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The first order of business when creating your home recording studio is to deal with the low end. Using bass traps is paramount to your recording studio design since bass trapping takes care of the low frequencies and leaves you with a better sounding home studio.
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The most important tool you can have in your audio arsenal is the audio equalizer. Equalizing your tracks so that they fit together in a professional sounding mix is an art form. But it's easy to get to grasp with the seemingly tricky aspect of equalizing.
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Where can I pin-point that annoying tinny sound from my guitar? What guitar frequency is that? How can you EQ that boomy and muddy sound out of my guitar production. Just like with every other instrument, the guitar responds to boosts and cuts in the audio frequency spectrum. There are specific guitar frequency areas that make the guitar sound a specific way. Read through the following article for a great guide to EQ'ing the guitar.
Getting to know the various frequencies of an audio equalizer is an important part in becoming a better sound engineer. Instinctively knowing which frequency to cut and what area to boost in order to make something sound better is more efficient and easier than wading through the frequency spectrum doing trial and error cuts and boosts.
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I use a Behringer PMP2000 power mixer @ 350 watts, with 2 Behringer B215 speakers. I recently added 2 Peavey PR10 speakers (for a total of 4), and daisy
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www.futureworks.co.uk Located in the centre of Manchester. They do a variety of courses on Film/TV/Music/Video Games. I am currently doing a 2 year diploma
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Having the best recording studio furniture is an often overlooked aspect of setting up your home studio. Having a place for all your music recording equipment is a must to increase productivity and workflow.
Your drum sound is the most important aspect of your mix. Mixing drums is therefore a number one priority for laying that solid foundation to your tracks, guaranteeing you a solid rhythm section.
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When you are on a tight budget you will need to spend your money wisely. Luckily there are some great microphone options out there for those that need a good condenser microphone under $500.
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Theoretically you can record guitar with any interface and audio recording software. When I talk about guitar recording software I'm actually talking about some of the great plugins and software available to guitarists wanting a great sound without the loudness of their amps.
Correctly recording vocals ensures that the most important element of the song cuts through clearly and perfectly. From correct mic selection to a great performance, it's always about the vocal.
A Software synthesizer is basically a computer program coded to produce or generate digital audio. Most of these synths are available as VST plug-ins and they're called VST instruments or VSTi.
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Recording microphones are a necessary part of every day audio production. Without them, you wouldn't be able to capture any sounds around you. Shiny condenser mics, sturdy dynamics or smooth ribbons are all a part of the recording engineers toolkit.
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Awesome music mixing can take a well recorded track and propel it to stardom. There are many aspects you need to keep in mind when putting together a mix, from levels, eq, compression and panning to automation, effects and feel.
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Who else wants to know what all the buttons on the audio compressor does. Let's dive into the parameters and buttons found on every compressor with some practical tips for each aspect of the compressor.
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