The Instrumentalist vs. The Musician Mindset

The trap References are meant to guide, not dictate Easy to slip from “informed by reference” to “forcing mix to match reference” Two mindsets Instrumentalist: only hears own part, copies reference note for note, ignores that arrangement/tracking/instrumentation differ, boosts highs just because reference curve is bright, ends up harsh/brittle Musician: hears whole piece, knows where Read More …

Studio Notes – A Rhythm Guitar Pulse

Sometimes you want to feel a pulse of the track, but maybe the drums and bass are just not enough. If you have a strumming Rhythm guitar you can use your automation to make it pump to emphasize the beat. The pumping Rhythm guitar trick first of all select the Rhythm guitar track that you Read More …

Studio Notes – ADR – Automatic Double Track

Abbey Road Studios designed automatic double tracking and here’s a way to simulate that effect First insert a delay across the vocal that doesn’t matter what the delay is in terms of short medium or long we’re going to set it to somewhere around 75 milliseconds it start it doesn’t really matter and if it Read More …

Getting Started :: Other Computer Things to think about

Some other Computer Things to think about. Surge Protectors I have been super please with this one as of late. I do not get any $ for recommending things.  Hopefully this site stays that way. Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) External Drive or Cloud Storage For this, it is important to have something where whatever you upload Read More …

Drum Room Project :: Clean the Ceiling

Continuing with the home studio project.  The basement started with a bunch of junk all over the ceiling in the basement.  More lights than I would think necessary, and the majority of those are he unpleasant florescent lights.  The cobwebs and dust did not come through in the photos, but I spent a fair amount Read More …

Ableton Master Track Chain

At time or original publishing here is the master track chain, that I am playing with in Ableton. EQ8 On this I basically kill anything below 20 to 25 Hz.  I figure this is the bottom for the average set of ears frequency response range. I just get rid of it to help reduce the Read More …