When it comes to mixing, the low-end parts can be quite tricky. Your speakers, your headphones, and even your room could be the culprit. But when you get it right you can hear quite a difference. Understanding how to mix your kick and bass enables you to be more versatile and effective. It even affects your music making it more powerful and with an impact.
Take your mixes to the next level with these simple tips to mixing low end, and avoid that feeling of listening to a bad mix produced by you. Before we start let us first understand the basics.
Read more here: https://www.musicianonamission.com/mixing-low-end-kick-bass/
Archives for August 2017
Beginner’s Tutorial: Recording A Band
There is a beginner’s tutorial for recording a band. It is good to have an understanding of audio interfaces before you begin this. If you are recording a band that is playing at the same time, you will want to have an interface that has many different inputs. You can connect your band with the first few channels. You should make sure that you have DI boxes so that you can connect some of the instruments up.
Key Takeaways:
- Recording band is done by using multiple inputs such as PreSonus Studiolive RM16AI(Eight channels) and DI boxes are needed o connect instruments and preamp inputs are used for other miscs.
- In DAW,Make sure sure input and output deices are connected and as many audio tracts can be added depending on requirement.
- Once audio is recorded,it must be inputed to audio interface and create tracks as needed and setting are adjusted for singer or players in the track(Using R tab on each one) and finally press Record.
“By now you should have a working understanding of audio interfaces so it’s time to put what you’ve learnt into practice and get to grips with recording a band.”
Read more: http://www.musictech.net/2017/08/beginners-tutorial-recording-a-band/
Home Recording Studio Essentials
Setting up your own home studio is not a walk in the park, it takes a lot of planning, some time and effort and of course money. Now with regards to the money you could spend a lot or be wise about it and just spend on the essentials. But believe me, it is definitely worth every second and dime spent.
We have a 6-part series with our take on how to put together a home recording studio – whether you are recording music or simple spoken-word/voiceover content. That series starts here: How to Build a Home Recording Studio – Part 1
There are other great resources online for setting up a home recording studio as well. Here is a little secret from musicianonamission.com – here are the 9 pieces of equipment you need to start making those quality recordings. Find out more here: https://www.musicianonamission.com/home-studio-setup/
And here is an excellent and very complete guide from Zing Instruments: https://zinginstruments.com/home-recording-studio/
Understanding Multiband Compression
Multiband compression is a powerful tool although it might appear to be complicated to use and that would be totally understandable but a little understanding could go a long way. Probably the first thing you need to understand with this tool is that you should not be using every single band all at the same time. Then we start from there, here are some tips to make multiband compression less complicated and finally bring its power to harness.
First, you need to understand how compression actually works. Basically, a compressor controls the volume of your source when it goes beyond the norm.
Read more here: https://www.musicianonamission.com/multiband-compressors/
The Top Pick For Condenser Microphones: sE 2200a
Musician On A Mission’s top pick for large diaphragm condenser microphones is the sE Electronics sE 2200a.
With all the choices available in the market today, picking the right equipment takes a little bit more deliberation. It is always a good tip to narrow down your choices.
Today we are narrowing down your list with probably one of the most important items you need to think twice before purchasing – a good large diaphragm condenser microphone. Here is what Rob (at Musician on a Mission) thinks is the best and most affordable condenser microphone available today.
It’s the sE 2200a by sE Electronics. A large diaphragm condenser microphone built well and crafted by hand.
We at Home Brew Audio have not had a chance to review this mic. So we cannot say with any first-hand experience how good this mic is. But it’s always worth checking out when another site names a good mic. Now i WOULD like to review it. I’ll let you know when that happens.
In the mean time, check out the review here: https://www.musicianonamission.com/se-2200a-review/