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From Analog Tape To Solid State Drive Never before in history was it as easy and affordable to record and produce music. With the cost of professional DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) having dropped dramatically over the last decade, it has inspired countless musicians to express their creativity and allowed them the possibility to make music […]
WAV and MP3s Files Explained With the advent of the digital age it was inevitable that analogue audio would eventually be replaced with digital audio. No longer are cassette tapes laboriously copied and sent via snail mail to A&R departments of record companies. Analogue media, especially vinyl does carry a sense of retro nostalgia with it’s very own […]
5 Top Tips For Vocal Recording If you’ve read our post on noise reduction you’ll be aware that we believe the most important aspect about making a great clean track comes in the audio capture process. Most of us have a limited number of microphones or a budget to obtain a vocal mic. The good […]
5 Useful Tips For A Great Mix You’ve written your song, EP, Album, all your tracking is complete and you’re now ready for the mix. Congratulations! To record all the instrumentation so that you’re happy with each performance is not an easy task. Hard part done, what next? Our 5 tips here are by no […]
Volume normalisation and compression by mb@onlinesessions The signal is too low. What should you do? All too often you come across an audio file with a very low signal. Most of us would immediately try and fix this by using volume normalisation. While this may be a great tool, it’s well worth understanding what the […]
Audio Noise Reduction Too much noise in your audio file? Here’s one cool solution! Overview Is there anything more frustrating than a noisy track? It’s pretty annoying and we’ve all been faced with this nuisance at some stage. What can we do to make sure this doesn’t happen to our audio files again? Read on. I was […]
Recording the perfect acoustic guitar Overview It’s a question you hear time and time again from guitarists trying to capture the natural sound of an acoustic or nylon strung guitar. How do I get that natural sound? Where should I point the mics? What is the best mic and should I just make-do and plug […]