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Are You a Gleek? Want To Get That “Glee” Sound?
Are you a "gleek?" (if you have been hiding for the past year, a "gleek" is someone who is a fan of the show Glee). I confess that I definitely am. I love music, recording, singing harmony, and...
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Home Recording Tips – Use Your Eyes AND Your Ears
Home recording tips are so easy to implement these days due to the fabulous capabilities with have with computers. In the old days of audio recording, when tape was the medium and pretty much...
View ArticleWhat Did We Use To Record Our Christmas CD?
Before I get back to recording on the Ken and Lisa Theriot Christmas Album project (I know! We need to hurry), I thought I'd send out a quick message telling what hardware and software I'm using....
View ArticleAuto-Tune – Good or Bad?
OK. This is something I want to hear your opinions about, because I had someone say they didn't want me to use Auto-Tune on their vocals for her recording project. What is that? Is Auto-Tune evil? Or...
View ArticleVocal Pitch Correction – Is It Wrong?
This is very interesting. I posted a question here a few days ago to get some opinions and it started rather a heated stir on Twitter. The question was whether it was wrong to employ pitch correction...
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Auto-Tune – Any Tool Can Be Abused
Has anyone else gotten a little tired of singers on the radio sounding so pitch-perfect that it sounds more like a machine than a human? Me too. It has to do with the over-use and abuse (in my mind)...
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T-Pain Vocal Recording Software
No doubt you have heard the use of tuning software (usually Auto-Tune) used not as a tool for correcting the pitch of a singer's recording, but as an effect in and of itself to make a voice sound...
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VST Plugins – Add Effects and Virtual Instruments to Your Home Studio
If you are not already with VST plugins, let me enlighten you at once. Your home studio software program probably came with at least some effects built-in, such as compression, EQ, or maybe a reverb...
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Common Mixing Mistakes
I just finished reading an article that talks about the hallmarks of an amateur mixing job. Bobby Owsinski lists seven things that a lot of beginning or amateur mix engineers commonly do (or don't do)...
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A Lack Of Passion In A Performance Can’t Be Fixed By Effects, But…
There's something every recording engineer thinks about as they are tracking (recording) musicians doing their thing. That is "should I have them do it again or can I fix it in the mix?" In a perfect...
View ArticleWhat is Auto-Tune, and is it OK to Use in Your Home Music Recording Studio?
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ You’ve been hearing it for more than 10 years, even before Cher released “Do You Believe in Love,” though you may not realize it. Antares Auto-Tune is an audio...
View ArticleAuto-Tune – Good or Bad?
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ OK. This is something I want to hear your opinions about, because I had someone say they didn’t want me to use Auto-Tune on their vocals for her recording...
View ArticleWhat is Auto-Tune, and is it OK to Use in Your Home Music Recording Studio?
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ You’ve been hearing it for more than 10 years, even before Cher released “Do You Believe in Love,” though you may not realize it. Antares Auto-Tune is an audio...
View ArticleAre You a Gleek? Want To Get That “Glee” Sound?
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ Are you a “gleek?” (if you have been hiding for the past year, a “gleek” is someone who is a fan of the show Glee). I confess that I definitely am. I love...
View ArticleHome Recording Tips – Use Your Eyes AND Your Ears
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ Home recording tips are so easy to implement these days due to the fabulous capabilities with have with computers. In the old days of audio recording, when...
View ArticleWhat Did We Use To Record Our Christmas CD?
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ Before I get back to recording on the Ken and Lisa Theriot Christmas Album project (I know! We need to hurry), I thought I’d send out a quick message telling...
View ArticleVocal Pitch Correction – Is It Wrong?
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ This is very interesting. I posted a question here a few days ago to get some opinions and it started rather a heated stir on Twitter. The question was...
View ArticleAuto-Tune – Any Tool Can Be Abused
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ Has anyone else gotten a little tired of singers on the radio sounding so pitch-perfect that it sounds more like a machine than a human? Me too. It has to do...
View ArticleT-Pain Vocal Recording Software
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ No doubt you have heard the use of tuning software (usually Auto-Tune) used not as a tool for correcting the pitch of a singer’s recording, but as an effect in...
View ArticleVST Plugins – Add Effects and Virtual Instruments to Your Home Studio
Home Brew Audio - Your Home Recording HQ If you are not already with VST plugins, let me enlighten you at once. Your home studio software program probably came with at least some effects built-in, such...
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