Sounds Good

Recording Techniques for the Project and Home Studio

"Most project studio owners already have the gear they need to make better recordings, but lack the skill set that a seasoned recording engineer has in order to get punchy clean recordings. Let’s talk about the basics, some gear and I will give you a few tips and show you a few tricks to get your tracks up to snuff!"
- Paul Special

What is it:
A seminar with specific approaches and techniques for better quality recordings using a Digital Audio Workstation in a project studio environment. Seminar will include an actual mic up and record of a drum kit, bass guitar, acoustic guitar and vocal* so as to demonstrate these approaches and techniques in practice.

Topics Covered:

• Technical Basics: Mic types and applications, maintaining good phase relations with multiple mics, proper gain structure and levels, etc.
• Acoustic Treatments: Basic acoustic treatments for recording spaces, getting better isolation between instruments, watching out for extra noise, etc.
• Equipment Choices: We will discuss various manufacturers microphones, pre amps and other gear as well as various ways of getting your mics “to tape”, etc.
• Session Set-up: Actual mic selection and placement on a drum kit, bass guitar, acoustic guitar and vocal*, making your talent comfortable, setting up cue mixes, proper sight-lines, eq and compression on the way in, etc.
• Post Production: Cleaning up track noise and levels, eq and compression once the track is recorded, etc.

* instruments recorded will depend on musician availability.

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