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Recent Posts
- Tuning Your 808s With Melodyne
- Using Avid’s HEAT To Get That Tape Sound
- The Power of Absynth – Ambiance & Texture
- Understanding Microphones
- The Beat Maker vs. Producer debate
- Dance Medleys
- New auxiliary rig at CCM! $25/hr for the budgeted artist!
- Tips on Recording and Mixing Vocals with LA-610, Distressor and Clariphonic Parallel EQ
- A pesky kick or hi-hat triggering the snare gate in your mix? There’s a side-chain fix for that…
- Your Studio Project Checklist
Category Archives: Recording Tips
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
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!
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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Tagged Denver Hip Hop Videos, Denver Music Videos, Music Videos, You Tube
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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.
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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Tagged denver, drums, home studio, limiter, Mastering, mixing, recording, vocals
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