Always looking for a new angle? Experimenting for me is much more interesting, unfortunately the more your learn about the correct ways of recording the less likely you are to just mess around. So I thought I’d start a new series of articles about recording in weird, cool and/or destructive ways Todays Tip: Using and […]
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EQ and Compression: Bass Guitar
Bass guitar: tricks, tips and advice on getting the most out of equalization and compression. Home recording and DIY production is a tricky old business for the newly initiated. With each new software program, vst plugin, hardware and technique their comes a new challenge. As with the other instruments I’ve talked about on this site, […]
Sonar Workflow Tips and Tricks: Track Template
Sick of having to name your tracks everytime you start a new project? A really nifty way to save time in Sonar is to create your own ‘Track Templates’. :::How::: Start a new project. Add a couple of tracks, name them if you want. Then selct the tracks you want to be in your template […]
Home Recording: In A Rut? Writers Block
Getting bogged down in your own self capitulating, self absorbed mire? Finding your inspiration and enthusiasm has sapped itself away into the very floorboards? Grab hold of something and shake yourself then. Writers block is not easily fixable, I’m not an expert but it is an ever decreasing circle. Procrastination is the friend of excuses […]
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 […]