Writing, Recording, Mixing, and Mastering a Song from Scratch Writing a great song can be fun. You might think you can easily write a great song and make a million topping the billboard charts, but you’d be wrong. It takes a lot of effort, trial and error, and time and money to make a…
The Musicians Guide to Making Great Recordings Audio Interfaces, Analog to Digital, and other Recording Gear Audio Interface is the standard modern way of recording. While other options like tape machines do exist, the cost and availability of such systems is growing more and more expensive. Unless you have a ton of money or some…
Intro to Audio Engineering for Musicians and Songwriters Audio Engineering 101 Everything in the studio starts and ends with the musician. From the performance, to hopefully collecting a check. Musicians rely on the principles of audio engineering to record sound from analog to digital. The gear can make a big difference too The music…
A guitar recording will sound different almost anything you do. From instrument setup, to the equipment and how its used, to how the audio is mixed and mastered in the track will affect how the sound is perceived by the listener. Getting the right sounds in the Studio Getting sounds right at the source…
Music creation can be easy and fun with new technology like samples, koops and different music creation software like Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Reason, Ableton, Garageband, Studio One, Etc. Loops in the Studio Recording and music making is no longer a process of creating sounds from scratch with new technology like loops and flexible licencing…
Recording and Mixing at Bad Racket Recording Studio Bad Racket is a recording and listening space built to be a good listening environment free from distractions. We encourage you to turn off your phone, wear a nice comfortable pair of your own headphones, and be prepared to take notes, or focus on the next few…
Speaker Repair Diagnosis and Troubleshooting Speaker buggered? Is it not making any sound? Making a funny noise? Speaker problems can be a variety of issues, and repair and maintenance is usually the audio engineer’s responsibility. Check it out! Problem: Speaker Not making any noise First check obvious problems, like wires not being plugged in…
An informative article about mixing and audio engineering term Bus Tracks Many DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic Reason or Garageband feature mix busses, aux tracks, group tracks. All of which essentially serve the same purpose, but what is a mix bus track anyway? What is a Bus track in Mixing? A bus track is like…
Bad Racket Studios Launches new Free Drum and Percussion Sample Library (Still ongoing!) We have recorded the highest quality live drum samples from a variety of drum kits and styles of tuning for the most exciting samples recorded in our Cleveland Ohio studio space where reality meets imagination. These sounds offer the depth, atmosphere, and…
Frequently Asked Questions about Recording Studios Frequently asked questions at our Cleveland Recording studio, range from how much will it cost, to more general questions about the recording studio process. For more Bad Racket Studio specific questions, check out our Cleveland Studio’s FAQ, These are more general recording studio questions. Such as… How exactly does recording…