Category Archives: Recording Tips

Best practices from the engineers at CCM Studios

Tuning Your 808s With Melodyne

Tuning your 808s with Melodyne is so easy it almost seems unfair. With your 808 pattern in place and sampled into melodyne, all you have to do is find the right notes on a keyboard and assign your 808s to … Continue reading

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Using Avid’s HEAT To Get That Tape Sound

When Avid teamed up with Crane Song Phoenix creator, Dave Hill, something special was bound to happen. Phoenix has long been regarded as one of the best tape emulator plug-ins on the market. In a world of sterile digital recording, … Continue reading

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Tips on Recording and Mixing Vocals with LA-610, Distressor and Clariphonic Parallel EQ

Here’s a few ideas on how I like to record and mix lead vocals…

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A pesky kick or hi-hat triggering the snare gate in your mix? There’s a side-chain fix for that…

To get a cleanly-triggered snare when a simple snare gate won’t work, don’t give up! Try this pro trick instead!

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Your Studio Project Checklist

Before heading into a studio, review this checklist to make sure your head is in the right place.  This list will give you a practical view into what actually goes into making a record and give you a few pointers … Continue reading

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YouTube Streaming Video Offering

Video is your best entrée to the online world. In a world where things fly by us at increasingly fast speeds, it’s important to put a face with your music. According to YouTube, people are watching two billion videos every … Continue reading

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Drum Mixing Trick

Are your drums sounding good but still lack character? Here’s a drum mixing trick that will help with that.

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I Also Love The LA-610!

I totally agree! I’ve always loved the LA-610 on vocals, but I recently used the LA-610 (we have the Putnam Signature Edition btw) as part of a split bass signal.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LA-610

The Universal Audio La-610 is a hell of a good preamp.  As I’ve learned over the last year, it’s also a tremendous pain to learn to use correctly and effectively.  At least, it has been for me.

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Mastering Your Home Recordings: The New Norm?

Recording your project at a studio can be very expensive, and with the advent of increasingly sophisticated DAW’s and plugins, home recording starts looking like a very attractive alternative.

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