In this episode Ryan checks out a shotgun mic in the studio and Jon explains drum damping techniques.
Show 70 – Shotgun mics in the studio and drum damping
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Category Archives: Home Recording Techniques
Show 69 – Home Studio Essentials and Songwriting Tips
This week Jesse talks about home studio essentials and Ryan invites Dave Criddle from The Home Made Hit Show to talk about songwriting.
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Show 68 – Interview with Vinny Pedulla and Free Pro Tools Plugins
Ryan interviews Vinny Pedulla about the tools a visually impaired person would use to work in the studio and Jon tells us all about the best of the free plugins out there for Pro Tools.
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- Flux Bittersweet 2 – http://www.fluxhome.com/products/Freewares/bittersweet2
- Flux Stereo Tool – http://www.fluxhome.com/products/Freewares/stereotool
- Brainworx BX_Solo – http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_solo
- Brainworx BX_Cleansweep V2 – http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_cleansweep_v2
- TT Dynamic Range Meter – http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/downloadrequest
- Massey Plugins demos – http://www.masseyplugins.com/ (download the demos) CT4, L2007, Tapehead & TD5 are excellent
- Massey Tools (Mac only) – http://www.smassey.com/plugin.html
- Studio Devil BVC guitar amp – http://www.studiodevil.com/download/downloadBVC.htm
- Kontakt 4 player – http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kontakt-player/
- KORE 2 player – http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kore-player
- Free Kontakt patches
http://www.pettinhouse.com/html/download.html
http://www.samplelogic.com/trypack.html
http://www.humanworkshop.com/index.php?modus=e_zine&sub=articles&item=142
Show 66 – Recording a Resonator Guitar and All About Vocal Booths
In this week’s show, Jesse gives us some examples of different techniques and microphone placements when recording a resonator guitar and Ryan covers the basics of vocal booths from the most basic to the most complex.
Special mix experiment for the next show!
Download the bare bones instrument and MIDI tracks to make a mix from this 45 second song clip that Ryan put together. The point is to see how we all make instrument choices and mix in very different ways on the exact same source material with very different end results. The guitars and bass need to be reamped or run through amp modeling software. The drums and keys are MIDI only. They will need to be run through virtual instruments, synths, drum machines, or whatever you want. We are all doing a mix for next week’s show. Play the HRS home game along with us!
Raw Audio and MIDI Files for all other DAWs
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Show 65 – Outboard Gear vs. Plugins and Why Your Studio Sucks
In this week’s show, Ryan talks about using outboard gear vs. plugins and Jon gives you 10 reasons why your studio sucks.
Show 64 – Audio for Video and Recording Electric Bass
In this week’s show, Jesse talks about how to get your audio dialed in on video projects and Ryan talks about the commonly used techniques to record electric bass.
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