James Kananen is an Audio Engineer and Record Producer from Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland Ohio. With a background in audio and sound I'm ready for your high quality professional recording, mixing, or mastering for music or video for the north east Ohio area.
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…
2019 at Bad Racket Recording Studio Its Lit Fam, we keepin it on 100, posted on the corner, east 23rd and Superior Ave Cleveland Ohio. We had a great time recording video for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and an awesome time with many audio recording, mixing, and mastering work. We have all…
Getting the most of your recording studio session at Bad Racket Tip: There is no computer program or plugin, or production technique that will make your awful performance into a hit record. There’s no way around it, you have to make great content in the recording studio to make great recordings. Practice…
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…
Speaker Repair Diagnosis and Troubleshooting Speaker buggered? Is it not making any sound? Making a funny noise? Speaker problems can be a variety of issues, and repair and maintenance is usually the audio engineer’s responsibility. Check it out! Problem: Speaker Not making any noise First check obvious problems, like wires not being plugged in…
The Cordial Sins – Sick of the Hype (Live from Bad Racket) The Cordial Sins came by Bad Racket Recording Studio to record their song Sick of the Hype! https://www.thecordialsins.com/https://www.facebook.com/TheCordialSins/ The Cordial Sins are an alternative rock group hailing from Columbus, Ohio. Mixing harmonious elements from traditional shoegaze groups like Slowdive, with classic grunge and…
Orca – Awkward Young Cannibals (Live From Bad Racket) Check out Orca’s new Live from Bad Racket! Their new album “Pitch for the Unwilling” is out now! Bandcamp: https://orcaohio.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ghvWr… Audio: Henri Rapp Filmed by: Hunter Prunty & Evan Prunty Edited by” Evan Prunty Genre: Post-Hardcore Orca Band Members are: Ian – Vocals…
Born Without Bones – Wishing (You) Well ‘Live From Bad Racket’ Premier Via Pulmonary Sound Premiered via Pulmonary Sound “Massachusetts band, Born Without Bones stopped by Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio to record a Live From Bad Racket video of their song “Wishing (You) Well”. The song is from their new album Young…
The Venus Flytraps – X-Ray Vision (Live From Bad Racket) The Venus Flytraps stopped by Bad Racket Recording Studio to do a live version of their song X-Ray Vision! Kelly Venus – Guitar Vocals Aubrey O’Blivion – Bass Vondrella Raygun – Vocals Mike Hood – Drums Contact: venusflytrapsband at gmail https://thevenusflytraps.bandcamp.com/ Filmed by:…