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Double Tracking Guitars
double-neck guitar optional Double tracking is a very common recording/production technique for almost any genre of music. When it comes to rhythm guitars, this technique is almost a standard method of...
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DECAPITATED – Carnival Is Forever Studio Report 2011
In this video we see the Tech-Death Metal band Decapitated in the studio making their 2011 album Carnival Is Forever. The album was recorded by “Malta” Malczewski at RG Studios in Poland. Daniel...
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New Recording Strategies eBook from Audio Issues
My friend Bjorgvin Benediktsson (audio-issues.com) has just released his new eBook Recording Strategies. Bjorgvin condenses all the essentials of making good recordings into an encouraging and easy to...
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Guest Post: 3 Can't Fail Recording Strategies
This post comes from Bjorgvin Benediktsson of Audio-Issues.com and author of Mixing Strategies and the new Recording Strategies EBooks. You can find him on Twitter @audioissues The best recordings are...
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Re-Amping Explained
Re-Amping is a technique used by recording and mixing engineers to process recorded audio with analog hardware specifically guitar equipment. In the direct box basics article I explained the use of a...
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Panda Studios "The Intern" Robot
Sam Pura and the dudes at The Panda Studios have built a microphone robot. The robot provides remote microphone position adjustment via joystick in the control room. Super awesome! This is the kind...
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Coming soon: Aggressive Drums Recording Guide
Way back in 2007 I wrote about the FaderWear Guides: Aggressive Drum Recording. Recently the author announced an updated eBook is coming, the cost will be pay-what-you-want. Here’s the trailer and a...
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Aggressive Drums – The Recording Guide eBook
Santeri Salmi’s eBook Aggressive Drums – The Recording Guide is for sale now with pay-what-you-want pricing. After I posted about the book in November, Santeri contacted me about proofreading and...
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The Ocean recording and mixing new album “Pelagial”
The Ocean are an ‘experimental’ prog-metal band from Germany. They have a new album coming out April 30th called “Palagial” which takes a musical journey to the bottom of the ocean. It is intended to...
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Review: Lynda.com Music Production Secrets: Larry Crane on Recording
Last night I saw the announcement of Larry Crane’s (TapeOp Magazine, Jackpot! Studio) video tutorial at Lynda.com and I immediately signed up for a free trial to watch. I was pretty excited about this...
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Into The Machine – Studio tips from Will Putney
Producer Will Putney shares tips and secrets to his sound and workflow producing and mixing metal. Episode 1 Episode 2 I will update as more videos are published. Into The Machine – Studio tips from...
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Video: Guitar Recording Tips with Misha Mansoor
In this video Misha Mansoor (Periphery, Bulb) shows his current guitar recording setup including the AxeFX II, Cubase 6, double and quad tracking, and basic EQ. I don’t agree at all with his gain...
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Lessons learned on a weekend tracking gig
The majority of my freelance audio work comes to me through the internet from all over the world. It’s maybe 1 in 10 projects that I do for musicians in my area. When I’m recording it’s usually...
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Mastodon Making of Once More ‘Round the Sun
Mastodon has published four short videos documenting the process of recording their latest album Once More ‘Round the Sun. There’s not a lot to learn from these videos – they’re not tutorials of course...
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50 Must-Read Pro Audio Articles from 2014
Our friends at The Pro Audio Files have compiled a big list of the best audio articles, videos and podcast from 2014. I’ve been seriously slacking on reading my audio friends blogs but I’m going to...
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