Archive for March, 2010
An Interval Ear Training Tip
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in Musicianship | 2 Comments »
My last post was on ear training from the recording/mixing perspective (more about frequencies than notes, of course notes are frequencies too but I hope you know what I mean) ... Read more..An Ear Training Method
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Mixing | No Comments »
In this post I'm talking about ear training in the recording/mixing engineer sense rather than in the musician sense (I'm a big fan of EarMaster software to help with that, ... Read more..Six Mixing Tips
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Mixing | 1 Comment »
People (including myself) love quick "takeaway" ideas that they can apply to whatever they are doing right away. That's the idea with these seven tips. Hopefully you'll find at least ... Read more..SL-990 Weighted Key MIDI Controller Keyboard
Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in MIDI, Virtual Instruments | 2 Comments »
In an earlier post I talked about the Pianoteq software which I use for all of my piano sounds and I think I also mentioned that I have an SL-990 ... Read more..How To Set Your Compressor
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Mixing | 1 Comment »
I think learning how to set a compressor correctly is one of the more difficult things to master because the way it effects the sound can be quite subtle. The ... Read more..The Importance of Level Matching
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Mixing | 1 Comment »
It's natural for us to initially hear louder as "better." If we hear a track at one volume and then pop in a plugin that increases the volume we're probably ... Read more..Technique Is More Important Than Gear
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in General | 2 Comments »
It's easy to get obsessed with gear. It's easy to think that the real key to making great recordings is using a $5000 microphone plugged into a $4000 preamp. And ... Read more..