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 | 10 Ways to Sing It with Emotion : By Teri Danz
We’ve all been there. The singer is “singing their butt
off” in the vocal booth, but the vocal performance is
just not cutting it. The producer says, “Sing with more
emotion,” and | |  | Replacement Parts : By Scott Mathews
Given the genuine dedication and effort most band
members make in many areas of a band’s career, the
very idea that someone outside of the band could
come in and record parts | |  | Limiting Tactics : Many folks are confused by the concept of limiting,
and or how to use a limiter. An old mentor of mine
used to liken a limiter to a governor on a car. “Son,”
he would say in a thick southern | |  | One-Mic Madness : Are you aware that you can stumble into just about
any music store with less than $100 in your pocket,
and walk out with a small-diaphragm dynamic microphone
that can capture just about every | |  | PropellerHead Record: Record and edit automation lanes : OBJECTIVE: Create more expressive tracks by using automation to vary parameters in real time.
BACKGROUND: Record makes it easy to record and edit automation; each controller’s data goes into its | |  | Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio: Use common hardware controllers with Sonar Home Studio : OBJECTIVE: Provide hands-on control for Sonar Home Studio using any Mackie Control-compatible device.
BACKGROUND: Various controllers can emulate the Mackie Control protocol, and many DAWs, | |  | Midi Basics : Cheat Sheet delivers concise, explicit
information on specific recording audiorelated
subjects. This installment
describes MIDI basics for those raised
on audio, but who now want to work with | |  | Tech Tip Of The Month: Setting Up an Eventide Stompbox as MIDI Tempo Master : Eventide Factor-series stompboxes have the
ability to generate MIDI Clock. That means
that you can use your Eventide stompbox as
a Master Tempo source for anything in your
MIDI chain, including | |  | 4 Classic Snare Sounds : Ringo’s Dry Thump
For me, the quintessential Ringo snare sound is all
over the “White Album.” Who would think a muffled
snare could sound so cool? The problem we face
here is that Ringo’s sound | |  | 8 Questions That Can Save Your Session : By Teri Danz
If more artists had post mortems as to why a recording
session tanked, they might discover the winds of
defeat can sometimes be blowing before anyone
even steps into the studio. | |  | Do You Really Want a Producer? : Are you are truly stoked to hand over the reigns, and
let someone else steer your recording project? Are
you fully capable of trusting and following the advice
of an outside influence on your | |  | Mix Headroom vs. the Mastering Engineer : Fig. 1. Mixes like this are no fun to master, and they can’t be mastered to reach their full potential.If there’s one thing a mastering engineer doesn’t want
to see, it’s a mix that looks more like | |  | Home Brew ADR, Part Three : The situation recap: The studio is set up and ready to
go. The talent is in the booth and aching to get this done
so they can go to their Hollywood premiere. The director
is sitting beside you in | |  | Presonus Studio One Pro: Assemble and burn an audio CD : OBJECTIVE: Arrange tracks in the desired order, add processors if desired, then create a CD.
BACKGROUND: Studio One Pro combines DAW-based song creation and mastering assembly in one program.
You | |  | Ableton Live and Cakewalk VS-20: Give Live a guitar-centric audio interface : OBJECTIVE: Make Ableton Live more “guitar-friendly” by adding hardware effects that cut latency, as well as
a control surface.
BACKGROUND: Ableton Live 8 added some great plug-ins for guitarists, | | | More |
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