Home Recording Tips And Tricks

by Cherry Lane Music

• ISBN13: 9781575605623
• ISBN10: 1575605627
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-02
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music

Summary

108 pointers, hints and just plain good advice culled from the pages of Home Recording magazine. Here, you'll find pages of professional secrets on studio setup and organization, gear care, computer issues, recording, effects and mixing. Topics include: homemade cable ties * use an aux track to control levels * create a live feel the P.A. way * make your own drum booth * fix bleed on drum tracks * panning stereo tremolo * sink sync problems * fatten those rhythm guitars * and more.

Table of Contents

Studio Setup and Organization
Wanted: Dead or Alive?	4	(1)
Put the Kibosh on Clutter	4	(1)
Quiet Those Chairs	4	(1)
Silence Those Phone Calls	5	(1)
Wall Wart Remover	5	(1)
Homemade Cable Ties	5	(1)
The Long and Winding Cable	5	(1)
Cable Labels	6	(1)
Start Back at One	6	(1)
Rack Sense	6	(1)
Track Tips	7	(1)
Sound Organization	8	(1)
Phone System	9	(1)
Output Strategy	9	(1)
Communication and Talkback	9	(2)
Gear---Care, Use, and Feeding
Keep Your Patchbay Tidy	11	(1)
Dust Bust Your Mics	11	(1)
Bust That Dust!	12	(1)
Maintain Your Knobs	12	(1)
Protect Your Gear from Power Surges	12	(1)
Go to Ground	12	(1)
Phase This!	13	(1)
Chase Away Ground Hum	13	(1)
Use Good Cables	13	(1)
Improve Your Cable Situation	13	(1)
Upgrade That `Ware	13	(1)
Vintage Synths	14	(1)
Make Your Machines Work Together	14	(1)
Track Tricks	14	(1)
Sonic Archiving	15	(1)
Computer Issues
Make a Great Default Project	16	(1)
File Naming for Fun and Profit	16	(1)
Successful Bouncing	17	(1)
Use an Aux Track to Control Levels	18	(1)
Global Commands and Groups	18	(1)
Backup Your Tracks	19	(1)
Sight Unseen	19	(1)
Royal Flush	19	(1)
Baby, You Can Drive My Card	20	(1)
Surf City	20	(1)
Recording---Live and Otherwise
World Music	21	(1)
Play All Over the House	21	(1)
Mic It Twice---Sounds Nice	21	(1)
Reference Tuning Note	21	(1)
Tuning Tidbits	22	(1)
``Operator? Connect Me to an F Chord, on the Double!''	23	(1)
Change Those Strings!	23	(1)
Mic Your Guitar Amps All Over the Place	24	(1)
Small Amps---Bigger Tones	24	(1)
Guitar Mini-Clinic	24	(1)
Get Accurate Sounds from Guitars in Your Studio	25	(1)
What's the Buzz?	25	(1)
Drop Those Guitar Effects!	26	(1)
Add Presence to a Guitar Sound	26	(1)
Create Multidimensional Rhythm Guitar Tracks	26	(1)
Acoustic Guitar with Gusto	26	(1)
Acoustic Alchemy	26	(1)
Basement and Bathroom Reverb	26	(1)
Avoid Vocal Tuning Issues on Overdubs	27	(1)
Create Multidimensional Vocal Tracks	27	(1)
Create a Live Feel the P.A. Way	27	(1)
Make Your Own Drum Booth!	27	(1)
Get Your Drum Tracks Down	27	(1)
Click Tricks	27	(1)
Quick and Easy Drum Tracks	28	(1)
Mic Those Snares	28	(1)
Prevent Bleed into a Snare Mic the Paper Cup Way	28	(1)
Don't Close That Gate	28	(1)
Mic Those Kick Drums	29	(1)
Fix Bleed on Drum Tracks	29	(1)
Little Amp, Big Bass Drum Sound	29	(1)
Enhance E-Drums	29	(1)
Drum Role	30	(1)
The Human Touch	31	(1)
Try Something Different with Your Drum Machine	31	(1)
Cymbalic Gestures	31	(1)
Enshrine Your Synths	31	(1)
Print Those Tracks	32	(1)
MIDI Beat Clock vs. MIDI Timecode	32	(1)
Sustain Yourself	33	(1)
Effects
Tall Tails	34	(1)
Reverb Madness	35	(1)
Forward Thinking/Backward Reverb	35	(1)
Vocal Echo, Echo, Echo	36	(1)
Double Without Trouble	36	(1)
Make Your Compressor a De-Esser	37	(1)
Selective Vocal Delay	37	(1)
Delay Time vs. Musical Time	37	(1)
Thicken Up Those Backgrounds	38	(1)
Spread Out	39	(1)
Who's on the Phone?	39	(1)
Go Deep	39	(1)
Panning Stereo Tremolo	40	(2)
Acoustic Sizzle and Swish	42	(1)
Don't Toss Your Old Outboard Effects Gear!	43	(1)
Squash-Talk	43	(1)
Don't Aux Yourself In	44	(1)
SysEx-FX	44	(1)
Makeshift Automation	45	(1)
Mixing
Record, Wait, and Watch Those Levels	46	(1)
Get a Fresh Perspective on a Mix	46	(1)
Peak at Zero	46	(1)
Sink Sync Problems	46	(1)
Keep Your Samples Consistent	46	(1)
Preaching the Converters	47	(1)
No Pain with (Unity) Gain	47	(1)
Snare the Snares	48	(1)
Fatten Those Rhythm Guitars	48