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How to Record

Recording Electric Guitar – In Your Home Music Studio

February 9, 2007

When Recording Electric Guitar, “less is more” The problem with so much choice of affordable home recording gear, is that you have even more ways available to you to foul up your glorious electric guitar sound. Effects in the thousands, modeling amps, pedal boards you can dance on, virtual mics, and whatever the latest gadget [...]

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Bad Sound! Bad Sound Mixers?

February 8, 2007

Ever had a call from a friend like this one? “Hi Ken, I’ve just set up my new DAW, and the sound is tinny, feeble, hollow. Sounds like it’s been recorded in a metal tube somewhere a long way away. This isn’t what I paid for…Am I doing something wrong, or should I send the [...]

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Tips for a Great Recording Session

February 5, 2007

Here’s some sound advice, written a few years back by: Richard Dolmat You know your songs are great (and so does your girl/boyfriend, family, pets etc), and you finally decided to record an album in a real studio. That’s great! But what actually happens when you get there? When you finally do pick the perfect [...]

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Vocal Music Recording – Discover the Right Method

February 3, 2007

The human voice – most of us like to hear our own, don’t we? But we also love to listen to singers and speakers whose voice has a beauty, distinctiveness, power to convey passion, that makes it stand out from all others. And we can enjoy this, thanks to techniques, proven over the years, for [...]

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How to Record Music – Acoustic Guitar – Part 2

January 29, 2007

For recording acoustic guitar, there’s a couple of questions to consider before looking at your microphone options: What other instruments are to be in the recording? What recording technique do you prefer? guitar on it’s own, or guitar & vocals, or mellow guitar sound as in jazz? you’re probably looking for a warm, full, natural [...]

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How to Record Music – Acoustic Guitar

January 27, 2007

Recording acoustic guitar, with vocals, in probably the most common home recording experience for the singer-song writer. This tutorial discusses how to record the acoustic guitar. Getting this one right is about as difficult as it gets for any instrument. We happen to use Pro Tools as the recording software. But you’ll be able to [...]

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