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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
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
It’s a tough question and it can be hard to know where to draw the line. It’s a line that needs to be drawn though, and understood by all parties. Your client needs to know so they can make informed decisions when providing feedback on your mix. You don’t want . . . Read more
The placement of your room mic can have a drastic effect on whether or not it’s useful later on in the mix. You can’t just drop it anywhere and hope for the best. You might get lucky, but chances are you won’t. If you’re going to go to the trouble . . . Read more
Your guitar track is sounding a bit narrow and you want it command little more attention. Here’s three quick steps to achieving a wider guitar sound and filling out a bit more of the spectrum. Record the same guitar part with either a different amp or different mic’s on the . . . Read more