Live Performance Tips: Equalization and Tone Shaping
When playing live whether with a band or with electronic instruments, during your rehearsal, you might find that some instruments become unheard or weak-sounding, which often carries over during the live performance itself. When playing with multiple instruments, equalization, tone shaping, audio reflection and spaces need to be considered to adjust the proper volume, equalization [...]
Working With an Audio Engineer
A song recorded at home and at a professional recording studio greatly differs in sound, dimension, editing and quality. No matter how much one can do recording audio at home, an audio and recording engineer can definitely do better being professionals. However, the word “professional” does not mean that they can magically make instruments and [...]
Recording: Compressing Your Drum Tracks
Percussion is what delivers the song’s mood and rhythm and without proper “soul”, it could get lost easily in a sea of instruments. Percussion-heavy songs, such as those in rock and dance songs, will need to have a good sounding bass line and a properly-emphasized drum track. Compression help drum tracks stick out and become [...]
Examples of Electronic Music Instruments Used in Popular Songs
Today’s popular music does not only make use of conventional instruments but also those that are programmed through computers. If you want to make electronic music, you will need more than just a guitar, keyboard, drumset and an amplifier. You’ll need the following items to make those ambient, oscillating and fresh sounds. 1. Sampler A [...]
Recording: Things You’ll Need to Record Music
Today’s technology allows anyone with a computer to record music. With a few more things to buy and install on your list, you’ll be ready to record any kind of specific genre. If you’re focusing on producing your own album, you only actually need the following. 1. Digital Audio Workstations DAW’s are where you edit [...]