"Doubling" Vocals
When "thickening" up lead vocals is it best to record a second take, or should you just duplicate the first pass? What are some other tricks to add dynamics to vocals? To thicken the vocals, usually you record a second...
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The Recording Coach: Keep It Simple
KEEP IT SIMPLE We’re all likely to succumb to “gear lust” from time to time. “If I just had one more compressor plug-in…” “All I need is another 8 preamp channels.” ...
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Make Mine Live
I love a really well-crafted studio recording. There are some artists who use the studio almost as...
Read MoreBlackbox Recorder
Record your gigs without tearing part your home studio or even lugging a laptop to the gig. The BLACKBOX RECORDER is a single-rack-space digital audio workstation that plugs into any standard live mixing console via the normal...
Read MoreKorg Updates MR-2000S
Korg’s MR-2000S Studio Recorder has been enhanced with a new operating system that adds a number of features. Using O.S. Version 1.5, multiple MR-2000S recorders can now be synced together to facilitate multi-track DSD...
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Ask Lis – Demo Dollars – Speaking of Attorneys – Bringing In The House – Down Home
Demo Dollars Dear Lis, My 12 year old daughter is writing songs and singing them. She’s got...
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Q & A with Lis Lewis – Auditions & Recording
Audition Dear Lis,...
Read MoreCD Baby Payouts Surge Despite Industry Slow Down
CD Baby has announced that it has now paid over 100 million dollars to indie artists. 2008 marked the company’s 10th consecutive year of increased CD sales (up 2% over 2007), despite an industry wide drop of almost 14% and...
Read MoreNew Monitors from Blue Sky
Blue Sky has added two new critical listening components to its full line of monitoring solutions: SUB 212 400-Watt Push-Pull Active Subwoofer and the SAT 8 300-Watt, Compact Mid-Field Monitor. The SUB 212 is designed to be an...
Read MoreThe Recording Coach – Dither, compression, master fader settings
I’m mastering a project, and I’m confused about dithering. How and when should you apply it? — Matt, Elkhart, IN Apply dithering only when you reduce the bit depth (word length). For example, suppose you are...
Read MoreDownload Digital Edition #53
Music Is The Power, Use It! By Robert A. Lindquist, L2P Network Minister of Network Operations "The most successful singers and musicians of all time were the ones who stayed relevant to changing times, and did it with...
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Digital Recording Basics
Warning: This information verges on geek-speak, but it will help you know what you’re doing...
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- The Show Goes On with Allen & HeathThis summer in Bardstown, Kentucky, the sounds of composer Stephen Foster’s “Oh! Susanna” and “My Old Kentucky Home” are alive again at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre thanks in part to a new audio blueprint featuring an Allen & Heath dLive C3500 control surface and DM64 MixRack. Built in 1958, the amphitheatre has hosted The […]
- Meyer Sound LEO heads out on China’s festival circuitMTA Festival China’s music festival scene has been in full swing this summer, with many gatherings across the nation relying on new Meyer Sound LEO Family systems provided by Stage Arts Groups (S.A.G.), a diversified production and artist management enterprise based in Beijing. One standout event in S.A.G.’s non-stop summer schedule was the MTA (Music […]
- Tracktion Present Delta-V Audio’s SpaceCraft Granular SynthTracktion Corporation is delighted to announce the latest addition to their ‘Tracktion Present’ program, Mark Watt’s (Delta-V Audio) SpaceCraft Granular Synth. The SpaceCraft granular synth has been a huge success on iOS since its launch a year ago. Now, in collaboration with Tracktion, the latest version is available as a plugin in for Mac and […]
- The New Era of Product Development: The AES New York 2019 Product Development TrackEach year the Product Development Track presents four days of themed Workshops during the AES Convention. Building on last year’s theme “Make Audio Matter,” the 2019 Product Development Track is built on the theme “The New Era of Product Development.” The Track’s sessions will dive into next-generation methodologies, practices and technologies involved in developing and […]
