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

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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

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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