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Sound Engineering Department – Devs Music Article - Recording Raw Vocals at Minimal Budget What we need? A Good Singer A decent size Room – Not too big Not too small A decent Microphone – Any condenser Microphone will do something like SAMSON nothing too fancy A Pop filter What is important? Singer’s Distance from the Microphone Controlling Gain Almost all condenser Microphones are cardiod..meaning heart shaped polarity meaning the Mics pick up voice in front of it, so if you stand too close to it, the Mic will pick up too much of your voice and create a base...

Quick Tip on Microphones Microphones are one of the most important components of the Recording studio. There are two main types of microphones, these being dynamics, and condensers. Each is used for different applications, depending on what instruments you are planning to record. Recording Engineers will always have their own choices. Different Mics handle different levels of volume.  These levels are called SPLs, or Sound Pressure Levels. Dynamic microphones and condensers differ greatly in this area, as dynamic microphones can handle higher SPL levels than condensers.  In fact, dynamic mics are specifically reactive to high SPLs, even if there is...

Quick Tip - Panning While working in a DAW, there is no hard rule about which way Panning should go. You have complete freedom to decide what kind of ultimate sound you need for the track you recorded. Broadly speaking there is no Rule that needs to be followed strictly in a Mixing process. The Mixing Engineer has complete freedom in doing so after all Mixing is an Art. To get good at this craft of mixing, one needs to decide whether the Panning of his tracks will be all centered, few hard left, few hard right or what. One...

Department of Sound Engineering - Weekly Article Tips to a Great Sounding Mix You want the drums to be the loudest, but they sound small, you want the guitars to be nice and crispy but they sound dull. You want crisp and powerful vocals, but they sound very hollow and with lot of reverb. Remember a very important thing, the more instruments you add to the Mix, the smaller each tracks sounds in the final mix. When you have too many tracks in the mix, you try to bring out the Guitar by cranking it up but then the drums...

Department of Sound Engineering Article Series How to Approach EQ? Since we have covered EQ in our Sound Engineering course here are some tips on how to approach EQ. We all know that EQ plays a critical role in getting a great mix, but many people ask me for a perfect settings menu for each instrument or vocals. Personally I feel there is much easier way to approach EQ. Look for the Problem Look for the Problem first. Why reach for an EQ if you don’t have a reason? Do you hear something you don’t quite like? Is there some track...