The heart of most home studios is the computer, the sacred place where we keep all our music programs, samples, and plug-ins. Many questions from music producers are whether they just have to take an Apple Mac computer or a Windows PC. “MAC or PC? Which is the best for Music Production?” My answer is […]
As an audio engineer, recording quality audio is one of the hardest things we are faced with. Good audio is critical and essential to the overall quality of your sounds. But the truth is that most people struggle with recording quality audio sounds, especially in their home studios. Also see: 5 Essentials For Your Home Recording […]
Many people aspire to be a music producer. At first, it can all seem big and scary. Where to start? What to do? What music production equipment it’s needed? This guide hopes to help beginners and guide them on everything you’ll need at the start. Equipment: A DAW (Digital audio Workstation) This is where all […]
With sound, it’s pretty obvious that you always need to use your ears as your main tool, for everything. But sometimes when we are recording, we do not pay attention to what it is you are recording, this is a simple tip, but very powerful, especially if you have not experienced recording what you are […]
Within this article, I will present you two simple tips that will help you to improve your skills and become a better music producer. Many music producers are rushing and jump straight into the action without actually know what to do. So, what you have to do? These are the mainly first steps on how […]
Tips to make your workflow increase your productivity. Before the digital era, session preparation could be a headache: zeroing the console, patch every outboard processor you were going to use, setting up the tape machine, having an assistant take notes of every setting, etc, could take some valuable studio time. But nowadays, in the era […]
All you need to know and no one ever told you about Reamping! There are several reasons to REAMP something, but, wait. What on earth is REAMP? Well, as it name suggests it’s the technique of re-amplifying something that’s already been recorded. Something that was well played, with the right energy, but, with a sound […]
“Dead Strings, Oh No!” How many times has this happened to you? A band comes in, they’re all ready to record and you’re eager to being. The bass player takes out his instrument, plugs it in and…*plump, plump*. His strings are completely worn out! I chose the bass player as our victim because they’re notorious […]
It could be said that there is only one thing you really need to have a home recording studio: a desktop computer or laptop – but this is not everything. However, it is a good starting point. If you don’t want to make music that sounds like it didn’t cost anything to make, you must […]
First, let’s explain how panning works, by shamelessly giving it a meme form: That should give you the basic idea of what I’m trying to convey, now let me elaborate: Depending on the DAW (or mixing console), panning is represented as either a knob or slider that can be moved all the way from one […]