#26: Troubleshooting – What To Do When Things Go Wrong (Part 2)

Troubleshooting and solving problems are just part of making records.Things will go wrong at some point and we need to be able to deal with those issues fast,

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#25: Troubleshooting – What To Do When Things Go Wrong (Part 1)

Troubleshooting and solving problems are just part of making records.Things will go wrong at some point and we need to be able to deal with those issues fast,

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#24: The Process Of Making A Record – Breaking It Down From Idea To Finished Release

This Podcast (and whole website) is about making records. And this is the master episode. The episode of all episodes, if you will. Because we're walking you through the

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#23: 10x Your Productivity And Creativity By Using Checklists And Templates

When you hear "checklists and templates", creativity is not the first thing that comes to mind, right?It sounds like the exact opposite and we as typically right-brained artists

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#22: Guitar Tuning And Intonation Deep Dive

One of the most common issues we run into, when we get tracks from self-recording bands, are tuning issues. And out of tune guitar and bass tracks are

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#21: Spice Up Your Recordings With Creative Reamping And Unique FX

"Everyone uses the same samples and amp sims", "everything's quantized and edited to perfection", "modern productions have no soul", "So many bands sound basically the same", ...Well, here's

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#20: How To Record Acoustic Guitar (…And Make It Sound Great On Its Own Or In A Full Band Arrangement)

An acoustic guitar is a complex thing to record and there's so many things that can go wrong.The instrument, the strings, the performance, the room, the microphones and

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#19: How To Record Drums With Only Four Mics

You don't need a complex, expensive setup to record modern, punchy drums. In a typical home recording situation, what we can do is often limited by the amount

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#18: How DI Tracks Can Save Your Guitar Recordings

When you record a guitar or bass, you should always record a clean DI signal in addition to your amp (or amp sim, Kemper, etc.)There are plenty of

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#17: Vocal Tuning Isn’t Just For T-Pain

What comes to mind when you think of Auto-Tune?​Probably not organic sounding, "real" rock music, right? The word screams "FAKE!" The truth is, though, that on most modern,

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