Sometimes you want to feel a pulse of the track, but maybe the drums and bass are just not enough. If you have a strumming Rhythm guitar you can use your automation to make it pump to emphasize the beat. The pumping Rhythm guitar trick first of all select the Rhythm guitar track that you Read More …
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Studio Notes – Equalizers – EQ
EQ types Going to focus on parametric shelving low pass and high pass filters EQ allows us to have control over specific frequencies in a sound by changing their amplitudes This means we can change the character or timbre of a sound by altering the partials and harmonics or even fundamental. We can also use Read More …
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 …
Time To Rebuild My Pedal Board
After a couple of years of neglect, I decided to sit down and finally rebuild my pedal board. Most rehearsals I had just been bringing my tuner pedal, and not much else. Only the Octave and Chorus pedal have been used in any show setting recently, but I have many more sound gizmos that I Read More …
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
More Quick & Dirty Synth Stuff
A few notes for me. How about a simple sine wave in Ableton or a similar DAW. Add in some distortion or Over drive. Draw in some automation. ofc, you can double the track. Add space with an octave. Add chorus, by bumping one of them. Normally I grab sounds and use default settings, but Read More …
More Bass Guitar Recording Tricks
Tune the bass. Tune the bass. Tune the bass. Everything harmonically else in the song is going on top of the bass. If it is a little bit our of tune, then the rest of your tracks are not going to sound right. I like to tune the bass just a little bit flat, so Read More …
Moment to Share
One of those moments to share when you first can say you honestly hear the sound change in something. You do something in your DAW, and you can honestly say to yourself that you hear the change. Good Times!!! For me this was using the send/return Reverb within Ableton, and hearing how useful it was Read More …