Recording and Mixing Rap Vocals and Beat at Bad Racket Recording Studio When mixing rap vocals the most important thing is clear, strong main vocal on top of the mix. The number 1 complaint about a rap mix? Can’t hear the vocals. So mix it loud and proud! Of course we are the…
DetailsUsing Equalization in Mixing I find a lot of times equalization in combination with dynamics control and saturation can be used to sweeten a mix, and mixing is many times simply a matter of make things fit together nicely with Equalization. Subtractive Eq Equalization or EQ is often thought of in a subtractive sense in…
DetailsSteve 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…
DetailsAnalog 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…
DetailsMicrophones 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…
DetailsBuilding a Hairball Audio 1176 One piece of gear I’ve always loved the sound of is the famed Urei 1176.You can get a wide variety of types of compression, from fast, clean, and smooth to slammed, pumpy, and dirty tones, as well as anywhere in between. This makes it an extremely versatile compressor, it sounds…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsAudio 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…
DetailsRecording 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…
DetailsBad 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…
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