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So how can you get that Fender sound without the price-tag? Sounds impossible doesn’t it, can you really get a ’65 Fender Twin Reverb for under $200? I have a few amps in my studio, my main rig is a Vox AC30C2 which has always been (and still is) my . . . Read more
What’s the problem with recording drums in a small room? Small rooms aren’t great for recording drums in. They don’t allow the drums to “breathe” i.e. you have early reflections arriving too quickly which in turn means your cymbal and drum hits can be muddy or muffled and lack sustain. There’s . . . Read more
There are some essential steps you need to take to ensure that your podcast is a success. You want you and you listener to be clear and easy to understand. Your episodes should free of background noise (where possible) and your episodes should all be roughly the same overall volume. . . . Read more
Here’s a quick list of my favourite gear, tools and software that I use on a weekly basis and couldn’t live without. Hardware ART Pro MPA II I’ve long been a fan of ART gear, in fact my first tube guitar combo amp was an ART DST-830 Rulesbreaker which I . . . Read more
There are some truly fantastic mix-worthy free plug-ins these days. if you’re just starting out, you probably don’t have a spare $100 here and there, let alone $300 plus for some of the industry standard bundles. I know I’m not alone in my appreciation for plug-in effect developers who offer their products . . . Read more
Recording an acoustic piano is not something many home studio engineers will find themselves doing. For a start, few of us will have a great sounding grand piano casually placed in the middle of studio, let alone room enough to fit one in there. Recording a piano for the first . . . Read more
The microphone that’s always in your pocket. Why not use it? In all honesty, it’s a million times better than the first ever microphone I bought from my local guitar shop back in the 90’s and the iPhone has it’s own unique compression that you can use to your advantage. I’ve . . . Read more
If you’re in the middle of a tracking session or in the early stages of your mix and you want to add in some reverb, the last thing you want to be doing is auditioning each of your reverb plug-ins and messing around with pre-delay, room size, decay time, reflection etc . . . Read more
Lets say you want to give an electric guitar part a fuller sound or more “feel”. One way to achieve this is by recording a double of the electric guitar part on an acoustic guitar. On a new track, record a double of the electric guitar part on an acoustic . . . Read more
The JS plugin MIDI note constrain plus for Reaper by IXix is a fantastic tool that allows you to play, as the title of this article suggests, one finger chords. Not only can you select the Root note, but you can also set the Scale: Chromatic, Dorian, Harmonic minor, Locrian, Lydian . . . Read more