5 Things that have improved my recording & mixing

5 Things that have improved my recording & mixing

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Lately I’ve been thinking about what has made the biggest difference to my home recording and mixing. Here, I’ve come up with a list of 5 things that I think have improved my recording and mixing at home and taken me to the next level. Audio InterfacePreampsMonitoringMicrophonesPlugins 1. Audio Interface.  A few years ago, I decided to make an investment in a good quality audio interface. I had a budget interface but some technical issues with this interface, which almost ruined a recording session I was doing for a band, prompted me to reconsider. So, I wanted something that wouldn’t let me down. I also needed at least 8 inputs and the ability to connect my Focusrite Octopre ADAT interface to give me 16 inputs in total.  This is a…
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Hello world!

Hello world!

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Welcome to the Home Recording Studio Blog!  This is my first post and I wanted to discuss why I started this blog and what I want to write about in future posts. I’ve been recording at home since the mid 90’s. I started in my parent’s house, in my bedroom and loft, when I was about 19.  I bought a Tascam Portastudio, 4 track cassette- tape machine, second-hand, and began recording my guitar and vocals with just a Shure SM58.  Soon after this I begin using computers to make music, with MIDI at first and then as the software and hardware improved, recording audio as well. This all seems like ancient history now and I can only imagine what it must be like for teenagers that have access to far…
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