Gear doesn’t make a difference. It inspires a difference.
ATGANI “Why do X’s productions sound better than mine?” “Well, they’ve got better gear than you.” We’ve heard this before, a familiar refrain to many discussions about sound quality. But […]
Stereo with a single microphone..?
Single Mic Stereo? Around March of 2013, reddit user TheYachtMaster posted about adding air or room feel to their tracks (link). Is there any way to replicate this live room […]
Patch Bays. What’s The Deal?
The answer to this is the inevitable: It depends. It depends on the kind of set up you have, whether you have a DAW with lots of plugins, whether you […]
Doctor Dynamic or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Compression
Why Hate Compression In The First Place? I’ve always been wary of compression. It seemed like cheating: The performance should have been more consistent; The snare drum mic placement is […]
Micing Snares
Give Me Perfection! I’ve played around a lot with mic placement on snare drums. Trying to achieve the sensitive and splatty CRACK! of Keith Carlock’s snare on Donald Fagen’s Brite […]
A Just Machine 