DIY Recording Guys

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We've had an absolute blast making this podcast.
It's given us ample opportunity to learn. To teach. To meet new people around the world.
Now it's time move on....but not before we reminisce and, of …

Ever wish you could just use your OWN drum kit sounds in a VI or sampler like Slate Trigger?

Ben did. 

On this episode he talks about how to do it and what he learned.

Where to Find the Guys
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After more than a decade of using Pro Tools, Vadim has switched to Reaper as his DAW. 

At the time of this recording he'd had less than 2 weeks and only 1 mix under his belt but the impact was clear: …

Conventional advice on compression often boils down to: "don't squash the life out of your tracks with over-compression" and "buy THIS plug-in because it adds that extra special sweet saucy goodness …

Reverb can seem simple...it's just a washy effect, right? Sure. It could be that but it's also so much more. From being your "backwards/forwards" lever, to creating texture, to adding thickness, to c…

Sometimes you hear a song that sounds so huge your jaw drops. How did they do that? 

The answer is almost always: layers. And while all of this is more art than science, there are a few guidelines to …

OK. It's not the most sexy part of producing music but it's one of the most important. There's an amazing thing that happens when you've finished editing the tracks in a song and hit play for the fir…

Critical listening is the ultimate skill of the recording enthusiast and headphones are the tool we trust most to enable this skill.

Why? Well, because most of us are not working in ideal spaces and …

Reference tracks. The internet forums are full of wisdom regarding using references (whether to or not, when, how, etc.,). 

References play an important part in the workflows of both Ben and Vadim - t…

Well. Another year has come and gone. In many way, nothing has changed. The pandemic is still here and we're still trying to get even better vocal takes. 

Still, we've learned many important lessons, …

Want to try mixing with outboard gear but don't have any? Sure you do! Every guitar pedal can be used as outboard gear for awesomely creative results. 

In this episode you will learn:

• What people mean …

The room where you mix your music is a sacred space. A temple to your craft. It wants to be honest. It needs to be pleasant to spend long periods of time. 

On this episode you will get a solid, start-…

It can be really difficult to isolate a specific instrument from a finished mix...and that's kind of the point! A mix is like a stew, it should taste like a stew - not like a bunch of individual ingr…

Plugins, microphones, outboard gear. These are the tools of our trade. 

If you fancy yourself a craftsman, then you probably love tools of your craft. You probably watch videos and get served ads. You…

Before the days of DIY, recording music could be a more intense process. Bands were prepared to spend weeks or even months in a studio trying different instruments, different amps, different mic tech…

If you've just been sticking to open guitar chords and pentatonic scales then you're cooking with salt and pepper. What if you had a whole arsenal of spices to work with? Sure you might make some wei…

Many of us had unpleasant run-ins with music theory through involuntary music lessons as kids but is it actually useful as a studio tool? Maybe. Sometimes. It's a tool that can help you out of arrang…

Neve. SSL. API. 1176. LA2A. Pultec. We've all heard these names. We've all seen the countless plug-ins that emulate them. How did these names become so coveted in the recording world? Is there really…