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…
WAV vs AiFF vs mp3 or m4A: Which audio file format is best? Quick answer which is best to use WAV AIFF mp3 or M4A? Answer: WAV is usually best quality and most common for studio recordings and audio samples. mp3 is suitable for emails, but m4a is the worst and should be avoided. AIFF…
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…
Beasts Without Biomes – Goodbye to Summertime (Live From Bad Racket) Now available on Apple iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/say-goodbye-to-summertime/1382354005 On a cold snowy day in Cleveland, we recorded an album for Beasts with out Biomes. Evan and Hunter came by and shot this sick video for a song called Goodbye to Summertime live from our Recording Studio…
Bad Racket Cleveland Music Studio Recording We are happy to help with any recording, mixing, or mastering you need for your music. We have a professional studio located downtown. We are experience with mixing, editing, effects and all other aspects of music production. Bad Racket is a music studio, and we do commercial and voice…
8+ Tips for Recording Guitar So It Sits Well In the Mix by Henri Rapp Guitar can be one of the easiest instruments to record, and provided you steer clear of a few pitfalls, you should have no problems at all. After about 10 years of recording you pick up a few techniques, these…
5 Ways to Spice up your Guitar Recordings in the Studio When it comes to the electric guitar, the difference between a live recording sound, and a polished studio sound, is often in the production and overdubs. This informative article about the electric guitar recording process is meant to explore several areas of…
How to Record Drums: Recording a Full Drum Kit: Kick Drum, Snare, Rack toms or Floor Toms and Cymbals –Henri Rapp – Bad Racket Recording Studio How you record a drum has a big influence on how it will sound. From the drum itself, to the type of head, mic placement, and type of…
DIY 500 Series Mic Preamp Construction (High Quality Microphone Pre) For anyone who doesn’t know, 500 series is a type of rack-mount outboard gear for studio use, that offers a semi-universal slot for all types of preamps, compressors, equalizers, with many different manufactures offering modules in nearly the same size and format. If you…