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3 Important Tools Home Musicians Forget They Have
With the world of music production so heavily saturated with “home recording secrets,” it can be very tempting to believe that with a few small pointers anyone can “tip, trick, and hack” their way to home recording greatness. Sadly, most people find out pretty quickly that like anything worthwhile, good home recording takes time.
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The "Ins And Outs" Of Signal Flow
To start with, please excuse the terrible pun, I couldn’t help myself. To be honest though, that’s exactly what I’m going to be talking about today, and understanding input and output is a huge part of understanding signal flow.
Audio signal flow is one of those topics that nobody really wants to look into unless they absolutely have to, and I get it- there’s nothing flashy or glamorous about it. That being said, understanding signal flow opens the door to so many other worthwhile topics, if you can learn to appreciate it now.
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What Are Your Recording Excuses Really Saying?
Nobody plans to only do part of something and give up. I think most people would agree that is madness. But all too often projects in the home studio start out with a lot of enthusiasm, only to be later abandoned and never revisited (if they even make it that far). Why? It may not be as simple as you think.
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Setting Proper Recording Levels
Awhile back I wrote a post about the importance of proper gain staging during recording. If you’ve read that post then you know a few of the common issues that commonly creep up in the home studio environment, usually stemming from a misunderstanding of how each component in an audio signal path affects the overall signal. Proper gain staging aside though, you might be wondering “What about the final input volume of the signal? What should I be looking for once the audio signal gets to my DAW?” It’s a good question, and the answer lies in your DAW’s meters.
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Gear Is Not Your Problem (Worrying About It Might Be)
Today I wanted to talk about one of the biggest wasters of time and energy that plagues the average home studio owner- gear doubt. Go to the first home recording forum on the internet that you can find and I guarantee that within the first minute you will find yourself amidst a group of people passionately arguing about what they believe to be “the best” audio equipment/setup available. I find these kinds of debates incredibly depressing.
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Natural Drum Reverb (Or Start At The Source)
Looking to drastically increase the quality of your next recording? Start with the source. It can be tempting to leave the tough decisions about our tracks until later and say to ourselves that we’ll “fix it in the mix”- this kind of thinking almost always leads to a bunch of unnecessary headaches. Committing to the sounds that we want to get early on forces us to make the tough decisions about our tracks as we capture them, instead of worrying about making our tracks sound good later. Check out the video to see how my bandmates and I used this approach on some of our recent drum recordings!
How To Wrap A Mic Cable W/ Jacob Hrajnik
My friend and fellow bandmate Jacob brought this up during a recording session, and I thought it was worth sharing. This will no doubt seem a bit simplistic to a few of you at first glance, but believe it or not it’s something I only recently learned I was wasn’t doing properly. I think the lesson here is that even the most basic things “we already know” deserve to be challenged, because there might be something important that we’ve missed. Not only does proper wrapping of microphone cables prolong the life of the cable itself, it will also help keep things better organized- a crucial part of successful home recording. In addition to the title of “cable wizard,” Jacob is also an exceptionally talented musician and producer. You can check out some of his latest work here.
Clean Up Your Song With A High Pass Filter
I’ve wanted to do my first official video for the blog for awhile now, and finally settled on this as a topic that just couldn’t wait. A little while ago I wrote a post about the importance of using a high pass filter in the mixing phase of music production, but I thought I’d take that idea a little further with a more hands-on approach. Check it out, and hope it helps!
