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| AUDIO Recording on a home computer |
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Learnzat.com Getting the perfect mix is a challenge but a quality home mix is completely within your reach with the price of home recording setups being relatively inexpensive. When recording multi track style, it is best to monitor on headphones while recording the individual part. That also allows you to use a click track without it bleeding onto the tape. A good pair of headphones can be attained inexpensively. The standard of most commercial recording studios is well within the financial reach of any home recordist. To record spotlessly, make sure that you have a pop filter. A pop filter blocks those noises from hitting your microphone. Stand in front of your favorite condenser microphone (without a pop filter) and record yourself saying "popcorn" and "seashell". Listen back to it. Did the "p" cause a pop on the recording, and did the "s" and "sh" sounds on "seashell" cause a high pitched hissing noise? These phenomenon are called plosives and sibilance. Mastering is what sets commercial recordings apart from home recordings. As software becomes cheaper, getting your project mastered is now more achievable than ever. Professional mastering is the careful compression (evening out levels while increasing volume), equalizing (subtracting or adding frequencies for punch & clarity), and performing minor edits such as fade-ins and fade-outs. To master on your own, you'll need a software compressor/limiter, like the Waves L3+Ultramaximizer plug-in with presets for mastering; they'll give you a professional result without having to tweak any complicated settings. |
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