Recording Website Tip Index

Starting in 1998 I began posting tips to the recording website written in answer to questions on the Recording Message Board. The following tips have been resurrected, corrected and reposted for current member use, along with a couple of new tips - arranged by subject group.

Studio Installation

Debuzz, Unhum Technique / Installing Insulated & Isolated Grounds Is hum or buzz interfering with your home recording project? Large studios install special grounding systems that cost thousands. You can do it at home for pennies.

Home Recording Baffles A home baffling system that the home recordist can actually use and costs a mere $3.

Tracking & Recording

Recording Big Clear Lead Guitars The bigger and clearer the better! Here's how.

Microphone Placement On Vocals What does Sally Sucking Soup have to do with micing vocals? - Find out.

Basic Drum Microphone Placement Microphone selection and placement for rock drum recording.

Vocal Production

The Key To Getting A Good Vocal Sound How you mix the headphones directly affects the vocal quality.

Final Vocal Production Vocalists usually perform better when they have a music producer. Here's what the producer does to get a good vocal performance.

Signal Processing

Recommended Equalization Frequencies Key frequencies to change the tone of various instruments in your recording.

Using Complementary Equalization Making instruments clearer and more distinct - that's what the EQ is for - here is a key technique for this.

Using Compression During Mixing & Mastering General guide on compressing the mix.

The Exciting Compressor Extreme compression for that "in-your-face" vocals that sound natural.

Mixing

The Three Levels Of Mixing The setup to listen to mixes at different levels and why this is important.

Using Equalization To Compensate For Fletcher Munson How to judge the sound and the balance of the low bass instruments in a production during mixing.

Overdub & Mix There are those sets of words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Combinations of words like "honest & politician," "jumbo & shrimp," and "overdub & mix" should always be separated by periods.

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