Category: Audio tutorials
27
2020
Saxophone Recording / Phase Alignment with faGuitarAlign – A testimonial from Producer Stephan “Grete” Weiser
Saxophone recordings are fun! It’s a vibrant acoustical instrument with a lot of dynamics. Predestined to be a special flavor within your mix. Today we take a sneak peek into the studio of Stephan “Grete” Weiser, a jazz musician and producer from Germany, while he’s recording saxophone takes for the 6th album of his jazz band “Köstritzer Jazzband”. Read full article now!
27
2019
Impulse Response vs. Real Cabinet Recording – Can you hear the difference?
Impulse responses are a great way to get an amazing guitar tone in seconds. IR packs are perfect for home recording, if you can’t get to loud because of your neighbors. But nowadays they are also used a lot in recording studios because they are easy to use. Never before did you have the possibility to have so many different sounds from hundreds of cabinets at your fingertips. But still, some people think that cabinet simulation with an impulse response lacks depth and certain dynamics. During the production of our new impulse response pack “Marsh 1960A” (based on the Marshall 1960A cab), I took the time to test different IR capturing techniques to get realistic sounding impulse response files.
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10
2019
Recording Electric Guitar – The Best Way to Record a Guitar Amp with Microphones
01
2019
Recording Double Bass / Mixing & Phase Alignment for Upright Bass
Recording Acoustic Double Bass with Multi-Miking
In today’s #faTutorial, I’ll show you an exciting multi-miking technique for acoustic double bass! Acoustic double bass recording techniques often involve the use of multiple microphones for several reasons:
There are many aspects to a large acoustical instrument. You have, for example, the sound of the picking of the player on the fret-board, the bass-rich, vibrant sound of the body and maybe some nice room ambience (depending on your recording studio, of course). Read full article now!
24
2017
Comb Filtering & Phase Correction explained – How to FIGHT Phase Issues – #faTutorial [2]
Comb filtering make your mix less transparent, roomy and thin? In our todays #faTutorial we’re gonna talk about this issue that is often simply called ‘Phase Cancellation’ and furthermore how to fix it within small microphone arrays such as a guitar recording. Even today, there is still much confusion about the terms ‘being out of Phase’, ‘Phase Cancellation’ and ‘Comb filtering’. Many technicians apply common sense, but often they are unsure how to deal with it. Let‘s start with a more fundamental question: What is phase?