As an amateur home studio enthusiast, you may have encountered a common issue: your overhead tracks sound great, but there’s just too much snare bleed. This leakage can muddy your mix, making it difficult to achieve the clarity you desire. Fortunately, there’s a technique you can use to gain better control over this leakage and Read More …
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Perfecting Snare Delay Timing for a Cohesive Mix
To achieve a polished mix, it’s essential to time your free delay to the BPM of your song. This ensures that the delay complements the snare without clouding the overall sound. Avoid processing the snare drums separately from the other instruments, as this can disrupt the cohesion of your mix. To get the timing just Read More …
Unleashing Snare Definition
As a home studio enthusiast, I’ve discovered that achieving the perfect snare sound can sometimes come from unexpected methods. Today, I want to share a unique approach to using a compressor that can help you get the snare definition you’re looking for. First, I start by playing the song and focusing on the snare. To Read More …
Expanding Your Bass Sound
As a home studio enthusiast, I often find myself in situations where the bass needs to stand out, especially when working with synth bass or imagine it is a power trio setup. The challenge is to create a wider sound without losing the essential low-end presence that keeps the mix balanced. Today, I want to 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 …
Drum Room Project :: Do some testing
Now it is time to do some testing. Here are various photos of how the drum room looks now. As this evolves I will add more photos to this page. Back to the Drum Room Project Table of Contents.
Drum Room Project :: Found Stuff
This page is the collection of found stuff. This is usually from the alleys around my home. Back to the Drum Room Project Table of Contents.
Drum Room Project :: Hang some foam
Various foam pictures. I packed this stuff everywhere. 2 Full walls of these, and another fair chunk on the ceiling after hanging curtains and some other rugs and blankets. Back to the Drum Room Project Table of Contents.
Drum Room Project :: Cleaning the floor a bit
A quick post this time. Just a small post on the floor, so you can see how it started. There are some new rugs now, by the time this post comes out, so I will add those as I get them up. I have been busy working on other parts of the family basement. Non-music Read More …