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BASIC RECORDING TIP
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Micing Approaches - Technique 0 |
An introduction to approaching microphone placement correctly by
figuring out what you are trying to accomplish with the micing. |
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Micing Aproaches - Technique 1 |
This is the "Capture What's There" approach that is both easy and
the first technique that must be mastered by a recording engineer. |
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Micing Approaches - Technique 2 |
This is the most-often used approach of capturing the instrument
sound without the room. Three different micing techniques are
used. |
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Microphone Placement By Using Your Ear |
After you know how the instrument is generating the sound, you put
the microphone's head in the flow of sound coming from the
instrument. You can use your ear as a guide.
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Riding The Fader While Recording |
Your best compressor for vocals won't cost you hundreds of
dollars, you were born with it - your finger. Bob explains the
why's and how's of riding the faders during vocal recording.
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The Enemy Of Recoding Quality |
Dirt is responsible
for most of the poor performance of recording equipment; this tip
shows you what to do with it. |
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Overload |
Setting levels is more than just looking at meters. |
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BASIC MIXING TIP ARTICLES -
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Monitoring For Mixing |
You are never going to get around the fact that you must be able
to hear the music in order to mix. The speakers and amplifier you
use are going to affect the quality of your mixing, probably much
more than you realize. |
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Attaining The Mixing Goal |
Where are we going with this mix? How do we get there? These and
other questions about the mixing process are explained by Bob.
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Getting Your Head In
The Right Place |
How the stereo mode
of a compressor keeps the stereo image as you wanted it. |
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Using Compression
During Mixing & Mastering |
General guide on
compressing the mix. |
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The Exciting
Compressor |
When a producer
would ask me for an exciter, I would tell them I had something
better - the Exciting Compressor. Every client I used this on was
very impressed and happy with the result. |
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More Magnificent
Mixing Tips Of The Rich And Famous |
This tip is about
when to EQ instruments in the mix and how to really check the
effectiveness of your settings. |
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The Forgotten Equalizer Control |
Using filter
controls rather than parametric equalization in recording &
mixing. |
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Equalizing By The Octave: Low Bass |
An octave approach
to EQ can get the best overall results. This tip covers the low
bass octave. |
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Equalizing By The
Octave: Bass |
Continuing the
octave approach to EQ, this tip covers the bass octave. |
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Equalizing By The Octave: Lower Midrange |
The Lower Mid Range
can also be used as a "bass-presence" range. |
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Equalizing By The Octave: Midrange |
You'll find
yourself wanting to lower the energy in this range more than
increasing it, except for low-frequency instruments. |
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Equalizing By The Octave: Upper Midrange |
We call this range
the Attack Frequency Range that greatly affects rhythm instrument
clarity. |
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Equalizing By The Octave: Presence & Treble |
The Treble and
Presence ranges (from 4 kHz and above) are probably the
most-equalized frequency ranges. |
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BASIC PRODUCTION
TIP ARTICLES -
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Getting Drum Impact - Part 1 |
Using the console's phase-reversal switch to improve drum impact
in the mix. |
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Getting Drum Impact - Part 2 |
Using delay techniques to enhance the impact on the drums. |
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The Key To Getting A Good Vocal |
There are technical reasons why vocals don't sound the best.
Here's the problems and their solutions. |
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Microphone Placement On Vocals |
What does Sally Sucking Soup have
to do with micing vocals? - Find out. |
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Final Overdubbing |
Of all the tracks, the lead vocal is probably the most important.
Here's how to get the best out of your lead singer.
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Recording Big Clear Lead Guitars |
The bigger and clearer the better! |
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Recording Huge, Wide Rock Rhythm Guitars |
In rock productions the rhythm guitars need to be big also.
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BASIC MARKETING & PROMOTION TIP
ARTICLES
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Half Steps On The Road To A Hit |
What are the common half-steps that stop your progress on the road
to a hit. Tom Gelardi identifies common half-steppin ' that should
be avoided. |
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Radio Hits & Promotion |
A main record promotional tool no longer works the magic that it
did 40 years ago. Tom & Bob explain the role of the "radio hit" in
today's market. |
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Don't Forget The Sponge |
Tom tells you how the rock group Heart got enough attention to
become a number 1 hit group. |
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The Safety Take |
How do you know you have the "right" take? Maybe more importantly,
how do you get the right take? |
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Home Recording For National Production |
Is it now really possible to record in your basement for a
national record company. Bob Dennis and Ron Dunbar from developing
artist productions answer this, and explain why.
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