Monthly Archives: February 2008

How microphones work

 Microphones are components in virtually all audio systems.There are many types of microphones,from usb to lapel mics for seminars and computer,telephone,boom etc,etc.The reason for this diversity is that while all microphones perform the same basic function,they are adapted to a wide variety of different enviroments and uses.That said, all microphones have one thing in common: […]

TC Helicon voiceworks

 Coming to the rescue of those of us who were not born with perfect pitch is the all new TC Helicon VoiceWorks. With Pitch Correction, multi-voice harmonies, double tracking and more, VoiceWorks is a complete vocal kit. VoiceWorks delivers big with a high-quality mic pre with 48V phantom power, TC Compression and EQ, four fully-programmable […]

Starting your own home recording studio

For some like me, starting your own home recording studio is a dream. I anticipated when I would get that first piece of equipment like a little kid counting down the days to christmas. Today you can start recording on a smaller budget than ever. To start basic recording in this day and age […]

Everyone thinks they can engineer/mix

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For whatever reason, when people hear a home recording, they almost automatically say “I could do better than THAT!”. Of course, it turns out being WAY more difficult and most people give up and move on to something else. This doesn’t mean they don’t try a few times taking a few potential […]

Normalizing your recordings

 One little word with two meanings.Normalizing, as far as Sound Forge or other digital audio editors are concerned, simply means to adjust the peak volume of a selection to a known value. Generally the recommended maximum is -0.5 dB (I think that’s 94.49% or something). Doing this is a no-brainer.Normalizing a set of tunes to […]

Alesis and Ipod?

 Alesis reveals the iMultiMix 9R Mixer with Universal Dock for iPod.This sturdy, compact, all-in-one rack-mounted mixer with integrated iPod player features 5 mic/line inputs with inserts to allow for easy external processing of incoming channels, or iPod audio playback.The iMultiMix 9R also features 2-band per channel EQ, Mic/Line inputs and iPod playback in a single, […]

Antares voice thing

Antares Audio Technologies has announced the release of Voice Thing! They say this is a easy to use application for changing voices in real time. Designed for online gaming, voice chat, VoIP, and video and podcast production, Voice Thing! can change a person’s voice in an almost limitless variety of ways.Based on technology […]

Another level

Well this is my first article. Maybe somebody will read this,maybe not. Either way this site is to educate and inform and explain and teach you about music production and music creation. I will do my best to cover the old ways of creating and producing music and the equipment you need along with the […]