I have to admit that when I saw the title of an article by Joe Gilder called "3 Reasons to Use a Dynamic Mic on Vocals," my hackles went up a little. He was referring not to live performance, but to studio recording of vocals. There is a … [Continue reading] about Using A Dynamic Mic To Record Vocals?
Bad Voice-Overs Ruin Great Looking Videos
If I had to estimate what percentage of very professional-looking sales videos on the web were accompanied by crappy audio due to poor voice-over quality, I'd have to say at least 50 percent. That's a lot folks! And there is no reason for it - none … [Continue reading] about Bad Voice-Overs Ruin Great Looking Videos
Felix Broke The Sound Barrier In His Sky Dive – But What Does That Mean?
Felix Baumgartner broke a bunch of records in his historic sky dive from the edge of space, including becoming the first person ever to break the sound barrier, reaching a speed of about 834 miles per hour, without the aid of a craft of some kind. … [Continue reading] about Felix Broke The Sound Barrier In His Sky Dive – But What Does That Mean?
Using Subgroups or Busses To Mix Music
Once you have a bunch of different instrument tracks in a music project, one really cool thing you can do is create sub-mixes to help simplify and improve the mix. In the old days, you had to have a mixer with more than just the master buss (left and … [Continue reading] about Using Subgroups or Busses To Mix Music
Drum Hits By Sample Magic For Your Virtual Drumming Pleasure
If your recording software (digital audio workstation or DAW, for short) has MIDI capability (such as Reaper, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Cubase, etc.), then you can create your own drum kits using single-hit drum samples - virtual drumming fun! You … [Continue reading] about Drum Hits By Sample Magic For Your Virtual Drumming Pleasure