Of course, all of us wants a smooth recording session, but apart from the instruments and our creativity, there are some essentials we need to have ready anytime during our recording sessions. And by this, I mean tools you that you need to carry along for every recording session. You just never know what simple things could go wrong that could delay or even cause you to cancel your session.
Here are a few things you might need to have around with you.
A Multi-Tool, with pliers, screwdriver, and blades, all in one or you can also bring them all its your choice.
Find out the rest of the list here: http://www.musictech.net/2016/11/12-recording-session-items/
Recording Tips and Techniques
Thanksgiving-Black Friday-Cyber Monday Half-Off Sale
To say “Thanks” to all our readers and video-watchers, we are having a half-off sale from Thanksgiving Day (Nov 24th 2016) through “Cyber Monday” (Nov 28th 2016).
Take 50% off the price of the following home recording tutorials by entering the coupon code – CYBERBLACK – on the checkout page.
Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 1: The Free Home Recording StudioThis 9-lesson (16 total short but powerful videos) course teaches you the basics of audio recording even if (especially if) you’ve never done any recording before. We’ll show you how to do such awesome audio feats as overdubbing for lush voices and vocal harmony, how to use and create loops, basic multi-track production and audio editing. And the best part – You can do it all without having to spend more than $0-$5 in software or equipment (the $5 is if you don’t already have a mic – even a cheap plastic PC mic). All you need is a computer and access to the internet. We teach you how to do everything with the free software program called “Audacity.” |
Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 2: Pro Recording With Reaper SoftwareUpgrade your audio and raise the level of your voice-overs, podcasts, videos and music into the realm of professional audio using using the incredible software called Reaper (which is also incredibly inexpensive). Lessons cover the basics like recording and editing in Reaper, as well as some cool time-saving automation tricks for the voice-over folks, like splitting one file into lots of little ones and saving each one with its own file name, plus producing dialogue files with multiple character voices, and lot more. For musicians there is more multi-track recording stuff for singing harmony with yourself, being a 1-man band, creating and working with loops, and a 3-part intro to MIDI for music recording, which shows you how to use virtual instruments such as the synthesizer that comes free with Reaper (ReaSynth), a free piano instrument we download and install together, and drums – using Reaper’s ReaDrums. Plus you’ll learn how to use an external MIDI keyboard with Reaper, or if you don’t have one yet, Reaper’s Virtual Keyboard, to play music with your virtual instruments. |
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The Artistic Way of Automation
As we have already taken some points in automation, let’s look at it from a different perspective. From an artist’s point of view, yes artist’s do exist in this kind of business or in any business if I may say.
First let us break down the components of automation, the “technical” everything you need to know by the book or sometimes by experience, then there is the “artistic” side where one unleashes creativity. It is always a good idea to deal with the technical first before the artistic, follow the instructions first, so when you have done everything that needs to be done then you have the freedom to be creative.
Learn more here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/artistic-automation.html
Effective And Efficient Ways To Mixing Backing Vocals
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.
Find out more here: https://music.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-backing-vocals-efficiently-and-effectively–cms-27618
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.
Continue reading here: https://theproaudiofiles.com/running-a-studio-with-no-money/