Tag: Recording

Setting up – Mastering Effects – Home Recording Tips and Advice

If you are trying to Master your own tunes you will be wanting to know which effects to use and what order to use them in. Truth is there is no set way to set up your mastering effects. It’s all about your ears, does it sound right? 2 previous articles on this site. Mastering […]

Testing Enviroment

Recently I’ve been checking out mini amps and doing audio reviews. The following list is the equipment used when testing. Recording Equipment: Studio Projects – C1 Condenser Microphone t.bone SC-300 Session Master SCM 300 Condenser Microphone Trakstar Pen Condenser Microphone Joe Meek VC3 Compressor AKG N62E PhantomPower Unit Behringer Xenyx 1622FX Guitars Used: Fender 1990 […]

Motu Ultralite-mk3 – Compact Firewire Audio Interface

I like moto equipment and I like it’s ‘does what it says on the tin’ mentality. I saw this advertised recently and liked the fact that it’s all included: Onboard effects make this worth the bucks. MOTU UltraLite mk3 FireWire Audio Interface Standard MOTU UltraLite MKIII @ Dolphin Music £493 ‘The Ultralite-mk3 is MOTU’s most […]

Getting Guitars Louder – Recording Tips

There is a trap that we all fall into when we first start recording – we try and get everything louder. Guitars are no exception. So what can we do to get them to sit in the mix better and have a feeling of greater loudness. Let’s look at compression on guitars. Using distortion or […]

M-Audio 2496 Audiophile Studio Sound Card Review

M-Audio 2496 Audiophile Studio Sound Card Review My favourite soundcard, simple and easy to set up. Never had a problem. M-Audio AUDIOPHILE-2496 PCI Digital Audio Card $99 @ Guitar Trader Open up PC find empty PCI slot insert start up pc and install software. Genius. The thing is it’s that simple, latency is great and […]