Category : Studio Equipment
Welcome back to Signature Sound’s article Mondays! I’m your host, Jambot, and joining me today to bring you another gear review is former Signature Sound studio manager and audio engineer Deborah Reeves. Today we will be taking a look at the Empirical Labs Distressor both in form and function. Let’s do it! The Empirical Labs [...]
For a lot of people coming into sound recording and mixing nowadays (myself included) our first introduction to mixing and effects has been with the graphical mixers and digital plug-ins available through DAWs like Pro Tools, Logic, Reason, and GarageBand. While Auxiliary channels and buses within a DAW graphically represent what an engineer does on [...]
What is a Ribbon Microphone? What is it used for? Ribbon microphones were highly popular during the 1930s- early 1960s mainly in broadcast. Due to the large size of early ribbon microphones, they were later replaced by more compact condenser and dynamic microphones. Uses: Originally used for broadcast, ribbon microphones have been developed to have a [...]
What is a Dynamic Microphone? It’s ability Proximity Effect It’s uses When recording loud instruments with particularly high sound pressure levels, you want to make sure your microphone can handle the SPL (sound pressure level) without causing major distortion or ruining your equipment. Hence the purpose of the Dynamic Microphone. What is a Dynamic Microphone? [...]
The question any musician with home gear eventually has to ask themselves is, when should I take my project to a studio? Sure, who doesn’t want to create an entire project in the studio – but who has the budget for that? I sometimes I hear bands say they’re saving up the money to come [...]
One thing that really trips people up at home is the idea of the condenser microphone. People purchase large diaphragm condensers for their home recording because they are told they’re the best for tracking vocals, which is true. But a condenser mic is a lot more complicated than dynamic mics, as they require something that [...]
Room acoustics play a very important role in how your sounds behave in your studio. The acoustics of your tracking room paint a picture of the spacial landscape of your recordings. The problems you may encounter with a room are copious, but all can be treated to a satisfactory level. Flutter echo, low frequency build [...]
Here are some suggestions for those who are looking to build a complete home studio on a budget. Please be aware that prices are subject to change and we will do our best to update them. 1. Dynamic Mic a. SM Shure 57 b. Musiciansfriend.com c. $99.00 d. Fee shipping 2. A Matched Pair of [...]