It’s not everyday that you get the opportunity to stroll through Smart Studios, but thanks to the magical powers of YouTube, we can get a glimpse of what things are like.
Smart Studios are located in Madison WI, and founded/owned by producers Butch Vig and Steve Marker. If you don’t know who they are then […]
In August 2005, Future Music magazine published a story about “21st Century guitarist-producers”. Among the featured artists was Adam Dutkiewicz. What follows is an excerpt from the article, that covers Adam Dutkiewicz’s approach to recording hard edged music. Please excuse any typo’s as I typed this out myself.
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A graduate of the Berklee School of […]
Here is an interesting track by track, blow by blow description for “How to sound like the Killers”. This may have come from Computer Music site, but I can’t actually remember where I found it now. All songs are from the Killers debut album, Hot Fuss.
Track 1
“Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine” opens with a […]
Here’s a link to an interesting article posted on the Age website today. It discusses home recording and the effect it has had on the music industry.
I was reading through some old Guitar World magazines the other day and found an article/interviews with Trent Reznor, following the release of the Fragile. Here is a brief excerpt.
Plugging into Trent Reznor’s Digital World
Excerpt from Guitar World
June 2000
By Alan di Perna
“The training I’ve had on piano sometimes gets in the way,” Trent Reznor muses. […]
Sound engineers will tell you that generally it’s best to compress the signal at the point where the least amount of bass is present (at least that’s what I’ve heard). Think of a thumping bass line. The bass frequencies carry a lot of energy, and a compressor responds to changes in the level of the […]
Figuring out how to order effects can be a little on the tricky side. Generally I’d say that there are no rules in this area, just guidelines to get you started.
Two effects most commonly used in the mixing process are EQ and compression. In a perfect world, if everything is recorded properly, EQ and compression […]
I read this interesting interview with recording guru Chris Lord-Alge on the DiscMakers website. The whole interview is pretty good, but I found the most interesting section was when he was asked to share some of his techniques for getting the best sounds from electric guitars as possible.
You want the guitar player to get […]
When your preparing to hit the recording studio, there are more things to consider than simply turning up on time (although obviously that’s important!). The Hometracked blog has posted some basic (might I suggest commonsense?) tips, that point out a couple of the often overlooked things that you should be doing prior to hitting the […]
