Home Studio Tips

I found a few great sites that offer Propellerhead tutorials, there is some really great stuff here. It is worth a look.

18 Reason Tutorials
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20 Record Tutorials
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/record/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_ar...

Technology moves fast, so does the music world and especially the digital audio world. What was cool last year, maybe cliche this year...vocoders for instance were cool at first, but now everyone and there brother is overusing autotune.

You have hardware and software that may be confusing or tough to learn. Reading the book or manual can be like pulling teeth. I do recommend keeping manuals around for technical specs and quick answers to questions but there are quicker ways to get the information you seek.

When you are just getting started recording in your home studio it can seem like a big scary world. You may feel like you are not doing things right, but don't fret...no pun intended, there is help.

Look to the web

There are tons of message boards, forums and blogs that focus on recording music. As equipment gets cheaper, more and more people are recording music at home. Many of these people love to offer help and share advice. Find these people, and ask questions.

Youtube is also an excellent place to find tutorials on setting up mics, eq, mastering, using software, etc. You can spend hours on Youtube watching tutorials. Be careful, as there are millions of "watch me play" videos, try and stick with the tutorials and videos that actually teach you something, rather than just some kid in his bedroom stroking his ego.

Google can be your best friend. For instance, when I Google "recording guitar" I get 36,500,000 results. There are articles, discussions, and videos that will point you in the right direction. Google each technique that you need help with, you'd be amazed how much great information is out ther for you. You can even get very specific with your search terms such as "recording distorted electric guitar with Pro Tools and AKG c100s."  Read More »

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A basic overview of how to use KitCore to create an acoustic drum track.  

When you are recording in your studio do you take notes on what you are doing? If not, you should. It's a good idea to at least keep track of what songs you worked on, that way when it comes time to backup you know what has changed.

Also, if you are recording a track it's good to jot down what mic you used, placement, instrument, amp, eq and compression settings, etc. You don't want to be asking yourself two months from now "How did I get that killer guitar sound?" because you'll never be able to reproduce from memory. Sometimes, I'll even go so far as to take digital pictures of mic placement so I know exactly where they were placed.

Other things to keep track of would be what effects you added to tracks, raised level of X during mixing, bounced to X, who played on what track, anything and everything that you might think you may need later.

It may seem like overkill, but it is a good idea to keep notes when you are in the studio, you'll thank yourself later on.

Learn how to get the perfect take using the Loop Record mode in Pro Tools 8.

Hey all

 I have an apple mac , thats it.

 i need direction as to where to go from here. Iv had a boss BR-600 but want to create that home studio enviroment, thats where i need your help.

 what im looking for is a software package for my mac and a means of connectiong my guitar to my mac via some sort of interface.

I have loads of song that i feel i need to get onto disk and want to get the best results as possible from a home studio.

thanks for your help. 

I am having problems with my Boss Roland Br-600. It doesn't convert songs or individual tracks to wav files. I have used this in the past and it worked fine, but haven't used the recorder in about year. The USB cord is fine, it can backup files and import my only problem is exporting the files. It goes through the normal process, asking what you want to do (Backup, Import, Export), what type of file (wav or aiff) and then which tracks you wish to convert, but when I hit enter it goes to the next screen (the Progress screen), it stays there for a second or less, makes no progress and then returns to asking what type of file you want. The card isn't full and there are no other problems with the recorder. Any suggestions?

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hi all -been reading and studying all the helpful tips you guys have given since I bought the br600 a couple of months ago

thank you all

 its amazing what this small machine capable of

 may I ask for help with the one problem I seem to have

I seem to get a bvooop-bvoop at the start of some of my recordings

is this because im using too much volume ???

any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks and keep up the good work

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