Category : Recording Techniques
Welcome back to Signature Sound’s weekly blog article series! I’m your host, Jambot, and today we will be making the case for why you should add at the very least a minimal, functioning knowledge of music theory to your tool belt if you are working in the music industry. We will be discussing how music [...]
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 [...]
Welcome back to article Mondays here at Signature Sound! This week, we will be taking a quick look at the Little Labs VOG (Voice of God) 500 Series Bass Resonance Tool. I am your host, Jambot, and helping me out with the review today is our studio manager and audio engineer Fredo. Let’s get right [...]
This week we will be addressing the all-important and often overlooked role of an assistant engineer in the recording studio. Becoming an assistant engineer is often the best way to begin making industry contacts that can take you to the next level. We will be covering what’s in an assistant’s bag, your responsibilities as an [...]
Today we will be focusing on how to properly edit audio files in a digital audio workstation. There are a few things you can do to finesse your projects to keep your audio as clean and undistorted as possible. We will be taking a look at choosing the best takes, controlling the noise floor, fading [...]
Today we will be focusing on 5 different elements of hip hop production that will transform your projects from good to great. These few pointers are key to catching the ear of an A&R or Label Executive. The areas we will be concentrating on are Rhythmic Groove, Musical Arrangement, Creating “Unique Moments”, Layering Sounds and [...]
Today we will be taking an in depth look at hip hop sessions and the elements involved in a successful vocal tracking session. The key with vocal sessions is ensuring that all the details are already taken care of before the session starts in order to allow the session to run as smoothly as possible, [...]
We’ve all been there… You’re excited to work on a new song or project, you get everything setup and ready to start your next masterpiece, and then… nothing. You sit there and wait for creativity to hit so you can begin, but again, you are left staring at an empty pad of paper and 2 [...]