Recording Tips and Techniques

Focus on making music in your studio by knowing and understanding the most common mistakes made in a home studio, if you can learn them you can avoid them. Nevertheless, if you are currently doing them there are ways you can fix them as well. The sad truth is it will cost three times as much and take three times as long when it comes to estimating. Here is a list that will help you avoid making these mistakes by helping you prioritize on things that really matters. Start by having a set of goals and answering the question what are you trying to achieve?
Read more here: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/home-studio-slip-ups-10-common-mistakes-and-how-fix-them
 

A home studio is not something that everybody can easily afford and it goes the same for recording vocals in one. Profesional studios spend quite an amount of money for all the gear and tech you can find in them. That is why celebrities use them to do their recordings. But don’t lose hope just yet you don’t have to be a superstar and you don’t necessarily need a professional studio to record your vocals. You can do it in a home studio yes even if you’re on a budget. All you need to do is some research and find some good deals.
Read more here: http://blog.creativelive.com/tips-recording-vocals-home-recording-studio/

Dark Horse Institute instructor, Steve Lamm, will be talking to you on this week’s episode of Tech Tuesday on how Mic Preamp Distortion may create great tones.
Ensuring that the signal is not distorted, mic preamps on gain staging are used but have sufficient gain to be recorded. Using distortion, some of the best, fun tones may be created. To attain proper gain staging, Steve demonstrated different methods using a Klark Teknik DI, Brent Averill 1073 PreAmp, SSL 6000 analog console, and a Paul Reed Smith guitar. To heighten distortion and make impressive tones without overusing your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) or tape, Steve covers input gain vs. output gain.
read more here: http://darkhorseinstitute.com/tech-tuesday-how-to-create-great-tones-using-mic-preamp-distortion/ 

Compression has become popular especially in the modern music of today. Compression amplifies the sound and brings up those small parts while controlling the overall sound. Here are three compressor tweaks that might have been overlooked that can help optimize your sound. Most engineers have actually opted to overlook these parameters which actually worked in some cases yet still helpful in some.
Correct compression ratio for the track, often the most overlooked bt is pretty much easy to use. By setting the ratio control low you are setting up for more punch in your track. For more control simply set it higher.
Read more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/10/11/compressor-tweaks/

Probably one of the fastest growing form of media today is podcasting. Gaining popularity in the last years with over 112 million listeners in the United Sates alone. So it is no surprise that musicians, different business brands have jumped in the wagon, and has started their own recordings. Now since most of these are not knowledgeable when it comes to audio engineering technical issues rise up and has become a plague. You can avoid these mistakes and have a smooth with this guide to podcast recording and create great podcasts for your brand.
Begin with understanding what you really need to do those recordings.
Read more here: https://theproaudiofiles.com/intro-podcasting-recording/