More notes to myself… (and the other bedroom producers out there.) These are some of the Kick Drum EQ Tips from some recent videos. I have yet to test these out, so YMMV. With the bass drum there could almost be a problem around 300 Hz to 600 Hz. Check the EQ. How do the Read More …
Category: Home Studio
These are the post around the home studio. Some men want a man cave, I want to record live music in my home.
More Quick & Dirty Synth Stuff
A few notes for me. How about a simple sine wave in Ableton or a similar DAW. Add in some distortion or Over drive. Draw in some automation. ofc, you can double the track. Add space with an octave. Add chorus, by bumping one of them. Normally I grab sounds and use default settings, but Read More …
Drum Room Project :: Hang Some Curtains
Drums can be quite loud, especially when you have a spouse, children, and various animals in your house as well. The dog is not fond of the drum set at all. My thinking, as flawed as it may be, is that it will take many layers of objects and surfaces, along with types and angles in Read More …
More Bass Guitar Recording Tricks
Tune the bass. Tune the bass. Tune the bass. Everything harmonically else in the song is going on top of the bass. If it is a little bit our of tune, then the rest of your tracks are not going to sound right. I like to tune the bass just a little bit flat, so Read More …
Notes :: Music Licensing
So I am trying to figure this out. This to me seems the easiest, and maybe quickest way to financial freedom using music as my means of getting there. At this point this page is a random collection of tips and quotes from resources I have found on the web. Consider it a notes page Read More …
Quick and Dirty Synth Sound
Quick Filthy Bass Line You could buy a synth pedal, or if you collect other kinds, you can have a DIY emulator. Here is a quick and dirty synth sound you can try. 3 Elements …….. Something to create space. This could be Reverb or Delay. I guess Echo, if such a pedal exists. Something Read More …
Notes :: Tune the Drums
When you are tuning drums make sure that you do cross tension. Meaning that you start with the lug nut furthest across from you give it a 1/2 a turn, then go across from that do half a turn, across from that half a turn. It ends up being a star pattern on the drums.. Read More …
Moment to Share
One of those moments to share when you first can say you honestly hear the sound change in something. You do something in your DAW, and you can honestly say to yourself that you hear the change. Good Times!!! For me this was using the send/return Reverb within Ableton, and hearing how useful it was Read More …
Getting Started :: Expand on our Little Setup
In truth, the only limitation the studio could possibly have is the songwriter. In some ways it doesn’t matter what first made the noise. In many ways it does not matter how the noise is recorded. In almost every case, the only opinion that matters is the individual making the noise. I think Miles said, Read More …
Getting Started :: My Home Studio PC
My home PC is not an off the shelf model. In fact it was actually built by a friend of mine to be a server not a desktop. He offered to sell it to me for a decent price right at the same time my original studio laptop was dying. Price + need, and this Read More …