The proper home studio set-up is essential for producers, engineers, and musicians of any level. If you stick to the barebones basics, you can set yourself up a cheap recording studio very easily. People are making amazing records in their bedrooms…
How to Use Auto-Tune for Vocal Tuning
The really interesting thing about Antares Auto-Tune is that just about everyone has an idea of what it is. For engineers, it’s a very useful tool and effect; but the fact that it’s recognized by almost everybody, beyond studio pros,…
Open or Closed Back Headphones? | FAQ Friday
Lewitt Audio Tour & Interview with Founder & CEO Roman Perschon
Looptrotter’s SA2RATE 2 Demo & Giveaway
Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me”: Inside the Song w/ Jack Douglas
DAWs 2019: Best Free Audio Editing Software
A long-running trend in music production software has been the ability to download stripped-down versions for free to test the waters of home recording. The great part about many of these isn’t just the price, but the fact that you…
The DIY Vocal Booth for Home Studios
One factor in getting better sounding vocal takes at home is a DIY vocal booth. It doesn’t have to be fancy, and it especially doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. If your vocal recordings are suffering but you’re…
Are Pro Tools Shortcuts Really Necessary? | FAQ Friday
Leapwing Audio’s DYNONE Demo & Giveaway
Manley Labs Tour & Interview with President/Co-Founder EveAnna Manley
Some of the Best Drum VSTs for Programmed Drums
Drum VSTs are one of the quickest and easiest means to lock down your song’s backbone. As a matter of fact, the software has gotten so good that it isn’t uncommon for solo artists to release finished albums with entirely…
How to Master a Song at Home with These Simple Steps
Mastering is the last step in preparing a song or album for release. The overall sonic aesthetic should be well established by the time a song reaches mastering. What you or a dedicated mastering engineer can do is make final,…
How to make money in music (and get paid!) | FAQ Friday
EVE Audio Tour & Interview with Founder/CEO Roland Stenz
Recording Drums & Grand Piano at Hansa Studios WITH LEWITT
Tegeler Headquarters Tour & Interview with Owner Michael Krusch
The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”: Inside the Song w/ Dave Jerden
Which Audio Editor and Mixer (DAW) is Right for Me?
An audio editor and mixer, simply called a DAW, is the software used to record, edit, mix, and master music, podcasts, post production projects, and anything else audio-related. The truth is, there’s no “best” DAW—only the one that you know…
Plate Reverb Plugins vs. the Real Thing
On one side is the real EMT 140 plate reverb unit: a 600-pound, 8′ x 4′ behemoth introduced in 1957 as one of the first kinds of artificial reverb. On the other is a wide variety of plate reverb plugins…
Mixing Singles to Sound Like the Rest of the Album? | FAQ Friday
iZotope Neutron 3 Demo & Giveaway
Marilyn Manson’s “Coma White”: Inside the Song w/ Michael Beinhorn
Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic”: Inside the Song w/ Francis Buckley
Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know”: Inside the Song w/ Francis Buckley
Creating Space in Your Mixes
One of the hallmarks of a great mix is separation between every instrument. Most mix elements have wide frequency spectrums—even a kick drum can extend well into the high mids and above. When so much information exists in every instrument,…
Compression Techniques: The Multiband Compressor
Learning to use a compressor is one of the most important mixing skills you can develop. Compression is all over mixes, even becoming the sound we associate with loud, modern pop mixing. If there’s anything you want to really understand, it’s…