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A/D and D/A Conversions

Posted onAugust 22, 2010August 22, 2010AuthorTrystanLeave a comment

A point often overlooked by home recording engineers is that for every digital unit in an analog instrument chain an A/D and D/A conversion is being performed. Doing this once or twice with high quality converters is probably not very Read More …

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Guitar Cabinet Simulation

Posted onAugust 18, 2010August 19, 2010AuthorTrystan1 Comment

The amount of ‘color’ imparted to a distorted guitar sound by the speaker cabinet is often understated. Guitar speakers are not high fidelity. Rather they’re designed to roll off high frequencies, typically those over 8khz or so, and usually have Read More …

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Song Demo 1

Posted onAugust 9, 2010August 9, 2010AuthorTrystanLeave a comment

Here’s a song created using the Ubuntu Studio tool chain discussed in previous posts. The drums are programmed using Hydrogen but the guitar and bass are real instruments. Both were recorded ‘direct to console’ with the bass going through a Read More …

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Gear Research Syndrome

Posted onAugust 1, 2010August 1, 2010AuthorTrystanLeave a comment

I’ve been reading a series of informative and entertaining articles on home recording by Brandon Drury. The articles say less about what ‘to do’ and more about what ‘not to do’. This is not a criticism, rather it’s very appropriate Read More …

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Sweetening Metal Drum Tracks

Posted onJuly 19, 2010July 21, 2010AuthorTrystan1 Comment

Contemporary metal drum tracks sound pretty far from natural, they usually sound more like heavy grade pyrotechnics. When one first sits down to reproduce this sound it can be fairly daunting. Whether mic’ing a drum set or using software samples, Read More …

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The Ultimate ‘Free’ Music Home Studio

Posted onJuly 18, 2010July 20, 2010AuthorTrystan1 Comment

Certainly, there are many approaches to building a home studio depending on goals, stylistic constraints and monetary resources. My aim is to configure a digital tool chain capable of professional grade digital and analog source recording, whether I have the Read More …

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