Those who are familiar with the site might already know Carlo Castellano. For those who don’t remember him, he’s the guy who did a videosong using only ping pong balls bouncing on instruments. And for those who don’t know him, here’s the video. Beside making videosongs Carlo is also making Virtual Instruments sold on his website : audiothing.net AudioThing is a [...]
It’s very hard to record a convincing piano sound with bedroom-studio equipment, but still possible. I will show you some techniques I tried while recording my own videosongs. Please note, I’m not an audio engineer, this is just my musician experience. You don’t need expensive microphones to get a good result, my equipment for the tests was relatively cheap considering each [...]
Here is a very cool video made by my “online buddy” Lewin Barringer about filming equipment for videosongs. I encourage you guys to take a look at Lewin’s Youtube channel “Garageband & Beyond” which is full of great videos about home recording, equipment reviews and recording tips. Enjoy.
It’s very unusual to hear an electric guitar sound without any effects. For exemple my dryest guitar sound is made with an EHX Holy Grail reverb set to “hall”, knob on 4. I loooove reverb and it’s impossible for me to set my pedal less than 4. I tried, I just can’t :P Anyway, if you love guitar effect pedals as much [...]
Tips to choose the right microphone for you Today’s technology makes it possible to create music without real instruments. Plugins and emulators, with a midi master keyboard, let us play the most exotic instruments, and offer endless creative possibilities to the creative souls who’ll just use them. But if there’s one thing computer technology won’t replace, it’s the microphone. Singers will always [...]
As you may have noticed, virtual instruments are very expensive… at least the good ones. So, here is a good news: Native Instruments gives you the opportunity to download some free virtual instruments. Native Instruments has the reputation to make very good VST/AU so don’t hesitate… it’s free! These are not time limited versions, you will receive an activation code [...]
Here is a new studio tour video. This time we are going to Florida to meet Blaine and David from Two Much Cents. Another very informative video with some nice tips to mic a drumset. Enjoy. David Guitars Fender American Telecaster standard Washburn KC20V Yamaha Silent Strings guitar Yamaha FGX730 Squire Jaguar bass guitar Midi controllers M-Audio Keystation 88es Mic Blue [...]
Every musician has his little recording secrets. And when Jack Conte tells us about his mics and how he uses them to record, we sure can expect something interesting. What have The Beatles and Jack Conte in common ? Rebellion. Check out the video !… And Yes, I know, the video format is weird :P Neumann TLM103 Shure SM57 AKG [...]
