Elaine Sy

How Should I Connect My Preamp to My Interface?

April 23, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

How to connect an external preamp to an audio interface? While this may seem simple enough, a lot of home studio owners are doing this wrong. You need to know the proper way to connect these things since it might adversely affect the quality of your recordings.

What is the purpose of a preamp? Preamps, microphones produce a very low-level signal. Without a microphone preamp, the signal remains unusable. A microphone preamp amplifies the signal from mic level to line level. Most interfaces also include a number of line inputs. These accept line level signals.

Magix Releases Sound Forge Pro 13

April 22, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

For over 25 years, SOUND FORGE Pro has been an industry-leading provider of professional software solutions for recording, audio editing and mastering. With this latest version 13, MAGIX presents a comprehensive update specifically designed to meet the requirements of professional audio producers.

SOUND FORGE Pro 13 comes with a fully-customizable new interface that can be personalized to fit individual preferences and workflows. The enhanced VST2/3 engine and ARA2 interface extension offer greater stability and speed when using plug-ins, and allow users to work faster and more precisely.

Read more about this here: https://ask.audio/articles/magix-releases-sound-forge-pro-13

Say Hello To Ableton Session Controller

April 21, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

It’s not every day you come across a hardware controller for Ableton Live that can do things no other controller can handle well. That’s what we’ve discovered with the rather cool, wooden Ableton Session Controller created by Sté Thunus.

The Ableton Session Controller focuses on the selected channel in Live and follows it, ensuring an efficient workflow as no mapping or bank-shifting is needed. It targets mixing/mastering and editing. The EQ and Dynamic Units also follow the mouse to recognize and auto-map their 52 parameters to stock, VST and Audio Unit plug-ins.

Top 10 iOS Hardware Add-Ons

April 17, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

Creating music on the go can be extremely versatile with minimal gear. But invest in some iOS hardware add-ons and a whole world of opportunity opens up. Here’s our top 10 iOS Hardware Add-Ons.

Novation has a whole range of USB controllers and the smaller Mini versions are particularly suited to iOS, although you may need an additional Camera Connection Kit. ROLI’s Blocks range is a system of touch-sensitive blocks that join together to make many and varied music-making systems – using the iOS NOISE app as their source.

5 Tips to Save on Recording Costs for Your Band

April 16, 2019 by Elaine Sy Leave a Comment

Getting high-quality recordings can easily get expensive. With studio production, studio time, mixing, mastering, and other expenses involved in the process, things can easily push your costs into the high thousands if you aren’t careful about how you use your time.

First is to program your drums. Depending on the sound you want for your drums, programming them in advance with tools like EZ Drummer or Superior Drummer can easily save hours of time in the studio over recording live drums. Not only that, but it can also save time on the mixing and mastering end.