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Using a Click Track For Recording Music

Ken — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:27:12 +0000

The click track is a tool in audio recording, especially for recording music, that allows a person to hear the tempo or timing information of project. For example, in Reaper (though this is pretty common for all recording software), if you want to listen to a click track while recording, you simply click (no pun [...]

Do You Know a PA From a Distributed Power System?

Ken — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:49:17 +0000

Entering into the live sound realm for a bit – do you know the difference between a PA and a distributed power system? You’ve probably heard of a PA (public address) system system before. These are what live bands use, as well as even coordinators, etc. It’s usually heavy box (mixer and amplifier combined) with [...]

Guitar Recordings For That Thing You Do Cover – Line 6 POD Farm

Ken — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:29:21 +0000

After putting up the audio and then the video for our cover recording of That Thing You Do, which are in the post Cover of “That Thing You Do” – Record a Rock Song on Your Computer, I have been asked numerous times about how I recorded the guitar parts. Did I use amps? If [...]

New Shure Open-Back Professional Headphones

Ken — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:01:15 +0000

Shure, maker of awesome microphones, headphones, and other audio goodies has just released their new open-back professional headphones. If you’re wondering why some headphones are open-back and some are closed-back, here is the main reason for both: Closed-back These are great for making sure the stuff you’re listening too does not leak out of the [...]

Recording The Lead Vocal

Ken — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:21 +0000

The lead vocal is usually the central focal-point of a recording, especially when you’re talking about singer/songwriter type songs where the arrangement is pretty intimate. Besides the voice, you may have a piano or an acoustic guitar and nothing else. So it’s really important to get the best vocal sound you can. Part of that [...]

The Diskmakers Guide To Building a Home Studio

Ken — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:24 +0000

Diskmakers, one of the biggest names in CD duplication and replication, have a cool free resource that may be of interest to folks who want to get their hands dirty and do some building for their home recording studio. Their new guide, building a Professional Home Studio, has instructions for things like isolation booths, sound-proofing, [...]

Cover of “That Thing You Do” – Record a Rock Song on Your Computer

Ken — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:38:01 +0000

I just recorded a 1-man-band cover of the song, That Thing You Do, (written by Adam Schlesinger for the movie of the same name) from scratch on my computer-based home recording studio right here in a spare bedroom. The reason I did it, besides just loving the song and always wanting to, was to demonstrate what kind [...]

New Arrivals For Pro Audio at B&H

Ken — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:08:20 +0000

Keep up with all the latest arrival of the newest audio recording gear at B&H. Click on the picture on the left to be taken to a page at B&H Photo-Video-Pro Audio that lists nothing but new arrivals for pro audio gear. That link will always take you to the latest new arrivals that are [...]

EQ Tip: Cut Narrow But Boost Wide

Ken — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:08 +0000

When using EQ to shape you sounds, there are all kinds of words-of-wisdom and rules-of-thumb from the gurus. Some say you should avoid boosting any frequency, but instead focus only on reducing (“cutting”) at target frequencies. Yet another tip is cut (reduce) narrow, boost wide. That means that when you reduce, use only narrow bandwidths [...]

How To Finish Long Voice-Over Jobs Faster

Ken — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:27:40 +0000

Here’s a tip to help you record and finish long voice over jobs more efficiently (which translates to much faster). If you are lucky enough to have gotten a fairly long voice-over job, such as an audio book, documentary narration, etc., then you know that there will be little mess-ups along the way that need [...]