Audio recording engineer - How to be one

You want to be a Recording Engineer, a Record Producer, a Mixing Engineer...You've graduated from Recording School...now what??? It's not easy to break into the recording industry, and once you do, how do you succeed in this ever changing and overly saturated job market?

At audiointern.com, you will find valuable resources pertaining to the recording studio industry, including tips on how to get in the door at a recording studio, stand out above the compatition, and ultimetly succeed in the recording industry. Here you can learn from those who have gone before. Hear hundreds of success stories from past audio interns, who are now established recording engineers and producers. Find out what they didn't teach you in recording school...straight from those working in the industry.

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Recording Studio - Learn to Mix Music

Learn how to mix audio from a multi platinum professional.

Mastering at Abbey Road Studios

A brief guide to mastering and the TG Mastering console.

Mastering Audio by Bob Katz

Bass Frequency Surgery tutorial by Bob Katz, author of Mastering Audio (9780240808376) by Focal Press.

Mastering with Universal Audio's Precision Series Plug-Ins

This video demonstrates using UA's Precision mastering Series plug-ins, along with some of the Precision Mix series plug-ins, to master a track.
For a higher resolution version, please visit the Plug-In Power article in the May Edition of UA's webzine

Limiting and Mastering tips with Ozone and Danny Byrd

Danny Byrd (Hospital Records) talks about using Ozone to get loud, club-ready mixes.

Music: "Gold Rush" by Danny Byrd ft. Brookes Brothers

EQ Essentials in Pro Tools

Study Pro Tools online with Berklee. Term begins June 30th:
http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/co...

Balance the frequencies in your mix using the EQ plug-ins in Pro Tools and get your recordings sounding top notch.

Berkleemusic.com is the continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, delivering online access to Berklee's acclaimed curriculum from anywhere in the world and teaching online music production, music business, songwriting, guitar, bass, music theory, arranging and performance.
http://www.berkleemusic.com/?pid=2036

RBA - Be kept up to date.

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Recording - General Questions

This week we take a moment to answer some of our viewers questions that we have received from comments on our videos as well as messages.

Home Recording - How to

This video will show you the basics to creating your very own Home Recording Studio.

Soundproofing a Professional Recording Studio

Learn how to soundproof a professional recording studio in this how-to video clip on professional recording equipment. Here is a quick video that shows you how a professional sound booth is built. From the walls, to the patch bay, even the glass. A soundproof room does 2 things. First it keeps all the sounds from outside the room getting in the room. Second, it doesn't let the sound waves in the room reflect around and produce any room noise. These reverb free rooms around called anechoic which is the technical tern, or dry. Alot of recordings these days are made in "dry rooms" and then the ambiance is added in later with plugins or hardware gear.

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Click Trax - A# Sharp Recording Studio

The pros and cons of using a "Click Track" when recording.

Charles Dye and Mix it like a Record

Charles Dye is one of the first people to mix an album inside a computer. This video is about analog and digital sound
Mix It Like A Record, the DVD/DAW session based mixing course that critics, pros and users agree is the definitive resouce to learn mixing. kagimedia.com

Audio - Digital and Analog

Famed engineer-producer Eric Thorngren shares his knowledge and experience in the field of audio recording. Here is a video that talks about using sound from software and connecting it to hardware units. This is one technique that I do not use in the studio, but there is lots of studios that do.

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Are Record Companies Really Evil? - By Jimmy Iovine

Interscope Records head Jimmy Iovine sheds some light on why record companies are the first to be blamed when things go wrong for an artist, and why they only sometimes deserve it.

Record Producer - What Makes a Great one by Jimmy Iovine

In this ArtistsHouseMusic.org clip, Interscope Records head Jimmy Iovine shares his thoughts on what the great producers have that the rest of us don't.

Retail Today - Jimmy Iovine

In this ArtistsHouseMusic.org clip, Interscope Records head Jimmy Iovine shares his opinions on retail music today.

Don't Drop The Mic: Tip From A Pro

Taking a microphone on and off a stand too often results in dropping the mic. In this Tip From A Pro, Roger Cole (Steve Vai, Little Feat) demonstrates an easy way to reduce the chance of dropping a microphone when removing it or placing on a mic stand.

Inside Home Recording - Contest Winners

Winners of our Zoom H4 contest in the first full-length video podcast from insidehomerecording.com, celebrating our 40th episode since we began in August 2005. Hosted by Paul Garay and Derek K. Miller in Vancouver, Canada. Part 2 of this video includes free video tutorials on using recording software: Reason, Ableton Live, and Logic. Check Revver for Part 2, or see both parts together in hi-res at insidehomerecording.com.

Inside Home Recording #56

Dave Chick on Cakewalk’s Dimension Pro, Boris Aeven on recording philosophy, Paul on hard drive failure, Derek on overcompression and pitch correction, our final remix winner, and more on IHR TV. Oh, and Derek shaves his head.

Inside Home Recording TV Episode #1

In this debut episode of Inside Home Recording TV (IHR TV), Paul Garay shows you how to use Propellerhead Software’s ReWire with Apple Logic Pro and Reason. ReWire is a software technology that acts like an invisible virtual cable, allowing you to route audio and MIDI information from one audio program to another on both Mac and Windows.

Compression - Two Stage Part 2

Monster Island TV: Mike Caffrey exaplains the two stage compression technique from the Tape Op magazine article in the 2007 AES issue.

Compression - Two Stage Part 1

Monster Island TV: Mike Caffrey exaplains the two stage compression technique from the Tape Op magazine article in the 2007 AES issue.


Part 2 coming soon!

Mastering D.I.Y

This clip reveals five important tips on how to get the best possible result when preparing your recording to be sent in to be mastered.

Speakers - A# Sharp Recording Studio

Discussion of why a recording sounds different depending on the quality of speaker.

Mixing Part 2

Here is part 2 of the mixing videos by Eric Thorngren. Have you ever used samples with a recorded drum set? This pro does to keep a consistent drum sound. One phrase you hear a few times in this video is NS10's Those are the small speakers that are directly behind him. They are not built anymore, but they are an industry standard that a lot of people use. There always seems to be a pair on ebay. Be careful buying from ebay, but they are a great addition to any studio.

Mixing - Part 1

Famed engineer-producer Eric Thorngren shares his knowledge and experience in the field of audio recording. Here is the first video of 2 about mixing. In this video you will learn about the process Eric uses to mix albums. To give you a summary he first uses a process called analog summing. This means the the audio is taken from a digital system and put through a analog unit that makes all the channels into a single stereo track. The next step is a compressor then record the stereo tracks back into a DAW. Part 2 will be on its way soon.

Kanye and Timbaland in the studio working on Stronger

Here's an interesting clip of Kanye and Timbaland in the studio working on Stronger. It's pretty cool to see them be so pedantic over just a kick sound, maybe they do earn those incredible pay cheques...

Stronger Revisited from Kanye West on Vimeo.

Hal Bruce & Scott Ferguson AROTR Scranton 2007

The guitar player is Hal Bruce, he is an internationally recognized performer for Beatles events. I was lucky enough to record a portion of his album last year. The drummer name is Scott Ferguson, he is the owner of the studio that I work at. Fergusonmusicproductions.com

Hal Bruce & Scott Ferguson's medley of I'll Follow the Sun, I Need You, I'll Be Back, and I've Just Seen A Face on 2 June 2007 at Abbey Road on the River in Scranton, PA

Car Audio - Elliot Scheiner on Perfecting Car Audio

You’ve probably never heard of Elliot Scheiner, but if you’ve listened to any music over the past 30 years you’ve definitely heard his work. As a Grammy Award-winning audio engineer he’s tuned songs for artists from Faith Hill and Steely Dan to Fleetwood Mac and B.B. King. He stands as a legend in the recording industry and remains one of the most renowned producers in the business. Helping bring studio-quality sound to the masses, Scheiner has teamed up with Panasonic and Acura to deliver an in-car sound system with quality that bests professional equipment. Available on three Acura models (MDX, RDX and TL) ELS 5.1 Surround Sound brings the depth and clarity of six separate channels to your daily commute, making the breathtaking sound of the recording studio as close as your driveway.

Hardware or software: Home Recording

Home Recording Hardware or software lesson 1

Here is some equipment talked about in the video.

Stand Alone Recorders

DAW's ( Digital Audio Work stations) Need a computer to run.

Sound Engineering Technicians Job Description

Sound Engineering Technicians Job Description

Essential Engineering Techniques with Drew Malamud

in this Artistshousemusic.org clip, Drew Malamud, producer/engineer and studio director for Studio Plateau out of Montreal, talks about key engineering techniques that can be applied in any studio situation. He also goes through a few popular studio microphones and recording techniques that are very important to the way he works in the studio.

Phase - What is it?

I know I have a video about Phase, but here is another one that is very well done. I hope you understand phase better after this video.

Audio Productions

The basics of digital audio production

Sidechaining in Cubase SX

How to create sidechaining in SX for use with compression or gate effects.

This came from the now defunct audiofarm website and was made by a user called "Counterpoint".

NIN: Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails - The New Music Interview

You get to see the inside of Trent Reznor's old house in New Orleans! Very awesome interview! You should watch this if you are a die hard NIN fan!

Home recording studio photos

Here's is a video of home recording studios for around the world that I really enjoyed watching.

Sound Quality - Terry Howard on the Importance of it

Terry Howard, winner of 3 Grammy Awards in 2005 for his work with Ray Charles discusses the importance of 64-bit audio quality and why SONAR 6 is his DAW of choice. Recorded at the 2006 AES convention.

PA System - Ringing Out Feedback

This video demonstrates how to ring out a PA system to eliminate feedback. Releasing May '06, The Ultimate Church Sound Operator's Handbook by Bill Gibson, contains almost 500 pages of full color text, photos, illustrations, and a DVD with audio and video examples teaching everything you'll need to know to be a live sound engineer.

Track Groups to Mix in Pro Tools

Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Berklee Professor Jeff Baust explains how to take control of your mix and learn how to handle a multi-track session by utilizing the Mix and Edit Group feature in Pro Tools.

Mastered - Reasons why you should have your music

Get the FREE full DVD at www.discmakers.com/youtube
Disc Makers and Mix Magazine present "Sounding Your Best: Mastering Tips and Techniques From The Pros."

This clip explains how a dedicated mastering engineer can help make your CDs sound better by:

- tweaking levels and tonal balance between songs
- cleaning up fades, hiss, pops, clicks, and studio noise
- improving the bass
- lending a fresh set of ears to the project
- checking specific frequencies to help, for example, the vocals pop out
- judiciously applying a little compression, limiting and EQ.

The mastering engineer also lends a fresh set of ears to the project, as well as some quality equipment and a sonically optimal room

Part 1

Part 2

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Track Sheets - Do we still need them.

Darrin Chiarizzio
Subject: Recording Studio Organization

Message: Thanks for the info you have posted on your RBA.com site. I have a small home project studio, running Pro Tools LE. I was just wondering if you had any tips for organization when it comes to working through a recording project. I often find that I end up starting from different points/places when recording. Do you use tracking sheets? Do you try to get all your instruments done at one time, (multiple songs/projects)?

Just some basic organizational ideas. I'm not referring to putting up cords and placing all your stands in the corner closet, etc., but functional ideas of how to progress through a recording project.

I'll keep watching your site for more. Keep up the good work.

DC.

Hey there Darrin Chiarizzio
Thanks a lot for the question. Yes I do use track sheets, they are
very helpful at the studio. For every client / project I make a
folder to keep all paper work in one place. On the back to the track
sheet or on a separate page I draw all the microphone setups twice.
The first one is a side angle, and the other is a birds eye view. If
we ever have to go back to a recording we have all the exact mic
setups. I also keep cue sheets of all the gear used, this is a
picture of a preamp (for example) with all the settings marked on it.
Last but not least I name the tracks different then most people. If
there's a guy named "Rob" playing the guitar, I don't just name the
track "Rob." Who's recording, what microphone, and if I made a
drawing of the microphone there will be a reference to that. For
example if I was recording Rob with a Sm57, and with was the first
picture I made the track would be named. Rob 57 p1. The few things I
recommended work best if you have multiple projects you are working
on. I hope this all helped
Adam Smith

EQ Trick - Tonelux "Pultec"

Paul Wolff shows how to use a broad eq boost and a narrow cut, centered at the same frequency, to give a sound a subtle but clarifying presence boost.

UAD Vintage EQ Shootout

This video compares the Neve 1073, Neve 1081, Helios Type 69, and Pultec Pro EQs on a variety of sources. Let your ear be the judge of which EQ is best for the task!

AES - Benefits of 64-bit Mixing

Former Cakewalk CTO Ron Kuper, discusses the benefits of mixing with SONAR's 64-bit double precision audio engine (on 32-bt or 64-bit machines

Loudness Wars

Big-name CD manufacturers are distorting sounds to make them seem louder. Sound quality suffers.

Computers - Buying a new one.

I'm from Argentina, sorry but my english sucks.
I've been working on recording karaoke since 2004. I need to change my computer by other more powerful. Right now, i use Intel 3.0 HT with 2gb RAM. Thanks

Right now a lot of computers now are running windows vista, and a lot of software doesn't work with it yet. Make sure that your audio software has updates for vista, then get the latest computer. The main thing that I looked for when I got a computer is the RAM. You can always buy more memory storage, and processors are fast enough for medium sized projects. Get a minimum of 1G of RAM. Let me know what you end up doing.
Adam Smith

Question from Lor Chang

I recieved this question from Lor Chang, "Hi i'm a musician that is ready to record my music but i have no clue how to get started or what I'll need, please help me."

Lor, the email you gave me to reply is not working so I'll answer you here.

There is allot of things you need to consider when you want to start recording.
1. Budget: These days we are very lucky to be able to record audio under any budget
2. How many tracks do you want to record at once? 1-2 just for you or 8 - 12 for a band.
3 Do you want to record with microphones or direct?
4. Do you want to record on a computer or a stand alone device?
5 Do you want your recording equipment to be moble?

So there are some questions to ask your self before you start buying. If you know the direction you want to take please email if you need any help with what equiptment you should buy.

adam@recordbetteraudio.com

Drum Loop: This video explains the world's most important 6-sec

This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.

Baffles - How to make them for the studio

I have been asked a number of times how to build the baffles I use in the studio. Here is the latest one.
I watch the video seminar on mic placement for acoustic guitar. You were seated in front of three baffles. Can you tell me about those baffles? Are they home-made? What is the material inside the baffle?

Thanks,
frogsmusic.com


These baffles are home made, they are pretty easy and inexpensive to make.

Here is a list of everything that is used.

Step one

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The baffles at the studio are 4' x 4'. You can build them any size you want. Take 4 pieces of 1 x 8 wood and sucre them together. You will probably want to use screws. It would be better to use wood that is thicker then one inch.

Step two

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Take 4 pieces of wood that are 1x6. Cut them so they fit exactly inside the 1x8 square. This will add strenght to the baffle. Then nail the 1x6 to the 1x8 leaving 1 inch at each side.

Step three

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Take a heavy duty piece of fabric and cut it a little larger then the 1x6 square. (1/2 inch on all 4 sides should do.)Then staple the fabric to the 1x6 with any left over to the 1x8.

Step four

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Take some trim that fits inside the 1x8. Nail the trim to the 1x8 and 1x6. This will secure the fabric and insulation into place.

Step five

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Fill the area that the 1x6 covers with pink fiber glass insulation.

Step six

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Cut the same size fabric as step 3 and the same size trim as step 4. Staple the fabric to the 1x6 and any excess to the 1x8. Then nail the trims into place. There you have it, we use these free standing baffles all the time in the studio. These are just general steps, you can make any size baffles you need. Let me know how this works out.

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Getting Signed

I wonder if the story is the same at every studio? Once a month we find in the inbox for the studio an email from someone who wants to get signed in the record industry. I usually send back an email saying that is not our end of the business. Usually the emails sound like it coming from a 12 year old hip hop wanna be who cannot write a sentence with some form a slang in it. Today we (the studio) received an in-depth email from a girl who wants to help her friend get into the music industry. Since she took the time to send us a real email, I decided to take some time to write her back. Let me know if you agree with the email.

Hello there.
The music industry has (mainly) 2 parts to it. 1. Recording label 2. Record Studio. We are a recording studio, we do not sign anyone. Either a label will bring someone to us, or someone is paying out of their own pocket. Just be careful, there is lots of people that will tell you they will sign you, take some money for charges and then tell you you didn't try hard enough. Then take off with your money. If Gregg wants to get noticed, what is he doing about it?  He needs to build a profile (image) and build a fan base. Producers will always attend shows when "someone they heard about" is performing. But now a day you no do not need a recording label to make your music dreams come true. Once Greg has wrote a few songs that have radio potential, he should try to sell his music online. Then he is making 100% of the profit and doesn't owe anyone any money. Once he is well known locally, it is only a matter of time before someone will contact him with a contract. When someone contacts him, then he should shop around. As long as he doesn't take the first deal offered to him until he looks around. There is lots of people willing to rip you off while they make you think that they are helping you achieve the dream.

Compressor - The basics

I received a question about the compressor.

Question:

Ok, im making my own home studio. i had a problem with the vocals. When I would hit higher notes it would record louder. Someone told me get a commpressor. I bought a dbx 266xl. I still can't figure it out. do i need to purchase something else? could you help me? Thank you so much for your time. im still an amature at this.

Answer:

You have the right tool. After your microphone goes through the pre amp, put the out put of that into the input of the compressor. Then set the channel to these settings. On the compressor Threshold -20dB, Ratio 2:1 Attack at the 9 o'clock position (pointing to the left set closer to fast) Release set to 12 o'clock (straight up). Now sing into the microphone and watch the red lights (Gain Reduction dB) they should only hit around 6db. Play with the threshold and try to adjust it. The threshold controls when the compressor is active, the ratio controls how hard the compressor is working. I hope this helps.

Eq: What are filters

Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Berklee Professor Jeff Baust explains how to use the Filter EQ function to cut and boost frequencies in your Pro Tools session.

King Of Pop - Part one of Access Hollywood's exclusive interview with the King Of Pop in Ireland recording new album in the studio.

Part one of Access Hollywood's exclusive interview with the King Of Pop in Ireland recording new album in the studio.

Home recording - hardware software tips

How to Home recording hardware tips http://www.thenextlevelguitar.com

DAW - Get more out of it with Freezing

Learn how to conserve CPU resources with SONAR's Freeze functionality for Tracks, Effects, and Synths. Originally Recorded for SONAR

Soldering an XLR connector to an Audio Mic Cable

Everyone should know how to solder their own cables. I do know because of this video.

Quote from the video developer. "I've found that trying to demonstrate sondering to a group of students a problem. Too many people need to see the details. So, I made this video to show, close-up, the steps to soldering an XLR connector onto an Audio cable. This is not the end-all, be-all of soldering by any means. It does help my teaching a large group the skills."
For more how-to type stuff for technical theater, please visit www.hstech.org

Myspace - Why should you use it

During February 15th - 18th I attended the East Coast Music Awards (ECMA's) This is a music award in trade show for artist in Eastern Canada. I was able to attended many seminars about the music industry, and the number one phrase I heard was "MySpace." There is an ever growing number of producers, talent scouts, and touring agents now turning to MySpace to find new musicians and recording artist.

Why should you use myspace?
- It's Free
- It's easy to use
- Everyone is the music business uses it
- You can host your music there
- You can keep track of how many people viewed your space, listen to your music, etc
- People can play your music from their space
- It's a great networking tool that will help you find artist to collaborate with

Recording Schools

Hello

My name is Erick Muise. I've been producing/mixing for about the last 5 years and have become more serious in the last year or so. I'm 20 years old and am producing my own album, but not for commercial purposes. (least I haven't thought about it) I guess what I\'m trying to say is, could you recommend any schools that you consider to be good for learning recording arts. I have left my current program to pursue producing and am also wondering what kind of job opportunities, if any are available in the recording industry. I'm extremely well versed in programs such as Soundforge, Reason, and Fruityloops and I guess I'm just looking for schooling that will give me some serious education. Anything you can help me with would be great!

Thanks a lot!

Hello Erick
Thanks for the question
There are 2 approaches to get into the music industry, both involve who you know and luck. There are many recording schools out there, that's a good and bad thing. Good in a sense that the education you seek after, might not be too far away. Bad because the music recording school business is getting as big as the music business. Within a couple of blocks from my recording school, there was another 3 recording schools. If you choose to go to a recording school, I recommend first for you to take a tour, find out what the daily class sizes will be, tuition fee, and job placement. If you know someone that owns or works at a recoding studio, try to arrange with them an internship before and after you go to school. Before will help you understand the basics, after will help get your foot in the door for a job. These recording schools cost thousands of dollars, but allot of studios will never be interested in you unless you have an education.

So if you aren't ready to go back to school, you can always make a small studio of your own. With this studio record some freebies. This will help you build up your training, help you network, and find people that are willing to pay. Hopefully down the road you will record someone that will make a hit, that will help further your profile as a producer. 

I can't really recommend any one school, in the end they all teach you the basics that you need for recording. There are programs offered that will get you an internship at a local studio. You pay them. They pay the studio for taking you as someone to train. Hopefully they will teach you more about audio, then how they like their coffee. 

I know I didn't give you a direct answer to your question. I did go to a recording school, and because of that I have a job at a recording studio. If there is a recording school in your area, take a tour and ask lots of questions about what they can do for you. Let me know what you end up doing.
Adam Smith 
www.recordbetteraudio.com

Loudness Wars

Big-name CD manufacturers are distorting sounds to make them seem louder. Sound quality suffers. Here is a great video showing you want compression does to the sound waves and how it makes the audio sound. When I was at school we had a guest speak come and tell us about mixing and mastering music. He played us a song and asked us how we liked it. He then played around on his computer and played us the same song again. He then asked which one we liked better. We all answered the second take and why. He kind of laughs at us and then told us that he only raised the volume a few dB and that was the only change he made. It is true that audio does sound better louder, but could something be too loud? Watch this video to learn more.

How does the site look now.

I know I was a day late in publishing the new website. This is because Youtube went off line. I wanted to wait for that to be up and working again before I completed the everything. I hope that everyone find the website easier to navigate and finds the information that you want easier. As you can see I published all my recording sections as blogs. Now, you don't have to subscribe to each blog separately. I have them all combined into one feed. When every I blog a post, it will be in the master feed. Let me know what you think of the site.

Questions about getting started

I recieved this question from Lor Chang, "Hi i'm a musician that is ready to record my music but i have no clue how to get started or what I'll need, please help me."

Lor, the email you gave me to reply is not working so I'll answer you here.

There is allot of things you need to consider when you want to start recording.
1. Budget: These days we are very lucky to be able to record audio under any budget
2. How many tracks do you want to record at once? 1-2 just for you or 8 - 12 for a band.
3 Do you want to record with microphones or direct?
4. Do you want to record on a computer or a stand alone device?
5 Do you want your recording equipment to be moble?

So there are some questions to ask your self before you start buying. If you know the direction you want to take please email if you need any help with what equiptment you should buy.

adam@recordbetteraudio.com

Room Treatment and Baffels

I received a question from Hubert Fummouille. He says "I am trying to make a good home studio. Here is pictures (made with The Sims!!) of it. I would like to put baffles in this room. Can you tell me where are the best positions. I record the drums with 8 mics, guitar with 3, and bass with 2, so the directions where the mics goes are everywhere.

Thank you for your reponse and for recordbetteraudio
Bye, HUBERT.

There are 2 things to keep in mind while preparing your room for recording.
1. The sound of the room. Here are places where I would position baffles. They are marked with the green squares


2. Then you need to isolate each instrument from each other


I hope this helped you out, and thanks for the question
www.RecordBetterAudio.com

Waveform

Audio File Formats

Bit Depth

Hertz and Frequency Response

Sample Rates

Vocal Booth - How to make one

This Video takes you through the development of a vocal booth. Instead of making your whole studio soundproof, it's a lot easier to make a small room and isolate that. The only thing I would have done different is put a window in my vocal booth.

Compressors and Limiters

This video shows various the use of makeup gain control using compressors and limiters.

RingTone - How to make one

Here's a video of my own. It's step by step instructions to help you make your songs into your ring tones.

A/D Convertion

The A/D Convertion and Samlpe Rates all explained in this video.

Phase - What is it and how do you control it?

Phase: What is it? How to control it

Click the pictures for a free correlation meters

I know I have a video about Phase, but here is another one that is very well done. I hope you understand phase better after this video.

Where I Work

The picture above is fergusonmusicproductions.com. This is where I have been working since September '05. We are looking to get some new pictures of the studio, this one is over 6 years old. There has been a lot of changes to the studio since.