What recording info do you need?

Since it is the new year, I thought that I would start the year off with a question to everyone visiting my blog.

What home recording info do you want to learn?

Feel free to post a comment to this post and I will answer any questions that I can in the form of more posts. Just a way to keep things interesting for all of you!

Post you questions in the comments section below by clicking the comments link.

Cheap way to get into computer based recording

If you are looking to get into computer based recording but are worried about your budget check out the following article. It goes into detail on:

1. Operating systems
2. Tracking
3. MIDI Sequencers
4. Mastering
5. and more!

This is a great article for anyone starting in the computer recording world.

Click to see article

Mic Placement

Want to know more about mic placement? How about mic selection? Whether you are recoing drums, guitars, vocals or whatever, knowing where to put a mic when you are recording is a very important thing to know. Here's a couple excellent pages that show mic placement, stereo mic techniques, and much more.

http://members.tripod.com/~Pullpud/microphones.html
http://www.pfarrell.com/prc/michints.html

Try the suggestions on these pages for your next recording project!

Making a homemade popper stopper

Rencently I was asked how to build a homemade popper stopper or windscreen for microphones. We all hate that pesky pop in the mic that we hear when we are recording. I searched around a bit and came across a few home recording sites that have instructions on this very thing.

http://homerecording.com/bbs/archive/index.php/t-19046.html
http://www.deansabatino.com/2005/08/21/67/

Raid your mother's top drawer and have some fun! Hope this helps your recordings.

Nice little article on mixing

While surfing the net for some interesting information on home recording to add to my blog, I came across a little article on mixing and mastering. This is something that I haven't spent a lot of time on with my blog but things will change because it's another aspect on home recording that needs to be takled about as well!

Here it is..

http://homerecording.com/mixing.html

Thanks!

How to record drums

Here's an excellent quick and easy tutorial on how to record drums. You'll learn where to place the mics and which mics are best with each drum, how to mix the drums once they are recorded and how to troubleshoot some common problems you encounter while recording drums in your home recording studio.

Enjoy!

http://homerecording.about.com/od/recordingtutorials/ss/recordingdrums.htm

Thanks to Joe Shambro for this great drum recording article!

Building a vocal booth

Looking into building a vocal booth for your studio?

These tutorials give you the lowdown on creating your own vocal/isolation room that can be used for an amp room, vocal booth, etc. Check out these great vocal booth links:

http://www.projectstudiosolutions.com/

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/news_story/a/news_id/e/131