Recording Guides
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Sometimes the awesome power and quality of today’s digital recording tools add complexities that can confuse and frustrate you for far too many hours.
One of these puzzles can often be caused by latency problems.
So how can you diagnose and quickly solve latency issues?…
First we need a standarised test signal. We use a program that plays a saw tooth wave sound, with no parameters adjusted. We feed this simultaneously to the different channels to be tested, and listen to the output.
Here’s an example from a client case that came up a while back…
Out Of Time
A customer contacted us with this problem:
He was…
mixing tracks from Cakewalk
routing everything except his lead vocal track through an Aardvark Q10 (a bit long in the tooth now!)
into his Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro
His vocal track was routed via his PC’s consumer-grade sound card
Problem: recorded vocals sounded delayed with respect to the backing tracks.
This seemed to defy common sense, since all the tracks began playback at precisely the same time.
What our customer didn’t realize is that pro gear like the Aardvark Q10 has drivers and D/A converters that are much more efficient than the less-capable consumer sound card.
The result was that the vocal track took significantly longer to process, and added a noticeable delay at the output.
In addition to the delay factor, the [tag]recording[/tag] audio quality was nowhere near as good as the Q10’s output.
The Solution?
In his case, since he had available channels, the solution was simple:
I advised him to route lead vocals through the Q10, instead of through the sound card!
Problem was history, client was happy, and all tracks were now in sync and sounding great!
The Moral of the Story?
Keep you signal paths of similar (professional) quality for consistent results.
admin @ April 25, 2008
Studio Setup
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Based on the many changes in technology that have taken place here recently, most of the computers that are built today are perfect for recording. It doesn’t matter if it is a Mac or a PC, they are both perfect for your recording needs when you are building a home recording music studio. However, you […]
admin @ September 25, 2007
General
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The following article is about the basics of home recording. First, let’s talk about quickly as well as easily setting up your very own home recording studio. As you may already know, in the early days of studio recording, it normally costs thousands as well as a lot of space and a lot of training […]
admin @ September 19, 2007
General
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Matt Richard of The Chee-Weez cover band at his C&M Music Center day job in Kenner was interviewed by Darrell Greene of WVUE FOX 8 News in New Orleans. Also interviewed is Fred LeBlanc of Cowboy Mouth.
admin @ September 14, 2007
Creating Effects
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This video shows you how to use and where to get the excellent FREE multi-effect for your home recording studio. Th plugin is called Funky Flanger and includes a Flanger, Reverb, and digital delay all for free. We even show you how to use it in this video. Enjoy from your friends at Recording School […]
admin @ September 14, 2007
General
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If you are currently a working musician, there is a great possibility that you would really like to be able to record your very own ideas in serenity of your own home. In this particular article, you are going to learn about building your home recording studio from the ground up. To begin with, we […]
admin @ September 14, 2007
Mixers
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Behringer Eurorack UBB1002 10-Input Mixer
The Behringer UBB1002 gives you the option of AC or battery power in an extremely flexible mixer with great features and excellent audio quality. It’s equipped with 2 mono and 3 stereo channels plus a separate stereo tape return channel. All stereo channels have separate gain controls for mic and line […]
admin @ September 10, 2007
PCI Audio Interfaces
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The Delta 44 offers the same features and high performance as the Delta 66, but is designed for the person who does not require S/PDIF digital I/O. The Delta 44 features the same 24-bit 96kHz converter section that makes the Delta 66 the envy of the audio card community. And like the Delta 66, the […]
admin @ September 10, 2007
