Show 51 – Record Business, Mic Polar Patterns, and Vocal Booth Tests

In this episode Jesse discusses the current state of the record business, Jon talks about different polar patterns of microphones, and Ryan talks about how to check your vocal booth for acoustic problems and how to solve some of the issues.

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Show 49 – Psychoacoustics and Control Surfaces

In this episode Ryan talks about the Fletcher–Munson curve and psychoacoustics and Jesse explains the benefits of using a control surface when mixing in the box.

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Psychoacoustics

Fletcher-Munson curves

Show 46 – Les Paul, Getting Through a Tough Session, and Tube Amps

In this episode Ryan talks about the late great Les Paul, Jon talks about getting through a rough session, and then Ryan does his segment on the new tube amp that he recently picked up.

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Les Paul Commerial

Les Paul – Chasing Sound

Pilotone AA-920

Show 44 – Mid Side Processing and Comparing the Same Mics

This week Jon talks about mid side processing and Ryan compares several different mics against one another.

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Mid Side Plugin

Sessions with Slau

Clips from Mic Shootout

Show 39 – Single Guitar Microphone Shootout and Vocal Mic Shootout Part II

This week Ryan takes 12 different microphones of varying types and polar patterns to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon brings us part II of the vocal microphone shootout this time with a male vocal.

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All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.

All the files used in Jon’s vocal segment can be downloaded here.

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