Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Pro Techniques For Home Recording - The Digital Home Studio Bible (Kindle Edition)



Have you been dissatisfied with your tracks, mixes or master recordings?

Would you like your recordings to gain a 'professional edge' - that kind of "snap" and "punch" you hear on pro recordings?

Then you've come to the right place!

This manual will help you avoid audio audio recording pitfalls, giving you loads tips and techniques to learn and listen to, from mic technique thru to mixing and mastering. After purchase here, you will also receive the full offline version w/ LOADS of Audio examples -

Microphone choice and placement รข€" the proper ways (and some great improper ways!) to get sounds that will make your recordings stand out.

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Plentiful equalization methods, settings, and hints to clear up and pump up your sound.

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Technical terms explained in a clear, concise manner using examples.

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Compression techniques of the pros. Extensive tips and settings to clean up, improve, and crank up your tracks.

And plenty more that won't fit in this limited spac

Become a pro at using Logic 8



This is a great book for all my Logic users if your a pro or just getting started this book will give you great insight on Logic 8.

A great site for Royalty Free Loops

I found this site while searching the web for loops and sound f/x to use or to add to my vast sound library. Being a producer as well as an engineer it is vital to have a lot of tools to use in our beats or to add that finishing touch to a mix. I looked through the site and it has a vast library to choose from and the prices seem fair. I found a dvd with 2 gigs of sound f/x roughly 1400 sounds. This is worth it to get some quality sounds free would be better but a lot of times the sound quality is to poor to use on a pro level. Don't get me wrong every now and again there is nothing wrong with a gritty sample to add some flavor to your music.
I think this site is worth it to check out you might find some gems if you look hard enough.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Welcome

Welcome to a blog for everything Music if your a fan, artist, producer or recording engineer, I will do my best to provide you information, helpful tips and new music to fulfill your musical needs. If you have a question about something music just ask and I will do my best to find the answer or lead you in the right direction for your answer. I feel the need to do this because as a seasoned engineer and being in the music business for all these years I find myself answering a lot of questions. I created this blog to answer a lot of questions I get about music and studio equipment so on and so on. I will also feature up and coming talent, new music from established artist and products and services for everything music.

Lets learn together,

Motrakx- Head Engineer Tropix Recording Studio