Even with the abundance of software and hardware available to create your own recordings at home, there comes a time when you’re ready to take your music to the next level. Recording studios may seem intimidating to the musician who is takin(Read More)

Back in the old days (around ‘Nam) recording at home was a new miracle. You could actually hit record on a device and capture sound in your own home. Your eyes would light up just like Thomas Edison did when he first invented audio recording(Read More)

Don’t be so quick to sell your old Roland VS-workstation!

Back in 1995 Roland made history by introducing to the music scene a new DAW (digital audio workstation) that was advertised to have 64 tracks of recording with multiple e(Read More)

Now that you’ve spent hours and days and weeks and months recording your musical masterpieces (and you’ve also read my article “Tips for a Great Recording Session”), you have arrived at my favorite time in the studio; The Mixdown.
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You know your songs are great (and so does your girl/boyfriend, family, pets etc), and you finally decided to record an album in a real studio. That’s great! But what actually happens when you get there?

When you finally do pick t(Read More)

Here are a few tips to make your music sound its best.

Vocals

Record flat with no effects and instead find the right microphone for the singer. In the mix, roll off everything below 100 Hz and above 15,000 Hz. Add 2-4dB at 160(Read More)

Q) In our rehearsals, I can’t hit the drums softer, but then they don’t hear the guitars. Then they turn it louder, after which follows the bass. When we bring the microphones as loud as we can, feedback occurs. What can we do to hear (Read More)