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Big Studio Secrets for Home Recording and Production (Book)

Friday, July 16, 2010

One of my biggest personal failings as a musician is that I was never much interested in recording or production. I never cared too much about tweaking my guitar sound to get “my” tone; I was always a plug-and-play kind of guy. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that approach, but as I get older and [...]

What Does It Mean To Make Your Music “More Raw?”

Friday, June 25, 2010

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I was reading a news item somewhere this week where Joe Elliot – lead singer of the rock band Def Leppard – stated that he wants the new DL record to be “more raw.” I’ve heard this a million times in the past but never really paid much attention to it until now. I’m not [...]

Record Your Acoustic Guitar Perfectly with the ExplorAudio H-Clamp

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Record Your Acoustic Guitar Perfectly with the ExplorAudio H-Clamp

Recording an acoustic guitar comes with lots of technical and performance challenges. Certainly getting a good sound from the instrument and eliminating squeaky string shifts are important from a performance standpoint, but the recording process itself presents two fundamental problems: Initial placement of the microphone(s) in relation to the sound hole and area near the [...]

Build Your Own Microphone Isolation Box

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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In this video I show you how to build a very cheap and portable isolation box for your microphone. Record vocals and instruments anywhere you want with minimal setup time and maximum results.