information about microphones on the internet that’s simply not reality based. You …
How to Soundproof a Room for Studio Quality Recordings
With advances in technology driving the cost of music recording microphones, interfaces, and computers down, everyone is building their own home recording studios. Why not, …
What’s the Difference Between Mixing and Mastering?
We’ve all heard the difference between an amateur recording captured in your buddy’s garage and a professional recording tracked in a recording studio equipped with …
DIY Studio Desk Plans – Custom Fit For Your Needs
What you’ll discover as you browse the internet is that there’s a whole ton of people who have built their own studio desks, but very …