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.
Steve Perrino is a Cleveland based Producer & Audio Engineer who is now a part of the Bad Racket team. He wrote up this article explaining his experience, philosophy, and style as a producer: My Experience: First and foremost I am a musician. I play in the Cleveland bands Envoi and Bygone Days, and I…
Analog Studio or Digital Studio? Is Bad Racket an Analog Studio or a digital studio? We get this question all the time. Some people are die hard analog. Others are all about the digital recording. So whats the deal? What Really Matters Firstly, analog recording is very expensive compared to digital. Expect to spend hundreds…
Microphones at Bad Racket Recording Studio Cleveland, Ohio We have many microphones at Bad Racket including rare, vintage, and custom microphones check out our gear page Microphones are the electric the ears of recording. They work by changing air pressure energy into electrical energy. Most work in a similar way to a human ear, in…
The Loudness War Debate Explained So maybe you’ve heard about the loss of dynamics it music over the years, and maybe you haven’t. Maybe you’ve heard about the Loudness War and how studios have been crankin’ out heaters that are too hot…. and you’re wondering what it all means and need to have some contemporary…
Audio Engineering: Compression for Music Explained Dynamics Dynamics is how loud or quiet a signal is. Dynamics processors typically are either compressor, limiters, gates, and expanders or some combination of the those 4 things. They typically have several knobs which can be set to change the signal level up or down in different ways. A…
Recording Effects Recording Effects usually refers to Time based effects are like echo, delay, reverb, and similar type effects. A echo is typically just one repeat. A delay is a repeating echo type effect. A reverb is an effect that is like a Hall or room, or other sound effect that changes the sound to…
Bad Racket Recording Studio Layout Live Rooms The studio layout is typically divided into several sections. The main recording room is often called the live room. This is the largest room containing all the cabling and equipment where a band can set up. It is useful to have headphones for each musician that each have…
Studio Acoustics: An Informative Article from our Cleveland Studios We use rockwool and quadratic residue diffuser panels. For more information about using rockwool for recording studio sound treatment give us a call or email. Studio Acoustics Basic Elements There are several considerations to take into account when building or selecting a recording studio. The room…
Recording Audio Sound Basics and Intro To Acoustics Sound Sound is the movement of air in a space. It’s the compression and rarefaction of millions of air molecules. It’s the vibrations that soar through the air and resonate through our ears and are perceived as sound in the brain. Vibrations In its most basic form,…
How to Make a Great Recording at Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland Ohio How to Recording Really Good … errr … I mean How to Make a Really Swell Recording or album or something like that. A great recording always starts with a great artist. From day one, you need to work hard at…