In The Studio With Shots Welcome to the never-ending discussion about guitar sounds and how they were recorded. I am not going to attempt to explain to you how to find the perfect tone or mic placement. There are plenty of places to find that information. Instead, I would just like to share with you how we recorded guitars for the Shots In Order Debut Album. THE PROCESS FOR RECORDING GUITARS The first thing we decided on was the actual...
In The Studio With Shots In Order Hello again, and welcome back to part 3 of Record, Mix, and Master: Do It Yourself! At this point we have discussed the basic equipment to get started with your own home music studio and how to properly set up your studio environment. Check out Part1 and Part 2. Now we take it one step further, as I show you how I built my own acoustic panels. With just a few items, you can have high quality acoustic panels...
In The Studio With Shots In Order Thank you all for checking out our new single "Drive The Nail" and helping us get into the top 10 on the Reverbnation Local Charts. Hope you all liked it. I know we love it and we especially love the way the vocals were performed, recorded, and mixed. To record the vocals, we tried a few different microphones. Our first choice was the Neumann TLM 103 large diaphragm condenser microphone. Although it's a...
So you have purchased some gear and now you need to optimize your home recording studio setup. Wait! Do you know how to set up you home studio efficiently? I've made this mistake before. Hopefully I can help you prevent making your own mistake. Are you setting up in a small room on the first floor, upstairs, or in a basement? 4 things that you must do for your home recording studio setup are: Find the best sounding side of the room Set up your...
Shots In Studio Thank you all for checking out our new single "Drive The Nail" and helping us get into the top 10 on the Reverbnation Local Charts. Hope you all liked it. I know we love it and we especially love the way the vocals were performed, recorded, and mixed. To record the vocals, we tried a few different microphones. Our first choice was the Neumann TLM 103 large diaphragm condenser microphone. Although it's a great sounding...
Shots In Studio Welcome back to part 2 of this article. In part 1 we talked about the basic equipment that you will need to get started with Home Studio Music Production. So now that you are interested or already have the equipment that's needed to get started, you will want to learn how to plan your home recording studio setup. Are you setting up in a small room on the first floor, upstairs, or in a basement? Regardless of what room you are...
In light of our debut EP Release available 11/17/2015, the upcoming CD from our band Shots In Order was all recorded, mixed, and mastered by us. With that being said, we would love to share with you some helpful tips on how to get started recording, mixing, and mastering a CD yourself with basic music gear. So lets start with a very simple introduction into the world of home studio audio engineering. For those experienced users, this article...
In The Studio With Shots In Order In light of our debut EP Release available 11/17/2015, the upcoming CD from our band Shots In Order was all recorded, mixed, and mastered by us. With that being said, we would love to share with you some helpful tips on how to get started recording, mixing, and mastering a CD yourself with basic music gear. So lets start with a very simple introduction into the world of home studio audio engineering. For...