SOUND ON SOUND
Last month, we showed how to comp a great vocal performance. Now we look at how you can use editing tools to improve both timing and tuning.
What would you record with an indestructible microphone?
To transform multiple takes into truly great vocal tracks, you might need to look further than your DAW’s built‑in comping tools.
We show you how to get great results from self‑recording singers.
In this episode, Mike Senior demonstrates several ways spill can actually improve the sound of your productions.
Distortion can be a surprisingly useful mix effect, if you know what you're doing. Mike Senior reveals several common applications, and explains how to get the best results in practice.
Multiband compressors offer unique advantages over their broadband cousins — but they also present some perilous pitfalls for the unwary.
Mike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.
Mike Senior explores the subject of Haas delays at mixdown, explaining how they work, how to get the best out of them, and how to avoid the most common traps associated with them.
If you're a musician, podcasting is the perfect application for the studio skills and equipment you already have.