Music Recording Techniques

Music Recording Techniques for
guitar, vocals, piano and drums.

When recording in your home recording studio
or any studio,
there are several things to consider before you record.

If you are recording acoustic guitar,
which microphone should you use and,
in what position?
Should you record with one microphone or two,
and how will each way affect the recording?

The same applies to vocals
but you have the consider the explosive sounds too,
as these sounds will affect the recording.
What can you do about these sounds?

With a piano,
where should you place the microphone and what type?
Should you use two microphones and if you do,
should they be the same type?

Drums come with the same considerations and more
as you could mic every drum in the set.

Below are some things to consider when recording.
And the links will lead you to pages will have more
music recording techniques and advice
to help you when you are recording,
and there will be recordings
so you can listen to the affect of
different microphones and different positions.

Microphone

The type of microphone you use as well as the position of the microphone
will have an effect on the way the recording sounds.

Try experimenting with different microphones if available
and try different positions until you get the sound you want.

Room Acoustics

The room you record in will have an affect of the recording.
If the room has reflective surfaces the reflected sound will be recorded
which is not always a bad thing
if you want that sound in your recording.

You can try moving the instrument to a different position in the room
and then compare the sound
of the new position to the old position.

You can also try soundproofing the room.

Getting a clean signal.

When setting the audio interface gain, or input signal,
to little gain will introduce
unwanted noise when you boost the recorded signal
and to much gain will overload the system.

Start with the audio interface gain at a low setting
then increase it to a level where it starts
clipping the signal when the loudest sound is played
then back it off until it stops clipping the signal.

After you have done this then
the DAW inputs can be can be adjusted the same way.

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for more info

Recording Tips
Recording Acoustic Guitars
Recording Vocals
Recording Piano
Recording Drums









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