At various points throughout your recording career, you’ll have chances to record certain instruments for the first time. Maybe you’ve never recorded an actual piano, or a drum kit. Or maybe you’ll need to record an accordion, or a hammer dulcimer, or bagpipes.
Having never done it before, where do you start? I had the [...]
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How to Record Violin (or ANY new instrument)
Online Collaboration Tools
Yesterday I wrote about why you should collaborate online. Today I want to share with you a few tools that will help you get started.
Obviously, you need to find people to collaborate with. Maybe you’ve got some musician friends who live in another town or another country. If you don’t know anyone who’s willing to [...]
Why You Should Collaborate Online
I meet a lot of people online. It’s one of the perks of running a website. I’ve even made…dare I say it?…friends online. (Mom, if you’re reading this, don’t worry. I think they’re all normal, law-abiding citizens.)
Anyway, it’s no secret that the internet can connect you with exponentially more people than you could ever meet [...]
3 Channel Strip Warnings
If you record for any length of time, at some point you’ll come across a channel strip. What is it? A channel strip is simply an outboard microphone preamp that has either EQ or compression built in, or both.
These can be AWESOME, because you can begin to shape the sound of your recordings before the [...]
The Psychology of Recording
Last week my friend Kevin and his wife flew all the way out to Nashville from LA to record vocals for his album in my home studio. We had one week to track vocals for 13 songs.
Of course, we spent a lot of time just hanging out and showing them around Nashville, but 7 days [...]
3 Ways to Become a Better Engineer [Video]
You want to be a better engineer, right? I assume that’s why you read Home Studio Corner and subscribe to my newsletter.
Over the last year I can see areas where I have become a better engineer, and I thought I’d share a few tips with you to help YOU get better, too.
Here’s the video:
And here’s [...]
Do You Always Use Compression?
Do you default to throwing a compressor on every track in your mix? Do you automatically reach for the compressor whenever you mix certain instruments?
Maybe you should re-think that.
Last month I posted about using compression on your master fader. I wrote about how compression can be a great way to glue a mix together, but [...]
Backing Up Isn’t Dorky
Remember the video tour I posted of McPherson Studios a few weeks ago? Well, I was hanging out with Michael (the engineer) yesterday, and he was telling me about a recent session he had that almost became disastrous.
He had booked a week’s worth of sessions in the studio for an album project. They hired great [...]
