With acoustic guitars you will hear some strums that are really loud and some strums that aren’t quite as loud. It could be very well played but you will still have some variation between strums. Sometimes the dynamic is quite loud and a compressor sometimes just can’t get a hold of that because the difference Read More …
Category: Producers
Homemade Foley Time Lapse Capture
I was recording some noises and FX and remembered to setup a camera and grab a time lapse of some of the work.
Studio Notes – Realistic programmed hi-hats
Programmed hi-hats have way of feeling programmed. Duh. Here are some ways to put some realism into that hi hat part. First copy the track so you have a second programmed hat and you can always revert your changes back. Another option would be to save right before starting, with a slightly different name.
Studio Notes – ADR – Automatic Double Track
Abbey Road Studios designed automatic double tracking and here’s a way to simulate that effect First insert a delay across the vocal that doesn’t matter what the delay is in terms of short medium or long we’re going to set it to somewhere around 75 milliseconds it start it doesn’t really matter and if it Read More …
My Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beat
Welcome to my Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beat story….. Link to post here. NI Blog here. How it started….. So I read through our lo-fi hip hop beat a little bit, and the article recommends opening up Battery in Komplete Kontrol. I don’t have Battery currently, so this was the first challenge to overcome. For me, Read More …
Thoughts on the BMI Sale
Here are some thoughts on the proposed sale of BMI to venture capitalists. What every songwriter needs to know about the BMI sale [Chris Castle] – Hypebot Deal will close in 2024 – Variety This is a bit concerning. Yet another portion of the music industry is up for sale. As an artist, buying stock Read More …
The Native Instruments Producers Series
The blog at Native Instruments has been putting out quite a bit of content as part of a Producers Series focused on learning music production. I am going to use this post as a way to collect all of these together for others, and then you can pick through what you would like to read. Read More …
Places to Submit your Music
Submit Hub Sound Plate Reddit Communities <– This list comes mostly from HypeBot Listen To This Music Promotion My Music Promote Your Music Share Your Music These Are Our Albums This Is Our Music
Studio Shopping List
For Now, here is a wish list. https://www.amazon.com/Rode-NT1000-Cardioid-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B0002PSCQC https://www.amazon.com/Microphone-tenlamp-Adjustable-Recording-shield-106/dp/B091GFGKGH https://www.amazon.com/AKG-Pro-Audio-C214-Large-Diaphragm/dp/B003SO5OZQ https://www.amazon.com/Focal-Alpha-Powered-Studio-Monitor/dp/B00LI6S7FA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKX9Z92 https://www.amazon.com/KRK-Professional-Bi-Amp-Powered-Monitor/dp/B07NDBM6F2 https://www.amazon.com/Neumann-TLM-102-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B003HGLPC6 https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones-Large-Diaphragm-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B01MZBLKN5 https://www.amazon.com/Shure-SM7B-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone/dp/B0002E4Z8M
Shout Out – Bedroom Producer’s Blog
Really been getting into this blog a bunch lately, that I want to give a shout out. Also are a couple of links to some lists I found super useful from this site. Free Compressor VST Plugins Free Limiter VST Plugins