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The Recording Chain – Part III – Avoiding the Noise
Last time I talked about getting the good signal. The enemy of any good signal is noise. Picking up where I left off: Ground Loops A[...]Read Post
The Recording Chain – Part II – Plugging In
When you record anything, whether it’s to hard disk or to a 4-track cassette, the first thing you need to do is plug in. This time[...]Read Post
Buying Gear
I thought it might be helpful to talk about buying gear and to try and give you a mental box-cutter to slice through the sales hype.[...]Read Post
The Recording Chain – Part I – The Microphone
The next several blogs will be devoted to information and hands-on techniques to help you maximize the potential of your recordings. We’ll cover the stages of[...]Read Post
Professional Results and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
There's something called the Dunning–Kruger effect that describes how inexperienced people tend to over-estimate their abilities..[...]Read Post
Making Music on an iPad with Garageband
In this video Hagop Tchaparian and Scott James show how you can make music on and iPad with Garageband and a few pieces of equipment from[...]Read Post
Don’t Let Your Album Turn Into a Megaproject
Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. In order to increase its capacity Heathrow needed a new terminal. The new terminal 5[...]Read Post
5 Important Considerations To Make Before Entering The Studio
Jon Ostrow (@miccontrol) is the cofounder of MicControl, a music blogging community that bridges the gap between musicians[...]Read Post
Quality Counts
There’s a phrase you hear bandied about sometimes during recording sessions – “We’ll fix it in the mix.” Afterward while amongst themselves, engineers will translate this[...]Read Post
