You may want to record vocals to do your own mix or to send it to someone else to arrange and do the final mix. Whatever the need, if you are recording vocals, here are a few details to make sure you are doing the best recording with available resources. Recording levels Get the maximum Read the full article…

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Subscribe and download full series Getting started – Equipment and Room Click for more info… Sound proofing and acoustic treatment Let us start with the basic difference between the two terms – sound proofing and acoustic treatment : •    We use acoustic treatment to get rid of or minimize reflections and frequency reinforcements, making the Read the full article…

Subscribe to download  the full series Getting started – Equipment and Room Click for more info… Microphones convert sound energy to electrical energy, using mechanical motion. How they do this gives us the two main categories of mics – dynamic and condenser mics. This article also looks at how the two differ in their quality Read the full article…

Subscribe to download  the full series Getting started – Equipment and Room Click for more info… Shock mount Condenser mics capture unwanted mechanical vibrations from hand-holding or up through the mic stand. These vibrations are often subsonic in nature. These frequencies muddy the sound and interfere in the available preamp headroom. A shock mount is Read the full article…

Subscribe and download  the full series Getting started – Equipment and Room Click for more info… Note: In this report we don’t make a distinction between sound card and digital audio interface. When we talk of sound card it means audio interfaces also. Sound card options Budget sound cards meant mainly for gaming, comes with Read the full article…

Subscribe and download  the full series Getting started – Equipment and Room Click for more info… My youtube videos are made with Canon powershot. Here is an introduction into using camera for both video and audio, recording and publishing oneself online easy and fast. Panaonic's LUMIX is a camera worth checking out. Panasonic's LUMIX DMC-G3 Read the full article…

Subscribe to download  the full series Getting started – Equipment and Room Click for more info…   Making music? Here are a few things about headphones and monitor speakers you may want to know – their use in the music making process, how to choose them etc… Headphones Using headphones when making music – programming, Read the full article…