Recent Posts Tagged With 'recording'

• Creating Music: Free Multitracking Software

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 17:17 in Software, freeware, shareware, recording, recording software, music creation, multitrack software, freeware audio editing

  Audacity is a great little software program that primarily operates as an editing program. But delve under the hood for a second and you’ll find a multitrack recordig system. Doesn’t support midi but hey it’s free. It looks a lot l...

• Sonar Tips and Tricks: Sidechaining

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 04:01 in home, compression, fx, recording, effects, compressor, sonar, sidechaining, sidechain, using sonar

  <–Sonar and Sidechaining–> For this article I’ve used the free sidechain vst plugin created by slim slow slider download: here Sonar 7 upwards supports multi-input plug-ins, typically sidechain plug-ins. Sidechain plugins a...

• Jargon Busting: Clipping

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 00:54 in recording, distortion, jargon, clipping

  Harsh type of distortion created when a signal tries to exceed it’s maximum given level. Clipping is a form of waveform distortion it occurs when an amplifier is overdriven. The term ‘clipping’ is given to the sound being ‘cut...

• Rent Waves VST Plugins.

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 09:54 in plugins, restoration, fx, Waves, tracking, recording, vst, mixing, mastering, vst plugins, effcts

  Weird turn up for the books, ‘Now, you can rent the Waves you need to give your next project that extra edge. Waves Rental Plan is the new, easy way to use selected Waves bundles. For tracking, mixing, mastering, restoration, or live—whatever...

• Free VST Compression Plugins - BuzComp Free Series

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 05:38 in freeware, Free, classic, plugin, compression, effect, fx, hard, recording, linear, effects, compressor

  Free VST Compression Plugins - BuzComp Free Series - Download Here The BuzComp Free Series is a set of compression plugins from buzzroom. The Set contains the, BuzComp Free GranComp - Classic Hard Compressor - BuzComp Free GranComp3 - Multiband Clas...

• Voxengo - MSED free mid/side vst plugin

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 02:35 in freeware, Free, plugin, effect, recording, vst, mastering, voxengo, free midside, mid side processing

  MSED is a professional audio encoder/decoder plug-in for mid/side processing which is able to encode (split) the incoming stereo signal into two components: mid/side pair, and vice versa: decode mid/side signal pair into stereo signal.  MSED is also...

• Guitar Effects - VST Plugin - FX Software Guitar Rig

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 15:15 in Software, PC, guitar, mac, laptop, plugins, modelling, fx, Waves, line6, recording, standalone

  These days the amount of software out there for guitarists is pretty mind boggling. The variety in sound and the varying cost can make it pretty difficult to decide what is right for you and your setup. There are decisions to make when it comes to ch...

• Setting up - Mastering Effects - Home Recording Tips and Advice

  Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 06:53 in tips, audio, advice, recording, home recording, mastering

  If you are trying to Master your own tunes you will ube wanting to know which effects to use and what order to use them in. Truth is there is no set way to set up your mastering effects. It’s all about your ears, does it sound right? 2 previous...

• Testing Enviroment

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 01:34 in tips, articles, advice, testing, equipment, recording, home recording

  Recently I’ve been checking out mini amps and doing audio reviews. The following list is the equipment used when testing. Recording Equipment: Studio Projects - C1 Condenser Microphone t.bone SC-300 Session Master SCM 300 Condenser Microphone ...

• Motu Ultralite-mk3 - Compact Firewire Audio Interface

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 04:51 in FireWire, sound, recording, motu, audio device, audio card, desktop device, studio project

  I like moto equipment and I like it’s ‘does what it says on the tin’ mentality. I saw this advertised recently and liked the fact that it’s all included: Onboard effects make this worth the bucks. MOTU UltraLite MKIII @ Dolph...

• Getting Guitars Louder - Recording Tips

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 02:22 in tips, guitar, production, compression, recording, limiting, louder, loudness, guitars and amps

  There is a trap that we all fall into when we first start recording - we try and get everything louder. Guitars are no exception. So what can we do to get them to sit in the mix better and have a feeling of greater loudness. Let’s look at compr...

• M-Audio 2496 Audiophile Studio Sound Card Review

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 08:44 in studio, recording, m-audio, soundcard, pci, audio card, audiocard

  M-Audio 2496 Audiophile Studio Sound Card Review My favourite soundcard, simple and easy to set up. Never had a problem. Open up PC find empty PCI slot insert start up pc and s=install software. Genius. The thing is it’s that simple, latency i...

• EQ - Jargon Busting - Graphic EQ

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 07:34 in Free, advice, plugin, production, fx, recording, vst, mixing, sound card, mastering, eq, equaliser

  Graphic EQ - Basically as above picture shows the ‘graphic’ eq is a series of sliders. These sliders are preset values/frequencies - the curve is created by moving the sliders up and down. A cut would mean pulling a slider down and a boo...

• EQ - Jargon Busting

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 03:38 in production, bass, high, low, recording, q, filter, explanation, settings, mixing, frequency, mastering

  Low Frequencies (Bass) Lowest end of the spectrum - frequency range usually between 20 and 150hz. High Pass Filter used on the low frequencies - removing all the frequency below it’s cutoff point, allowing those above it to ‘pass’ t...

• Loudness - War Huh!

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 07:42 in audio, production, compression, recording, limiting, mixing, mastering, loudness

  So you’ve got your track mixed down but it’s just not loud enough compared to other songs on the market. NEED TO TURN IT UP!!! Well no, not really - see the above sentence? IF I WROTE EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS IT WOULD BECOME TIRING T...

• Optimising PC - System Performance

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 02:25 in pc problems, recording, video guides

  Video guide to adjusting system performance - For use with - Optimisng PC for music production...

• Optimising Pc For Music Production

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 16:23 in pc problems, setup, recording

  Setting up a PC or Laptop for Audio/Music production is a neccesity. Here are a few tips… I’ll update this one as I go. If it’s possible do not use PC for internet. And only install Music Software. If that’s not possible then follow the ...