The pre-session recording is an important key to a successful output. This is the process when you receive all information prior to beginning your recording session. The more you master this checklist the more smooth your sessions will be and the better your recordings will become. Taken from Recording Engineers Handbook 4th Edition here are a few things you should consider before starting your recordings. Although most of the information found here will be provided by the producers, artists or the band themselves. Having a checklist allows you to make adjustments as soon as possible and saves you time and energy
Read checklist here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/03/01/pre-session-recording-checklist/
Music Recording
The Top 5 Mistakes We Make
Having experience in home-studio recording and have taught quite a number of students in the past 15 years, seeing all the mistakes people make, Graham Cochrane founder of the Recording Revolution breaks down some of the most common mistakes when mixing in a home studio. In this video, he reveals the top 5 mistakes that you can avoid to get instant improvement in your mixes.
Turn your bad mixes to good and even better, no matter the equipment or DAW you are using. The genre does not even matter if you could learn and understand these mistakes you can avoid them and create great recordings.
Watch video here: http://therecordingrevolution.com/top-5-mixing-mistakes/
The Piano 3 By Nord
Nord has made quite an impression when it decided to make its keyboards red. Truly an out of the box idea from a standard of black and white keyboards. But Nord has more to offer than the color red because their keyboards are actually really good. Keeping up with the bright color is Nord’s quality.
Thi biggest offer thus far is the Piano 3, biggest in its size with 88 notes but also comes with incredible features. Packed with a triple-sensor key bed and Nord’s Virtual Action Hammer Technology for that perfectly improved key response depicting that of a grand piano itself.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/03/nord-piano-3-reviewed/
Recording At High Sample Rates
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/
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