My primary recording vice is software. Most times I use Pro Tools 7.4 on my PC. However, I do sometimes use Cubase, Sonar, or Acid....
Why do people persist in recording in inadequate home studios when there are pro studios that could do a much better job?
Tuetonica 12 string acoustic/electronic home recording musican living in melbourne australia
Electronic drum sets may not have all the subtlety of acoustic drums, but they have other advantages. Electronic drums are surprisingly popular...
The first recordings we did were using two condenser mics set up in a rumpass room. The whole process was very quick and the finished product was good enouh for a demo. All tracking, mixing and mastering was done on Cubase....
This was a track I recorded in '96, for my solo project
"Thinking of mastering your own recordings, in your home recording studio? Well here is a million-selling producer who wouldn't dream of doing his own mastering, even in a pro studio."
"This track started as a rhythmic experiment. The idea was to write a piece which had a triplet at the beginning and end of each bar. I opened up Sibelius 4 and quickly jotted down what you can hear as the first few bars of the piece. I'm of the opinion that repetition is a very useful tool to make a person listen closely to a small section of music, and is especially effective when that section is a little quirky, so I copy-pasted that over a couple of bars. I than exported a midi file which I imported into Reason 3...."
We, JD FOX, are 2 song writers that have been writing songs for years. We have 2 albums out and are in the process of writing the third album....
Both the original Minimoog and the Midi Mini have three oscillators and a reference oscillator producing the standard 440Hz tuning tone. If you need to tune the instrument, the best advice would be to ditch the internal reference as a long term standard of correct pitch because this might drift, or be adjusted incorrectly...
Why do capacitor microphones sizzle? Does the sound make you hungry for a fry-up? What can be done?
I am a solo artist,producer, writer.I record in my home studio on Alesis ADAT with Yamaha mixers and MXL Tube mics. I record drums tracks first then, guitar, keyboards, leads, vocal, bass....
Producer Rick Johnson summarizes the recording of Melanie Johnson's new CD, Soul of a Spy, available from CD Baby
Well this record was produced, recorded and mixed in my home studio....
Ratcliff Bailey is Tim Ratcliff and Ken Bailey, long-time collaborators who work out of The Upper Green, our personal Studio in Ironton, Ohio, USA....
"An RP reader has started a producer management company and has already assembled a hot team. But who should pay whom?"
An RP reader has started a producer management company and has already assembled a hot team. But who should pay whom?
I enjoy the simplicity of Fruityloops to give a brief understanding to my works. I also work with Protools,but to get my ideas down quickly as possible fruityloops is my favorite tool....
If you haven’t realized that recording is difficult, then either you are a natural, or you just don’t know that your recordings are not good enough yet.
I used a freestanding 8-TRACK ROLAND DAW DISCLAB CDX-1 (2003 MODEL) with built-in disc burner. I love this unit which has been dependable and needed only 1 tune-up in 5 years....
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My name is Ed Cobb and I play Drums in Low 90. I also recorded this song in my newly built home studio. I have been using Sony Vegas for about 6 -7 years and currently own Vegas 8.0 Pro. I am using an HP with an AMD Athlon 64x2 dual core processing 3800 with 4 gigs of ram of which 3.43 are seen and or used by the computer. Here is a basic lay out. I have 2 rooms set up one is the live room and one is the control room. I have installed acoustic sound foam in the control room covering about 50% of the room. It has made a huge difference in the listening environment, and made mixing a lot easier. I have yet to touch the live room but it is coming....
Doppler phasing is an effect that cannot be achieved by any effects unit, stomp box or plug-in. And all you need is the equipment you probably already have. Dare to sound different...
I released my first debut album in 2006, The Art of Living, it has a funky groove, creating sweet sensations to the listening ear.” The CD has its own flavor, with a very soulful touch. It is a grooved filled production that is reminiscent of the kind of music Grover Washington Jr. made....
"Yes, at last we can be sure that vinyl is dead. Like Rasputin, it took a while to give up the ghost. But finally it is a full six feet under. Here is the proof... "
PROFILE – TEUTONUICA...
If you want to achieve a fatter sound, then EQ and compression will be your main tools. But there's another way to boost fatness to undreamed proportions...
Thinking of mastering your own recordings, in your home recording studio? Well here is a million-selling producer who wouldn't dream of doing his own mastering, even in a pro studio.
I'm a guitar player, but nearly every song that I record begins on keyboard. I generally create a click track, or basic drum groove on an MPC 2000, then I play through a series of chords until I find a combination that moves a melody within me....
This song was recorded in my 8-track
"An RP visitor tries using Neumann mics for PA. It doesn't work out. In fact it goes horribly, horribly wrong..."
"Is it really possible to get a state-of-the-art mic preamp for just $5. Possibly it is. So why would anyone pay $1000 or more?"
You want to make money from your studio, right? But if music currently isn’t doing it for you, perhaps you need to explore alternative outlets.
"The Auto-Tune debate is unlikely to go away. Those who can, sing. Those who can't..."
Step 1. I wrote the song on my gitar and the arrangements on a Roland E15 used as a MIDI keyboard....
An RP reader has been asked to make a radio station ident. How much is this worth in dollars and cents?
Being in house at Jupiter Records, it is the feel of a true home studio that gives me the edge through relaxation....
The Auto-Tune debate is unlikely to go away. Those who can, sing. Those who can't...
Blues Crossing is: Mike Lyzenga and Ray Hensley. We use a BOSS BR1600 digital recorder. CAD GXL2400 condenser mic along with Shure 57 and 58 mic's. We use Taylor, Seagul, Samick, Washburn and Martin guitars...
If you are recording alone, you're struggling and you probably don't realize. With an assistant, not only can you work faster, your recordings will be better too.
My recording process starts with a completed song. The lyrics, chord structures, and melody are all 90% worked out. After I begin recording, I will usually make slight compositional changes. But the foundation is laid out....
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"It is probably the most common ambition in music. But many people want to become a record producer without really understanding what it means. Here's the primer..."
"Electronic drum sets may not have all the subtlety of acoustic drums, but they have other advantages. Electronic drums are surprisingly popular..."
Do your recordings have warmth? But does the amount of warmth vary with the signal level? Wouldn't you like it to be more consistent...
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"Sure" is the first great song we had written as a couple way back 2004. We love the plain acoustic version, and I attempted to record the complete band version after several request from the artist fans...
Well first of all this is just a sample we recorded using a M-Audio Delta 10/10 and peavey 12 input mixer....
An RP visitor enquires whether the Genelec 8240A with digital inputs and DSP is suitable for the home recording studio. Hmm...
There is so much folklore about soundproofing, but the science and technology is easy to understand. Perhaps because it is expensive and difficult to achieve really good results, people look for 'magic' solutions....
Protools MIDI, Kurz, yamaha and Roland synths....
Amplifiers can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical. A symmetrical amplifier has both positive and negative power supply rails and the signal rises and falls centered on the 0 volts point exactly in between. An asymmetrical amplifier has only one power supply rail and the signal is biased to a voltage midway between zero volts and the power supply voltage...
So you bought a vintage Neumann, at last. Who would have thought that a mic from the 50s or 60s might NOT have a tube?
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This track started as a rhythmic experiment. The idea was to write a piece which had a triplet at the beginning and end of each bar. I opened up Sibelius 4 and quickly jotted down what you can hear as the first few bars of the piece. I'm of the opinion that repetition is a very useful tool to make a person listen closely to a small section of music, and is especially effective when that section is a little quirky, so I copy-pasted that over a couple of bars. I than exported a midi file which I imported into Reason 3....
Science Vs Nature (SVN) is Christian Aydt and Kiley Thompson. Whenever we have vocalists, the "Verses" comes into play. We are located in Brooklyn, and have been mastering our sound for about 7 years...
We recorded this using PC With Cubase SX 3.0. 24bit/96khz. Focusrite Saffire, Presonus Firepod, Art Pro Channel....
This song, Hyvin Hiljaa (Very Quietly), was recorded in the spring of 2006 with my old studio equipment in my basement studio, so it was a mixed bag of everything I happened to own at the moment....
Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix played on instruments from the middle ages. And you thought the 1970s were weird.
After spending about $1700 for a 5 song demo at a local studio, the drummer and I decided to build our own studio. It is a basement studio, but we have a vocal booth and a drum booth. For the small amount of money we have invested I think we get a decent sound. I would love input from others on what they think....
"Get this right and recording will be plain sailing, all the way from idea to master. Get it wrong and you're in big trouble..."
The idea about recording 'Thoughts', my last CD in solo guitar, cames from years of practicing and performing improvisation, both in jazz and contemporary music.
"The electric guitar has been the frontman-musician's instrument of choice since the 1960's. But here comes the instrument that is about to sweep it into history - the ELECTRIC BASSOON!"
I'm a pro composer working mainly for tv and, increasingly, for film. I started in bands but, after a series of second-rate record deals (releasing a series of second-rate records!) I managed to shift my career to my first love, composition....
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