All Entries in the "Recording" Category
Home Studios and Mastering
In the LinkedIn group, “Music Producers Forum,” I started a discussion on home studios and mastering. It received over 400 posts (including mine). Jomar Reyes is the excellent manager of the group. PDF file: Home Studios and Mastering – Music Producers Forum – JerryFlattum The opening question for the discussion was as follows (link leads [...]
Majors vs. Indies War – LinkedIn – Music Industry Network
The following discussion appears in the LinkedIn Group, “Music Industry Network.” As of 2.18.12, 10:30PM EST., there are 281 posts. To participate you must join the group. Are major labels really evil? Why the Indie Movement? Do unsigned artists really believe they can pump out hits and become stars without a major label backing? Indie [...]
Home Studios and Mastering – LinkedIn – Music Producers Forum
The following link leads to a discussion on home studios and mastering in the LinkedIn group, “Music Producers Forum.” The discussion is no longer active but received more than 400 posts (including mine). Compared to David Foster, Rick Rubin, Trevor Horn, Vernon Reid, etc. do you really think you can compete from a home studio? [...]
Home Studio vs. World Class – Music Producers Forum – LinkedIn
Compared to David Foster, Rick Rubin, Trevor Horn, Vernon Reid, etc. do you really think you can compete from a home studio? Clearly the home studio market is the new thing, with musicians, songwriters and composers wearing the multiple hats of creator, performer, producer and engineer. The underlying marketing strategy behind the DIY market is, [...]
Recording
Digital recording has not replaced analog recording nor has it made the process of recording any simpler. Critics who espouse the virtues of nondestructive editing are looking at only one device–they do not see the daunting array of equipment and software choices a music creator must choose from. Additionally, the argument could be made that [...]
Studio Center, Virginia Beach, Va. – A Total Media Production Company
The age of specialization is over, at least in terms of where media companies are concerned. Studio Center in Virginia Beach, Va., is proof in point. Studio Center provides voice over talent for virtually every kind of media production: video production, music production, audio production, television production, tv commercial production, , radio commercial production and top it [...]
Pro Tools Inserts
NOTE: In Pro Tools, I don’t know why some plug-ins are listed 2ce, as mono and mono/stereo, guess it depends on how they’re used. Also, what is listed on an Audio track is different than what’s available on Aux, Instrument, MIDI and Master trax, which I’m learning. And, the following list does not include Audio [...]
Quest for Quality in Recordings
I just sent an email to Bob Katz asking a question I know he won’t answer in email. Depending on his response, I’ll post it. Thanx to his book and the sheer fact I’m recording, I’m hearing dramatic differences in how CDs are recorded. Up to now, I was listening to the song, the singer, [...]
What Is A Broadcast Quality Recording?
A series of articles on “What Is A Broadcast Recording” originally appeared in Musesmuse.com. Only the Intro is reprinted here with updated edits. Links to Part 2 through Part 9 are found at the end of the Intro. ConfessionBeing a freelance writer, I’ve learned how to write articles that appear as though they are written [...]
Alesis Fusion 8HD and Command 8 added
It took weeks to decide on a controller keyboard. I never thought in a million years I’d go with an Alesis, even though the company has put out a solid line of gear for years, especially the reverbs. One criteria was it had to be 88-keys. I’m still playing piano parts with both hands, not [...]
