Category Archives: Glossary
Dynamic Comparison of LPs vs CDs
Today, i bring to you an excellent tech article about LP vs CD sound quality differences. In this post, you can find really interesting information about noise floor, frequency information … Continue reading
Studio basics : your chair
In the music business, specially in the recording world, everybody knows that is not a 8.00 to 5.00 kind of job. Recording sessions sometimes turns out on never ending days, … Continue reading
Recording tips by Royerlabs: orchestra
Royerlabs, the microphone manufacturer has released a recording tip series, and today i bring you the one about classical recording (really helpful if you are going to record small ensembles, … Continue reading
New audio formats: Dolby Atmos
We live in exciting times. Technology is everywhere, and now more than ever. In the cinema business, first came the video on 3D, and the next step seems to be … Continue reading
RECORDING MICROPHONE TECHNIQUES by Shure
Shure, the american manufacturer of microphones and audio related gear, has released an educational article about Micrphone Techniques. In this guide, Shure Application Engineers describe particular microphone techniques and … Continue reading
Analog & Digital: Gain stage and levels in the mixing session
‘Someone asked Al Schmitt how he mixed a record. Al answered “I just turn the knobs until it sounds good‘ With an statement like that, to mix a record seems … Continue reading
Inside the world’s quietest room
An anechoic chamber in Minneapolis’s Orfield Laboratory holds the Guinness world record for the world’s quietest place at -9.4 decibels. As humans can only detect sounds above 0 decibels, the … Continue reading
Earplugs: engineer’s best friend
This weekend was a long one: i’ve been recording the Mashub festival, at The Hague, The Netherlands. Before leave home, i always check my bag pack with all the stuff … Continue reading
Phantom power kills ribbon microphones, truth vs. fiction
I‘ve just found this post in http://recordinghacks.com/ , one of the many blogs and webs that i used to read. Sometimes, you need to refresh some concepts, and here you have one … Continue reading
