Recording Drums at PKO, Part I: Miking Techniques... with Audio!
If we surveyed all ISP readers asking "which instrument do you find hardest to record?", the acoustic drum kit would probably emerge as the undisputed winner. A typical kit…
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Production: What Both Musicians and Engineers Should Keep in Mind When Facing a Recording
When a band or an individual comes up with the idea of going into a recording studio to capture what they play or perform on a physical medium, very often it is not clear enough…
Ideas to Improve Your Home Studio: Concepts That Can Take It a Step Further
Generally, when users think about making an investment to improve their studio, the first thing that comes to mind is buying more gear. Of course, buying new mics, preamps…
Recording electric guitars. Miking techniques and other practices.
Below we present a range of recording techniques, starting with the simplest -a single mic- and moving on to several microphones of different types, multiple amps, line signal…
How Do You Listen to Your Mixes? Tips on Combining Different Monitors to Improve Your Mix
Many users send ISP questions about how to set up a monitoring rig that combines several different monitors: What is it for? Which monitors should I choose? What qualities should…
Speed Up Your Workflow With Pro Tools, Part III: Tricks and Techniques for Everyday Work
This article closes the series devoted to digging into some of the Pro Tools features that help you work faster in this DAW. We have covered topics such as naming conventions and…
Speed Up Your Pro Tools Workflow, Part II: Tricks and Techniques for Everyday Work
Many of the most repetitive tasks have a keyboard shortcut of their own, or even a whole workflow, that eases the workload to some extent. In other cases, little-known features…
Studio Recording: Secrets and Curiosity for Recording
How do you talk about studio recording when so much has already been said that we're almost saturated with reading about it? I'm going to try to share some personal points of…
Stuck on a Mix? A Few Ideas That Can Help You Find a Way Out
If you've been mixing for a while, you probably know what the headline refers to. Simply put, the mix you're working on isn't working. Maybe you don't know exactly why, but it's…
Acoustic Materials
The article titled "Your Studio's Control Room" tackled the subject of acoustics in enclosed spaces, applied to the control room of a recording studio. With the goal of achieving…
Controlling Your Studio: Room Acoustics Basics
The acoustics of a recording studio are sometimes one of the most neglected aspects, especially in those with a tight budget. The tendency is to invest in mics, compressors…
Computer-Based Studio Recording or Standalone Hardware?
Newcomers to recording often wonder what the best way to get started is, which systems offer the best features, which is the cheapest, which is the easiest, and so on. It's only…
A Tour of Audio and MIDI Interfaces
The word “interface” has become very fashionable in recent years. The Spanish Royal Academy's dictionary defines the Spanish term interfaz as a “physical and functional connection…
Figure-8 Microphone Techniques
We have all heard a recording that made us wish ours sounded that good. We wonder how it was possible for it to sound with such quality, definition, realism, dynamics and power…
Studio Monitors: A Deeper Look
What is a monitor? A loudspeaker cabinet designed for monitoring in recording studios, radio or television stations, by sound operators in general, and by musicians on stage…
MIDI, Chapter III: A Dictionary of MIDI Messages
We can separate MIDI messages into two categories: channel and system. The second type (system) sends a message to all the devices, and each element of the system will respond to…
Troubleshooting MIDI Problems
Having presented a series of case studies, we're taking a small turn in this issue's Our Home Studio section. Today we'll tackle MIDI technology, looking at the possible problems…
Case Studies (III): Problems and Solutions in Our Mixes
We now come to the third chapter of our home studio series devoted to home recording, looking more closely at some of the most common mixing problems and uncovering a few little…
Case Studies (I): Problems and Solutions in Our Mixes
So much theory runs through our heads. It's incredible how much information we musicians have to learn. Information that is often foreign to music itself: hardware, software…
An Introduction to the Voice
One of the oldest, best-known and most versatile instruments of all those that exist and have ever existed: the voice. It is more than important to know in depth each of the…