Tag: SM-57

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

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

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 Samson SR-850 headphones I bought these when funds were tight and I was in desperate need of a replacement, and I had every intention of upgrading as . . . Read more