If you are running your own home studio then you know that muddy mixes are things you should avoid. If you have encountered or you are currently having issues with this issue then you are on the right track. Here a some of the common mistakes that often lead to muddy mixes. If you can learn them you can avoid them, then you’re on your way to clearer and better sounding recordings.
Here are the 5 things you should be avoiding immediately.
Before anything else, check your arrangements, there is no point trying to fix a muddy mix if you have poor arrangements.
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Recording Tips and Techniques
The Top Music Production Tools For Newbies
People nowadays search the web for tools for just about anything including music production. Although doing this will help you enhance your skills sometimes it just consumes much of your time. Now whether you are beginning a career in music production or just wanting to learn here a few tips to help you search the right tools for you.
Here is a short list of what you might be looking for.
Digital Audio Workstations or DAW is the backbone of any music production so choose wisely. Each DAW you will find will have different sets of features so find your own unique one that suits you
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Get Your Computer Ready For Recording and Mixing
If you’re thinking that the latest or most expensive computer is what you need to create the perfect home studio track, think again. Although it would really be nice to own a mac or the latest personal computer having these things comes just second to creating your desired recordings, in fact, what you have might just be what you need.
An upgrade just might be what you need. Here a few things you can do to maximize what you already have.
RAM, RAM RAM, and more RAM, you need to max out your RAM. Today most DAW’s can take the most RAM you can provide which means more power and quicker response for you.
Read more here: http://therecordingrevolution.com/optimize-computer-recording-mixing/
How To Record Hardware Synthesizers
Hardware synthesizers usually don’t come with an AD converter, be it analog or digital making recording quite a peculiar process. Your first problem lies in that you need to get the signal into your DAW, and that would be through your soundcard.
Here are two ways you can send a signal into your DAW using your soundcard so that you can go on with your recording.
First is a quite complicated method, here is how it is done. You need to send the signal into a bass or guitar amp before recording by placing a mic maybe more than one in front of the amp.
Read more here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/recording-a-hardware-synth.html
The NO-NO Of Recording
In any field, we could say that the basic foundation is always important. Like dribbling is a crucial fundamental skill to basketball and we could give so much more examples. But these basic skills is what brings out greatness in every craft.
Now in recording, there is one major No-no that you need to know. A lot of things could go wrong in a recording session that could be your fault or not, like a loose microphone stand that could lead the mic pointing in a totally different direction but it could be fixed.
Clipping though could literally alter your session and here is what you need to know about it.
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