South African Music Magazine
Following on from the last issue, where we looked at the technology behind dynamic microphones, I’d like to spend this issue looking at another common microphone type: the Condenser microphone. The condenser mic is a go to mic for the studio and can be used on a variety of sources. A Condenser microphone transduces sound Read More »
I’d like to talk about microphones in the next few articles. So far we have looked at recording techniques for most instruments you are likely to come across in your home studio, and I have mentioned some of the options available when choosing a microphone, but I’d like to delve deeper into the different types Read More »
Looking through my previous articles I realised that one instrument that I have not spoken much about is the bass guitar. Despite what you might think, capturing a great bass tone can be a tricky thing to achieve. The nature of low frequencies can often lead to an uncontrolled and muddy bass tone, there are Read More »
In the last article we looked at some techniques that you can use to treat the acoustics in your home studio. In this issue we will take a look at the equipment essentials needed to create a cheap yet effective home studio. With the availability of affordable digital devices and Audio Production Software Packages setting Read More »
A few years ago in a previous article (Drum recording techniques for the home studio Part 1) I spoke briefly about some basic room treatment ideas for the home studio. In this article I want to take another look at some cheap and effective ways of controlling the response of your recording space in your Read More »
Techniques for the home studio The number of ways that you could record a drum kit are almost infinite and with the demands of modern music often requiring a less than conventional drum sound, recording engineers are once again turning to unconventional recording techniques. Over the years, some legendary techniques have been developed that can Read More »
Your Private Universe Techniques for the home studio Unconventional Recording Techniques: Bass Guitar The bass guitar has been the source of much frustration for recording and mix engineers for many years. It is one of the most important elements of modern music as it carries most of the low-end energy and groove and yet it Read More »
Unconventional Recording Techniques: Electrical Guitar Techniques For the Home Studio The electric guitar is undoubtedly one the most popular instruments in modern music and over the years many different guitar tones and sounds have become highly desired. One can fairly easily capture a decent guitar sound with a good source instrument and amp. In this Read More »
Techniques for the home studio Generally an acoustic guitar is recorded as accurately as possible to capture the natural sound that we are all familiar with. However in this issue I am going to take a look at some rather unconventional recording techniques for acoustic guitar. Whether you want to create some of your own weird Read More »
This year I want to take Your Private Universe in a slightly different direction. Over the past 14 issues we have looked at con-ventional recording and processing techniques for a number of the usual instruments you are likely to record at home. I want to continue with recording and processing tricks in this coming year, Read More »
