I talk a lot about compression because it is such an excellent audio editing tool. But it's very powerful and so capable of big changes in your audio, including making it (the audio) sound really bad. So it's important to understand what compression … [Continue reading] about Compression Basics
What is MIDI? A Big Help in Home Music Recording, That's What
If you're a musician doing home music recording, then you probably want to know about something called "MIDI" (pronounced middee) if you don't already. So this article ought to be useful. But I have discovered that it is well-nigh impossible to know … [Continue reading] about What is MIDI? A Big Help in Home Music Recording, That's What
New Versions of Mixcraft Recording Software
Someone asked me this morning if I could talk a bit about Mixcraft recording software (technically a DAW - digital audio workstation) by Acoustica. Since I am always going on about Reaper (my favorite DAW - digital audio workstation), which is my … [Continue reading] about New Versions of Mixcraft Recording Software
What Do You Most Want To Know About Home Recording?
Our mission at Home Brew Audio is to provide you with resources (tutorials, articles, gear reviews, tips and techniques, etc.) to help you achieve your goals and dreams. For some, that will be recording their music so they they can release their own … [Continue reading] about What Do You Most Want To Know About Home Recording?
An Interesting Vocal Compression Tip
WinkSound put out a video that offers an unusual tip for using compression on a vocal in a mix. It refers to some common compressor controls the I go over in my recent post on how to use Reaper's built-in compressor plugin called ReaComp. See that … [Continue reading] about An Interesting Vocal Compression Tip