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…
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…