While the science behind the function of each brain hemisphere may not agree with popular myths, the fact that it doesn’t take much to interrupt a creative thought remains. Optimizing your workflow can help increase productivity and decrease stress, two things that are hard to turn down.
You can read the full article for the details here: http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/in_the_studio10/
Recording Tips and Techniques
Aggressive Bass For Trance And Other Electronic Music
There are seemingly endless genres and sub-genres of electronic music. While creativity is almost always a good thing, mixing and matching styles across genres can be risky. Imagine if Kirk Hammett (guitarist for Metallica) and Taylor Swift tried to do a duo. There might be some novelty to it, but its appeal would be very limited compared to a duo with Tony Iommi (guitarist for Black Sabbath) and Kirk Hammett. There are certain aspects of electronic music that are definitive of certain genres, and the bass in trance is one of those. Getting it right takes practice, but if trance is your thing, it will be time well spent.
You can read a detailed tutorial on how to produce aggressive trance bass here: http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/quick-tip-how-to-make-an-aggressive-trance-bass/
A Final Mixdown Before Mastering
Many music producers opt to send their albums out to a specialized mastering engineer instead of trying to do it themselves. It’s great to recognize when this type of delegation is appropriate in your production process, but be careful not to get lazy about what gets sent for mastering. Having a step-by-step process that you follow after the mix is complete but before the album drops in the mail box can greatly improve the source material that your mastering engineer gets to work with.
You can read the full article here: https://www.musicclout.com/contents/article-181-a-mastering-engineers-guide-to-final-mixdown.aspx
Audio Formats And Compression
The most important difference between audio file formats is the type of compression (that’s data compression – not to be confused with audio level compression, which you can review in our article Should You Use Compression In Audio Recording? if you’d like). There are uncompressed formats (.wav, .aiff), lossless compressed formats (.flac), and lossy compressed formats (.mp3, .wma). As you might guess, uncompressed formats are in their original size and quality. These formats are best for recording, but due to their larger size, may not be appropriate for distribution. Lossless formats compress the size of the file without losing any of the quality, and lossy formats compress size with some loss of quality. Knowing the key differences between the formats can help you to choose the right file type for each step in your production process.
Get a review on the mp3 format from my article What Is An MP3?
You can read the article describing the other formats here: http://www.audio-issues.com/home-recording-studio/demystifying-audio-formats-what-format-should-you-record-in/
Steps You Might Have Missed Creating A Home Studio
The applications of home recording are vast. Some of them only require audio tracks to be produced, but others may also occasionally need video recordings. Just as a poorly produced audio track can make a bad impression, a video with poor lighting or low resolution can also reflect negatively on you professionally.
You can read about some tips for setting up a home recording studio for both audio and video here: https://www.udemy.com/blog/tips-tricks-for-creating-a-home-recording-studio/