About.com’s Home Recording section has a recently-published list of recording gear reviews that will be of interest to you. These reviews cover a really wide range of products from desktop all-in-on studios to microphones and midi keyboards to boom stands and earplugs. So whether you’re working doing voice over jobs or you’re a musician there is something here for you.
Enjoy.
Here is the link: http://homerecording.about.com/b/2011/08/08/looking-for-new-recording-gear-check-out-product-reviews.htm
Archives for October 2011
Acoustic Treatment – A Neccessity Always?
Oh don’t get me started on this topic. OK, I started it…fair enough. Let’s just say this is one of those things that is oft-talked about and rarely done, or at least rarely done “correctly.” I think there is a fair bit of “naked emperor” around this topic, but that’s likely to start a firefight. Let’s just say it (NOT having any acoustic treatment, that is) hasn’t stopped me getting any voice over jobs.
Anyway, here’s an article talking about it that you don’t need a science degree to understand.
http://theproaudiofiles.com/when-acoustic-treatment-doesnt-matter
The New iOS Music Release From IK Multimedia – iRig MIDI and SampleTank
I’ll be doing the review on this next week (completed – see the review here: Review of iRig MIDI by IK Multimedia, but for now, here is the official announcement from IK Multimedia on the release of their new iRig MIDI and SampleTank. These iOS music releases are giving us lots of ideas for home recording studio tips.
The iRig MIDI is a physical device that you can use to hook up a MIDI keyboard to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. This will, of course mean nothing unless you have something MIDI-controllable on your iOS device. Fortunately IK MM has also just released SampleTank of iOS, which, if it is anything like the software version of SampleTank, is filled with awesome sampled/virtual instruments.
The free SampleTank app for iOS is available from the Apple app store: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiobus/id558513570?mt=8&at=10l4CP&ct=website
Get all the details about SampleTank for iOS here: http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/sampletankios/
If you’re interested in the full version of SampleTank for your desktop, go here SampleTank 2.5 XL.
Microphone Tips For Recording
Here are a bunch (31 according to the article title:)) of tips for using microphones to record. There is something useful in this article for anyone who is doing home recording, whether that be for voice over jobs or music recording.
Enjoy!
Ken
Here is the article: http://theproaudiofiles.com/microphone-tips-from-recording-hacks
Auto-Tune – Good or Bad?
OK. This is something I want to hear your opinions about, because I had someone say they didn’t want me to use Auto-Tune on their vocals for her recording project.
What is that? Is Auto-Tune evil? Or is it the holy grail?
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
I wrote an article spelling out my thoughts about it here: Auto-Tune – Any Tool Can Be Abused