Audio Engineering articles from our Blog at Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio.
Recording Signals Midwest’s ‘Westside Summer’ I had fun recording Signals Midwest’s new single, ‘Westside Summer’, as the latest installment of our video series ‘Live From Bad Racket’. Overall I am really happy with how this track turned out, both sonically and visually. Hunter and Evan have been killing it on the videos! If…
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.…
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…
Using 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…
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…
Building 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…
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…