I don't know about you, but when I start reading about audio sample rates, and scary numbers with decimal points and symbols like "kHz" start showing up, my brain tries to escape from my skull. Jeez, I'm a musician, not a tech geek (though not for … [Continue reading] about Sample Rate of 88.2 Kilohertz-Ouch My Brain Hurts
Am I Using The Right Quarter-Inch Plugs in My Home Recording Studio?
When hooking stuff up in your home recording studio, you'll find that most of time you are dealing with cables that have 1/4-inch connectors (or plugs, which I think just sounds less pretentious:)). But just because they fit in the hole doesn't mean … [Continue reading] about Am I Using The Right Quarter-Inch Plugs in My Home Recording Studio?
Getting Your Recordings on iTunes
In this day and age (specifically October 27th, Digital Age I guess:)), if you want to sell the audio you produce on your home recording studio, it is a pretty good...no scratch that...a VERY good (as in mandatory really) to make those recordings … [Continue reading] about Getting Your Recordings on iTunes
Reverb and Delay – What Are They?
Some folks say they are the same thing, reverb and delay (or echo). I don't. The thing we call reverb for use in a home recording studio is really 2 things. The first is like an echo, yes. That is you hear a repeat of the original sound at some … [Continue reading] about Reverb and Delay – What Are They?
Hooking Up Monitors to Your Computer
Here is an interesting article on connecting monitor speakers to your home recording studio computer. I've usually used a mixer in my setup, so this is something I've not don,e personally. But it is a good how-to for folks who don't yet have a … [Continue reading] about Hooking Up Monitors to Your Computer