For more great insights into mixing, try our full-length course with SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti, Mixing Breakthroughs.
What is this game-changing button I speak of? What single switch could take your lifeless recording and elevate your sound to stud status?
The single magic button, often confusingly and incorrectly labeled with Read more...
When it comes to recording live musicians, few instruments are as misunderstood or mysterious as the drums.
The drum kit presents a complexity that just doesn’t exist when recording other instruments, simply because of the sheer number of components that make up even the most basic drum setup, as well Read more...
Do you remember 2006? Apple’s latest version of OS X was Tiger. Pro Tools users were salivating over version 7 and the newly released Mbox 2 Pro. Eight years is several lifetimes in the technology world!
2006 was also the year that Toontrack first released its EZ Drummer platform to Read more...
Welcome back for Part 3 of our free drum mic video series.
Get off those laptop speakers and switch your video stream to HD as Justin Colletti takes us through a handful of the most popular approaches for placing stereo room mics.
This video takes place at Strange Weather Brooklyn, Read more...
It’s no overstatement to say that a good snare sound is essential to the backbone of almost any kind of pop record – whether that means hip hop, country, speed metal, R&B, punk rock, psychedelia, shoegaze, adult contemporary, jazz or straight up rock n’ roll. So every recording studio should Read more...
