A DI Signal, A Mic, One Stereo Track

Daily Blog - June 23nd 2021You're probably recording each of your inputs to a mono track, right? Try this trick next time you're recording a DI signal with

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#71: Reamping Deep Dive – Get The Most Out Of Your Guitar Amp AFTER You’ve Recorded The Perfect Take

Reamping used to be a problem solving technique.You recorded a DI as a safety net and when you later found out that the guitar tone didn't fit the

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#70: Collaboration Best Practices – How To Make Sure That Others Can Work On Your Song

Are you making this record all by yourself? No? Good. You need this episode. If you are working on it alone now, will you at some point bring

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Keep The Faders At Zero

Daily Blog - June 9th 2021What does your song sound like if you bypass the plugins and put all the faders at zero? Hopefully like a well balanced

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Step Away From It

Daily Blog - May 28th 2021I'm taking a couple of days off, starting tomorrow, and just wrapping up the week here. So this is a short post. But

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Can any stranger work on your song?

Daily Blog - May 27th 2021Could you send your session or multitracks to a stranger for collaboration and they would immediately know what's up? No? Please read on.Your

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As Few Mics As Possible

Daily Blog - May 26th 2021I love a great challenge. And one of the best challenges you can try for yourself is to record a complex instrument, like

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Are You Overthinking It?

Daily Blog - May 25th 2021There's a million ways to do any task in audio. How do you decide what's correct? What matters? Step one: Don't overthink it.

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Systems, Processes And Creativity

Daily Blog - May 20th 2021Using systems, processes and a streamlined workflow doesn't sound very creative, right? For me, those are my number one creativity enhancers.I create checklists

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The Record Is What Matters, Isn’t It?

Daily Blog - May 12th 2021I got a great comment on a video in my online course, The Self-Recording Band Academy, the other day. One of my students

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