Nov 13, 2024 | General, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio
I’ve been doing quite a lot more mixing for other people recently, where they are recording using a DAW, editing it themselves and then sending the mixes to me to finish. The one thing I think I’ve noticed more than anything else is bad audio edits....
Oct 22, 2021 | General, Hints and tips, Motorcycle
…or: “This post will only be of interest to about 6 people” After being in the Netherlands for almost four months, we finally got our belongings sent out from the UK. Along with winter clothes, boxes of family photographs and all my guitars, came...
Jul 11, 2020 | General, Hints and tips, Music, Recording, Studio
A friend of mine has just started using Audacity because his ageing hard disk recorder has given up the ghost. Audacity is a pretty good way of experimenting with digital recording and editing without the expense of a full on digital audio production program, because...
May 12, 2017 | Bands, General, Hints and tips
I’ve bought a new toy. It took me about 2 years to get round to it, but once I’d tried it out I knew it was the right thing to do! It’s not a Star Trek teleporter, nor is it a one-man bass riser, it’s a very cool monitoring system that, when...
Dec 10, 2015 | General, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio
As part and parcel of being a musician these days, you seem to need to do so much more than just play music. You need to understand marketing, social media, website maintenance and management, and (certainly if you use a DAW – home studio recording system) you...
Dec 10, 2015 | Bands, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio, The Missing Persians
I started writing this post when we’d booked some time together to begin recording the Missing Persians second album – I then saved the draft. I’m typing the text you’re reading now when we’re about halfway through the recording process....
