1) Manage your working space with Memory Locations You probably already use Memory Locations as...
the home recording issue
FLASHBACK: 1987 Tascam Porta Two Cassette Four-Track Tape Recorder
FLASHBACK 1987 Tascam Porta Two Cassette Four-Track Tape Recorder BACKGROUND The Porta Two is a...
PreSonus Studio One 3 DAW Review
PreSonus Studio One 3 DAW Review PROS: Affordable. Easy transition from other DAWs. No...
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10 Tips for Recording Great Vocals In Your Home Studio
Invest in a decent mic Each voice has its own tonality and texture and no one microphone is a perfect solution for all voices. Big studios will often line up a bunch of pricey mics at the start of a...
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The Myth of High-Resolution Audio & Why It Matters For YOUR Recordings
The Myth of High-Resolution Audio And Why It Matters For YOUR Recordings Have you seen the new gold and brown "Hi-Res Audio" logo on a website or a new piece of high-end audio hardware? Maybe you...
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A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio In the May issue of Performer, I wrote about analog tape machine plug-ins. This month we’re going to focus on plug ins for home studio owners. A...
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Ignore The Big Knobs: All You Need to Know About Compressors
Here’s the thing about compressors: they’re not used for what you think they’re for! And, how you think about using them fully determines the results you’ll get from them. Most people are taught, or...
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Why You Need a Control Surface For Your Home Studio
Do You Need a Control Surface for Your Home Studio? In the good old days of analog recording, when something needed adjustment on the mix you reached out for a fader or knob and not the mouse....
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How To Choose The Right DAW For Your Home Studio
How To Choose The Right DAW For Your Home Studio WHAT IS A DAW? A fancy haircut, 23,000 Twitter followers and national television exposure are less crucial to an artist’s success than customizing an...
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8.5 Reasons Why I Record at Home and You Should, Too
My first home studio consisted of a tower PC running a MIDI sequencer, a Korg DW-8000 synthesizer, and an Akai S-2000 rack mount sampler. I made drum ’n bass with that setup in my teens. I used to...
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Bang Gang Gives Us A Tour of His Icelandic Home Studio Paradise
HOME STUDIO TOUR: Bardi Johannsson of Bang Gang Takes us Behind The Scenes of his Icelandic Getaway When I was in college I only had a guitar, a Kurzweil keyboard, an ATARI 1040ST, headphones and...
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Exposing The Top 5 Myths of Home Recording
WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT HAVING A HOME STUDIO “If only we could record whenever we wanted, didn't have to pay outrageous studio fees and we could try all our ideas without someone holding us...
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HOW TO CONVERT YOUR SHED INTO A REVENUE-GENERATING HOME STUDIO
I’m a jazz saxophone player that doesn’t really like to play jazz all that much. I like singer-songwriters, soul music, rock bands, weird string bands, folk music, and electro pop. Cannonball...