One important factor in a great mix is the backing vocals yet most still seem to neglect it. As important as every part of the mix the backing vocals play a supportive role to the totality of the mix. Doing it right enhances the overall mix while it becomes quite a distraction when done incorrectly.
Since we can say backing vocals is part of the non-major parts of your track you don’t need to focus on this much but it pays to be efficient when doing so. Always put more attention to the major part first as to not create confusion to your listeners.
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Music Recording
Running A Home Studio On A Budget
We all admit that money is essential in running your own home studio or better yet it is needed for just about anything we do in life. If already have your home studio and you actually don’t have money here are few thing you might learn from being on a budget or worse having no money at all.
Having no money is not actually that bad, although nobody wants to go through it. Look at the bright side, It teaches you to be prudent to, to make better decisions, to make the most of what you have, and be creative with what you don’t have.
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What Every Home Studio Owner Should Be Doing
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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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.
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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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