Intro to Audio Engineering for Musicians and Songwriters Audio Engineering 101 Everything in the studio starts and ends with the musician. From the performance, to hopefully collecting a check. Musicians rely on the principles of audio engineering to record sound from analog to digital. The gear can make a big difference too The music…
A guitar recording will sound different almost anything you do. From instrument setup, to the equipment and how its used, to how the audio is mixed and mastered in the track will affect how the sound is perceived by the listener. Getting the right sounds in the Studio Getting sounds right at the source…
Music creation can be easy and fun with new technology like samples, koops and different music creation software like Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Reason, Ableton, Garageband, Studio One, Etc. Loops in the Studio Recording and music making is no longer a process of creating sounds from scratch with new technology like loops and flexible licencing…
Musicians and beginner songwriters can benefit a lot from some basic music theory. In today’s increasingly competitive world, music theory is the difference from successful rehearsals, performances, and recording studio sessions for composers. Use music theory to drive your creative performance. You can develop using time tested techniques, step by step, using the same terminology…
Mixing and Mastering in the Recording Studio: Essentials and Fundamentals of Music Mixing, Mastering, and Music Production Mixing and Mastering is an art form, and while many of these basic ideas may be matters of opinion, many are time tested methods used on tons of great sounding and critically acclaimed work. They aren’t a comprehensive…
Dark spring is an emo punk slash pop punk band with Carson Ward George Lucarelli from near Cleveland Ohio. They stopped by the studio to film a music video in our recording studio on July 28th 2019. Check it them out. Check out Dark Spring’s live version of More of You recorded at Bad Racket…
Using a Rhyming Dictionary for Songwriting A lot of people use a rhyming dictionary or even a dictionary to help with rhyming words. While there’s many rhyming apps, popular Rhyming dictionary sites like rhymezone, and others, is it cheating, or even a good idea to use something like this for inspiration? Some offer slant rhyme or…
Recording and Mixing at Bad Racket Recording Studio Bad Racket is a recording and listening space built to be a good listening environment free from distractions. We encourage you to turn off your phone, wear a nice comfortable pair of your own headphones, and be prepared to take notes, or focus on the next few…
Electrical and Lighting Considerations when Building or Setting up a Recording Studio TL; DR: Fluorescent bad, dimmer questionable, lamp good. Grounded AC power: Also good 🙂 All studios often begin as a chaotic tangle of wires behind a desk filled with various items. Somehow, everything gets plugged into a power strip. Eventually, you may run…
WAV or AIFF vs MP3 or M4A: Which audio file format is best? Quick answer… which is best to use to store audio data? WAV AIFF MP3 or M4A? Answer: WAV is usually best quality and most common for studio recordings and audio samples. MP3 is suitable for emails, but m4a is the…