Adventures In Audio with Audio Masterclass
Audio Masterclass offers online training and education for the home recording studio owner who wants to make recordings of a professional standard.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 38
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
Should you switch phantom power off if it isn't needed?
When phantom power was first invented, it was designed so that any mic that didn't need it wouldn't be affected by it. So why do we now worry about switching it off?
00:03:45 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Which loudspeakers are best for accurate monitoring?
An Audio Masterclass website visitor has a dilemma, and a lot of money to spend. Which loudspeakers will serve him best as studio monitors?
00:05:18 |
Sun 22 Sep 2019
What is the phase button for on a microphone preamplifier?
In theory, the phase button is a button you should never need to press. So why is it there?
00:03:12 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Does a mix engineer need a copy of the song lyrics?
Mix engineers work with music and sound, don't they? So how would a copy of the lyrics be useful?
00:02:53 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Why your studio needs a pair of mediocre loudspeakers
Still monitoring on the best loudspeakers money can buy? Perhaps you need something a little more mediocre.
00:03:42 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Admit it - do you always raise the microphone up and point it down?
Are you guilty of recording cliches? Do you do things because you've seen other people doing it like that? Or do you decide for yourself what's best?
00:02:54 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Mixing tips debunked? Or maybe not.
YouTube is full of advice on audio and recording. Some of it good, some of it bad, some of it adding more confusion than enlightenment.
00:02:53 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
How do you record a singer with poor microphone technique?
You're trying to get a decent recording, but your singer is doing really strange things with the microphone. What do you do?
00:02:53 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
How to get a drummer to play in time to a click track
You're recording to a click track, but the drummer just can't hit the beat. What can you do?
00:02:59 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
A new word for the audio dictionary
How do you describe a microphone's position in relation to the voice or instrument it is recording or amplifying? Perhaps we need a new word in our vocabulary.
00:03:59 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
What is the difference between audio and MIDI?
A seemingly simple question that perplexes many newcomers to audio and recording...
00:03:53 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
How loud should the bass instrument be?
An Audio Masterclass website visitor wants to know how loud the bass should be, in percentage terms.
00:03:54 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Why do microphones sound different?
Microphones are the most inconsistent products in the whole of audio (apart from loudspeakers that is!). But why do they sound different? Isn't there such a thing as the perfect mic?
00:03:00 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
When you are mixing, what is the first thing you should do? What is the last? (And what should you NOT do?)
An Audio Masterclass website visitor asks what are the first and last things you should do in a mixing session? Well, that's not the average question, but we do have some answers...
00:04:07 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Better theatre sound through proper loudspeaker placement
Sound for theatre drama productions can be made much better through simple loudspeaker placement techniques.
00:03:57 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
How to edit out pops in speech or singing
Microphone pops are an unpleasant side effect of recording. It's best to avoid them in the first place, but what if someone sends you a poppy vocal recording to fix?
00:02:38 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
The best hardware equalizer ever!
So you don't want to use a plug-in EQ. You want good old-fashioned hardware muscle to handle the frequency balancing labor. So where to go?
00:02:39 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Should you use an equalizer for monitoring in the studio?
Should you judge your recordings and mixes purely on what you hear from your monitors, or would an equalizer in the monitoring chain help?
00:04:25 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
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