Articles Dealing With Mixing of Multiple Tracks Together To Produce One Final Audio File. Mixing Is Mainly In The Realm of Music Recording.
Entering into the live sound realm for a bit – do you know the difference between a PA and a distributed power system? You’ve probably heard of a PA (public address) system system before. These are what live bands use, as well as even coordinators, etc. It’s usually heavy box (mixer and amplifier combined) with [...]
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I just recorded a 1-man-band cover of the song, That Thing You Do, (written by Adam Schlesinger for the movie of the same name) from scratch on my computer-based home recording studio right here in a spare bedroom. The reason I did it, besides just loving the song and always wanting to, was to demonstrate what kind [...]
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Here is a good article on vocal EQ tips. Whether you’re a voice-over person or you also record music, chances are good you’ll want to know a little something about vocal EQ (remember that EQ is short for equalization, which is one of the audio recording terms that don’t really describe what it means to [...]
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IK Multimedia, maker of many excellent audio products but most recently some fabulous iOS apps, have just announced that they have released not one but several new mobile music apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (I’ll just abbreviate that lat bit by saying “iOS” from here on out). One of these latest releases is [...]
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A blog post I saw this morning caught my eye with a question about whether mixing is even necessary. It was meant to be a joke. I think this is because a lot of sites in the audio recording space focus strictly on music. Here at Home Brew Audio, we understand that lots of folks [...]
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In this article, Des give some really practical advice, and even better, cheap-to-implement advice on improving your home recording studio mixes. Several of these tips are things I espouse and use myself, such as listening to your mixes on lots of different systems. I do a lot of critical listening in my car:). A lot [...]
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A big question in home recording is whether you need studio monitor speakers, or if you can get by with just headphones. As with so many things, the answer is “it depends.” I know, I know; you want to know what it depends on. Well, I’d say it depends mainly on whether or not you [...]
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We just received the following from someone who had just completed The Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness video tutorial course on home recording: Jake, first I want to congratulate you on an excellent job. The home brew audio [Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness (ed.)] is the best home recording tutorial I’ve invested in. [...]
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Multitrack recording software allows you to add tracks to previously-recorded tracks. This is mainly used in music recording where, say, you are a singer and want to record yourself singing harmony with yourself. You’d sing the melody first (usually) on one track. Then you’d open a second track and sing a harmony along with the [...]
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The term voice recording software, especially in the context of recording voice overs, is actually sort of a misleading term. That’s because pretty much any software that is designed for recording on a computer is going to be just as capable of recording the human voice as any other audio. So the real question, becomes [...]
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