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Home Recording
How to record music using recording gear, software and instruments.
Producer Tony Succar’s Tips for Building a Studio from Scratch
Hi, my name is Tony Succar, I’m a producer/arranger, composer and artist based out of Miami. I...
Audio-Technica Celebrates 25th Anniversary of AT4050 Condenser Microphone
Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, is celebrating the...
Apogee Duet 2 USB Interface
PROS: Great sound quality, simple design and functionality. CONS: Mac only. PRICE: $599 Home recording has become more common now than 4-tracks were back in the day, and now Apogee’s offering up...
FLASHBACK: Vintage Teletronix LA-2A
“Legendary Vocal Compressor from the ’60s” YEAR 1962 HISTORY The LA-2A is considered one of the most legendary vocal compressors in recording history. I first learned about it through a friend and...
SOFTWARE PROFILE: Camel Audio
Camel Audio makes the most useful plugins and sample libraries on the market, equally suited to studio and bedroom producers in their quality and flexibility. Their compressor/distortion plugin...
In The Studio with MOTIVE
Using Single Tracking Techniques to Recreate a Live Sound http://youtu.be/n6FZte1a3nE PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? Pre-production for us is one of the most...
No Synths Allowed! Recording Authentic, Piano-Based Rock with Hey Now, Morris Fader
Good Times Ne'er Forgot by Hey Now, Morris Fader PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? We had a direction and an idea for where we wanted the album to go. We...
GEAR FLASHBACK: API 550 EQ
"Hand-Wired, Simple Design Minimizes Phase Shift” YEAR: Late 1960s HISTORY: The API 550 EQ was designed by Saul Walker in the late 1960s and was first used in API and custom console designs. It has...
BUILDER PROFILE: Dave Smith Instruments
New Analog for a Digital World Dave Smith is your greatest influence whose name you don’t know. Since 1977, his work has opened up new frontiers in music technology and created entire industries...
REVIEW: Cerwin Vega CVM-1224FX USB Mixer
PROS: Tons of features, plenty of live/recording applications, easy to use. CONS: None. PRICE: $299 Mixers almost always seem to be available in a standard set of configurations - 12, 16, 24 tracks,...
SOFTWARE PROFILE: Native Instruments
Native Instruments is one of the premier software instrument developers in the world. They create samplers, sample libraries, synthesizers, and effects that have revolutionized genres and are used...
Vintage Synths and Home Recording: In The Studio with OMBRE
PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? Roberto Lange: YouTube and eating and laughing… How did you choose the studio? Lange: It is conveniently located inside [my] house. ...