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Blow Up The Planet With Your Songwriting
?Video games are great because you can wrap a car around a telephone pole, shoot an innocent woman in the face, or blow up the world without any of the real life consequences associated with these actions. Songwriting can be the same way. This article will explain why you HAVE to push the limit with your songwriting.
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The Expert Encyclopedia of Recording ? Book Review
Without a doubt, one of my favorite books on the subject of audio recording has to be The Expert Encyclopedia of Recording by Rick Clark. Find out why this is one of my favorite books on the subject of home recording.
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Home Recording Studio: Getting Started
?Lately, we've had many new home recording forum members ask how they can start their own home recording studio. This article will be an overview of all the things you need to record music. This article is intended for beginners who are basically starting with little or no home recording gear.
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Home Recording Computers: Clicks, Pops, and Latency
Without a doubt, the biggest reason for clicks, pops, or just overall lack of performance in your home recording computer is often how you set your latency. This article will explain the easiest way to solve digital recording computer problems.
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Audio Mixing Problems ? Maybe It's The Song
?It seams that many young audio engineers seam to think that there is some magical fidelity button that makes a mix great. When their mixes don't come out sounding like the big boys, they often blame gear or themselves. This article will explain that maybe there is something more important than the gear used....THE SONG.
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How To Achieve Pro Recording Quality
?I hear a lot of people on my home recording forum asking how to get achive pro qualty in their recordings. This article will explain exactly what you need to come out with a totally monster pro quality recording.
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Drum Recording: Why Small Rooms Suck
?Many of us are attempting to record drums in our homes. This article will explain what to listen for in a small room and why you may be wasting your time recording drums in too small of a room.?
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Democracy Kills Music
No, I'm not making a political statement. If I was, someone might mistake me for a terrorist. I'm talking about making music. If everyone in the band likes the decision, you probably settled for less.
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Producing 101: Pay Studio Musicians
?As a home recording guy, it's easy to get into the mentality of doing everything yourself. Everything from defragmenting your hard drives to sweeping the floor to mixing are tasks that you and you alone must complete. When it comes to producing, get out of that mentality quickly and pay studio musicians.
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Vocal Recording: Vocal Doubling 101
?A very popular effect for modern (and vintage) vocal sounds is doubling. However, many young engineers have trouble getting the tone they are looking for with doubling. This article will give you a few ideas to help you find the magic vocal sound using doubling and layering.
Blogs by this Author
Published 05/2/2006
A close friend of mine is in the band, Promise To Burn. They are currently working with a producer (Malcolm Springer) with about as big of connections as you could imagine. I was supposed ...
Published 05/6/2006
I've decided that I'm going back to my midi routes. I've got a buddy who can write songs like crazy and can hold his own in front of the vocal mic as well. He's about as talented of a guy as I'v...
Published 05/8/2006
Okay, I've chosen my audio sequencer. A few forum members were cool enough to steer me in the right direction. I actually had an old copy of Cubase VST 5.1 laying around from when I first ...
Published 05/9/2006
As usual, after a demanding mix day I burned a copy and slapped it in my home computer's cd-rom. AHHHHHH. BOOMY BOOMY BOOMY. I thought I had the mix pretty solid when I heard it on m...
Published 05/10/2006
After being frustrated with my mixes from Sunday, I decided to try something a little new. Many studios use a tad bit of corrective EQ on their studio monitors. Well, I don't have any outb...
Published 05/12/2006
I alway debate between listening to a major label cd while mixing (to gain perspective) vs just trying to make the mix sound as good as it can for what it is. Dangers of Listening To A Major La...
Published 05/15/2006
For whatever reason, I just couldn't get the reverb right on a snare for a Blink 182 type of project I was doing. Nothing seamed to work or fit. Then I remembered that I had used the stock Sonic Found...
Published 05/20/2006
I see bands all the time who work jobs. There is nothing wrong with that. You have bills to pay. O f course, I see a ton of people who make way more money than they need to live. The sacrifice b...
Published 05/20/2006
I've dealt with my fair share of jokers who saw no problem in wasting my time and working me like a dog just so they could half ass their own musical path. Well, I've come to notice something ab...
Published 05/22/2006
A good friend of mine is working with a big producer dude.? They mixed their project on an SSL 9000 which is about as high end of a console that you are going to find.? The studio was Soundstage Stud...
