When we talk about the concept of gain structure some of us would go back to a different age form the past. Where each separate box was a link in the audio chain. But in today’s all-digital and all in the box world things might have gotten a little more complicated. Although the evolution of the DAW has made a great impact in recordings today unconventional signal paths and distortions can be sneaky and can be easily overlooked with the DAW’s user-friendly image. This is where the help of plugins come in, as the signal chai travels through stages or devices.
Read more here: https://www.prosoundweb.com/channels/recording/in_the_studio_gain_structuring_with_plug-ins/#
Top USB Microphones For Recording Demos
Known for its pricing model and accessibility Reaper has narrowed down the list of the top USB microphones if you wish to record your demos. Now if you are on a budget there are still a lot of good quality plug and play microphones out in the market today, Blue mic’s “Snowball and the Behringer C1 to name a few but they did not come up to par with this list we have. Reaper has narrowed it down to 2 and these are your top USB microphones to date.
Rode NT-USB USB Condenser Microphone – audio engineers couldn’t just pass by this brand.
Read more here: https://reaperblog.net/2018/01/best-usb-mic/
Important Decisions You Need To Make If You Are A Producer
Before getting the ball rolling for any project there are some important decisions every producer has to make. Taking care of these things upfront may save you a lot of time, money and effort. If you wish to avoid the stress of it all consider these seven things before even entering the studio.
Who is in charge? Yes, it is very basic you need to choose the right engineer for the job, so don’t go cheap on this one as whoever you put in charge will be your second voice.
Do you need to rent extra equipment?
Read more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2018/01/24/producer-decisions/
Compression Hacks: Take Control Of The Low-Mids Of The Snare
Depending on what genre you are mixing the drums can sometimes overpower everything else and be a little bit on your face. When this happens frequency can be overbearing what you need to do is cut the EQ but doing so sometimes compromises its overall presence becoming a little bit too thin, losing the weight of your track.
What you really need is a multi-band compressor where you can target a specific frequency. This will compress your track a little more aggressively giving your snare a little breathing room while keeping it from overpowering everything else in your track.
Read more here: http://www.audio-issues.com/music-mixing/quick-compression-trick-tame-low-mids-snare/
Waves Audio Releases New Scheps Omni Channel Plugin
The new Scheps Omni Channel Plugin is a flexible channel strip that provides six modules. Designed by Grammy-winning mixer Andrew Scheps, it includes a pre-module that provides three types of analog saturation, letting users add diverse colors of harmonic distortion as well as filters and thump controls.
It also features a wet/dry control that allows users to parallel compress within the module and a four-band equalizer that gives a distinct musical sound which holds up on its own.
Read more about this here: https://www.prosoundweb.com/channels/recording/waves-audio-releases-new-scheps-omni-channel-plugin-at-2018-namm-show/