Mar 14th, 2007 by Will Eifler in Recording, Recording Technique
Making drum tracks thick enough can be quite the challenge sometimes, especially if you’re using programmed drums or loops. A great solution is to throw a few more drum tracks on top of it - I like to pop open a couple of canned loops, whether my own or off-the-shelf. However, you can make a […]
Mar 9th, 2007 by Will Eifler in Articles, Recording, Recording Technique, General
Chances are, if you’re already producing music, that you have run into the issue of compression, limiting, and general loudness. Not only does the right average volume level keep your tracks at the same volume as all the commercial songs, it is also more convincing to listen to. There are a lot of places that […]
Mar 8th, 2007 by Will Eifler in Recording, Recording Technique, General
I was thinking of doing something other than a product highlight, but my plans changed when I saw this. This is another one of those one-product start-up companies like I’ve been highlighting, and their product is actually quite similar to the monome 40h and the genoQs Octopus in the way of MIDI control. But, like […]
Mar 7th, 2007 by Will Eifler in Recording, Equipment
In the music industry, new products can seem to be simply upgrades of the “more-of-the-same” type. Sometimes one could easily feel that not a lot is happening in the music equipment arena.
Mar 6th, 2007 by Will Eifler in Recording, Recording Technique, General
A couple years back I was loaned a book, “Sound Advice: the Musicians Guide to the Recording Studio“, and ended up buying the book. It’s not new - written 1990, it doesn’t have snazzy guides to today’s DAW software, but it has tremendous recording wisdom, advice, tips, etc. I am especially fond of it for […]
