Feb 14, 2014 | Audio Example, My Music, Pro Tools, Recording Month, Tips, Video |
Are you a pseudo bass player like me? Then today’s video tip will help a lot. Great bass guitar recordings have little to do with complexity and riffs and way more to do with intentionality. Take a listen to two ways I’ve played the bass lines to this song...
Feb 12, 2014 | Recording Month, Tips |
If you are recording in a modern home studio comprised of a computer, an audio interface, and software, then one of the simplest things you could do to make your tracks sound better is to stop recording so hot into your DAW. That’s right, many of you are...
Feb 10, 2014 | Audio Example, My Music, Pro Tools, Recording Month, Tips, Video |
Looking for that warm, punchy, and fat drum sound? Try this fat mic technique on your next recording. By simply adding an additional mic just over the center of the kick drum shell facing down to the floor, you can capture a more focused and rounder tone to the kit...
Feb 7, 2014 | Recording Month, Tips |
Here’s how I used to approach mic placement in my home studio when I was getting started: I’d put the mic where I thought it should go, get some signal, and then say “Well it sounds alright to me,” and I’d hit the record button. But the...
Feb 5, 2014 | Recording Month, Tips |
One lesson I’ve been slow to learn is that great recordings start in the mind before you ever set up a single microphone. To many artists this sounds obvious. How can you sit down to paint a picture of a mountain if you don’t already know what you want...
Feb 3, 2014 | Recording Month, Tips, Video |
Welcome to Recording Month! All of last month we talked about nothing but songwriting, and hopefully it was helpful for you. Starting today (and for the next 4 weeks or so) I’ll be covering recording specific tips, tricks, and mindsets to help you capture the...