Don’t be so focused on one thing that you’re missing the big picture. As a home studio owner, of course, recording and all the other aspects connected with it is and should be our main focus. But we might be too engrossed with the idea that it’s just a home studio were missing out on opportunities that pass us by.
Most professional studios love the idea of hosting a musician or a band in their space. You may be thinking “I don’t have enough space for that.” Well who needs space when you’ve got technology to do live streaming?
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The New Element Series By Apogee Electronics
Together with its UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd, Apogee Electronics has announced the release of the newest members of Element Family.
The Apogee Element 46 and 88. Boasting of its new control ecosystem with advanced software and hardware options.
The 46 and 88 series is equipped with Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt recording quality available in very reasonable prices.
Recognized as one of the tops when it comes to sound innovation and quality recording, Apogee takes pride with the addition of these recent elements and features. Wanting to deliver only the best Apogee has designed the new element series to deliver legendary Apogee sound quality to their avid followers.
Read more here: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2016/11/09/new-apogee-interfaces-available/
Functional Automation: The How To
The ultimate goal of functional automation is to fine tune any work that you have done. Every time you follow recommendations for EQing you will be dealing with we call as a filter. Filter deals with how a certain instrument would sound, the thickness, the depth etc. Now it is easy when there are multiple instruments playing like a guitar and a bass, for example, the sound simply fits together now the problem is when the instrument is playing alone. Sometimes it’s hard to make the sound come out thick in these situations, That’s where automating your filter comes to play
Read more here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/functional-automation.html
Audio Recording 101: How To Record A Flute
As beautiful as it sounds, a flute is very difficult to record especially if you are in a home studio. The flute itself being difficult we also need to factor in the musician. It’s behaviour and movements make the flute very difficult to record. As light as a flute maybe as an instrument, it carries such weight in inviting the musician to dance and move to its tune. Thus making it difficult to capture consistency when recording.
A problem with the flute itself is where the sound actually comes out, in this case sound comes out from different exit point not just your main mouth hole but in all other holes in the instrument.
Find the solution here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/recording-a-flute.html
Vocal Compression: 5 Things You Shouldn't Be Doing
Probably the most important part of any mix is the vocals. Do it right and your project will sound great while doing it wrong could break your entire work. Consistency is a key when achieving the right vocal quality and one of the tools you can use is compression and automation, combined together it can give that modern edge to your vocals. But doing it wrong often leads to disaster.
Listed are common mistakes most people commit that you should avoid and a few more tips on what you should be doing instead.
Use compression AND automation, not compression alone.
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