by musictech | Aug 20, 2018 | FAQs, Live Sound, Mixing, Tutorials
Manufactures of microphones have developed several pickup patterns that are specifically designed for their intended use, so the following is brief description of what they’re called and what they do. Cardioid pattern: The cardioid pattern is best for general live...
by musictech | Aug 20, 2018 | FAQs, Mixing, Tutorials
Typically it is the Par, Bar, Far & Push, sounding type of consonants that cause the most problem and without the aid of a pop filter will generate massive bottom end spikes in the vocal wave file that are very hard to get rid of once they’re recorded. Pop filters...
by musictech | Aug 20, 2018 | Live Sound, Mixing, Tutorials
In this article we just give a quick overview of a couple of things to watch out for during the recording process that could rob your track of punch and presence in the final mix-down. In other articles we will examine these things in much more detail but just so your...
by musictech | Aug 20, 2018 | Live Sound, Mixing, Tutorials
It’s always better mixing from zero volume.. After you record everything for your song zero all the faders, then bring up the kick drum to a reasonable level (leaving good head room space), then as you add another channel (snare, OH’s, etc) try bringing it up from...
by musictech | Aug 20, 2018 | Live Sound, Tutorials
This tutorial is aimed to help beginners so we have kept the descriptions as free from technical hieroglyphics as we can. The strip is taken from channel 3 on the Behringer XENYX QX2442USB Let’s take a closer look at what the buttons, sliders and dials do on a...