Audio Engineering articles from our Blog at Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio.
Understanding Microphone Polar Patterns Hunter From Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio talks about how microphones pick up sound as well as how we use them in the studio. Microphone polar patterns is how the microphone picks up sound and in what directions. They includes cardioid, Omni-directional Figure-8. Cardioid or uni-directional mics pick up…
Interview: Analog Vs Digital, Streaming, Vinyl, and the Music Business Interview Questions by A Random Lakewood Resident and Responses by James Kananen Producer from Bad Racket Recording Studio How has music streaming affected you? What about your clients? Streaming has affected me personally by allowing me to enjoy many types of music i…
Choosing Drum Heads for Recording in the Studio Drum heads can affect the tone of your drums more than any other factor. If your drum heads are poorly tuned or worn out you cant expect the same sound. Drummers head preferences vary widely from double ply coated to more ringing single ply heads. Generally…
Of course, When you’re looking for a rap studio near me, you gotta come to our Cleveland recording studios downtown near the CSU tower. I would have to say Logic 9 or Logic X are both fully capable as well as Pro Tools and Studio One. Pro Tools is of course the industry favorite, but…
Drum Replacement & Enhancement Drum replacement, or “using samples”, is a modern technique that is being implemented in most mainstream music nowadays. Some view it as cheating, and others view it as necessary to achieve a desired sound. Essentially, there are two main ways to use samples with drums: Blending & Layering, or complete replacement.…
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…
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 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,…