The question whether you should or should not record at high samples really depends on one’s taste. The proper answer for this would be “let your ears decide”. Now just because the answer to this question really depends on the one doing the recording, doesn’t mean we can’t come up with a few tips to help you decide.
Here are some questions you need to answer before doing your recording. With the interfaces today you can actually record at a very high rate but the question is, will you hear the difference or see the benefits from using the high sample rate?
Read more here: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/should-i-record-at-the-high-sample-rates/
Audio Recording
Have A Good Microphone Set-Up At Home
More than your technical ability when it comes to microphone set-up especially at your home studio is the ability to detect, understand, and avoid common microphone issues. Here are the common problems we come across when setting up our microphones.
Sibilance – the sound produced when a blast of air is mixed every time the letter’s F and S are pronounced. We often don’t hear it during conversations but this speech problem is amplified when using a microphone and it can be quite annoying. The solution? There are software’s available in the market that deals with these problems. Multi-band compressors or de-essers.
Read more here: http://randomlifemusic.com/recording-vocals-at-home-tips-on-microphone-setup/
The Pitfalls Of Automation
Although we can say that automation is no rocket science, there are still some things that we need to avoid if we are to put it into practice. Here is a list of the most common mistakes, mistakes that we can avoid regarding automation.
Most of the problems with regards to automation are related to routing within your DAW. As you can imagine all the things you wish to happen with your mix and all the actions you are ready to do, and when you do it turns out it’s not exactly what you had in mind. Your reaction? What went wrong?
Read more here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/the-traps-of-automation-part-1.html
Free Neurostep Sample Pack (WAV) From Ghosthack
Neurostep is a wav sample pack containing elements of dubstep and a subgenre known as neurofunk. The “neuro” sound consists of hard bass stabs and strong backbeats and contains 164 MB of bass, drums, pads, FX, and loops that are pre-processed.
Ghosthack is the company that released the free collection of dubstep/neurofunk loops and samples in 24-bit WAV format.
Read more about this here: http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2017/02/21/ghosthack-neurostep/
How To Know When Your Mix Is Done
When mixing a song, you will usually come to the point when you ask yourself “is this enough?” Or do I need to add a little more? When is enough enough? And when do you actually stop? Whether you are beginning or have a had few mixes up your sleeves, everybody goes through this time, and it can be hard. Combine this and the element of time such as deadlines and any money issues, all make it even tougher to decide. Here are some things you should be looking out for to help you finish your mix. And you can finally say it is done:).
Read more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/02/22/8-indicators-mix-finished/