Category: Music Production
Recording A Song Using SWAMP Industries SM-11 USB Mixer Audio Interface
WORKSHOP: Recording A Song, from start to finish, using SWAMP Industries SM-11 USB Mixer Audio Interface and PreSonus Studio One Prime Free DAW. Recently I reviewed the SWAMP Industries SM-11, a 3-channel USB Mixer Audio Interface and today I demonstrate…
The Secret To A Great Song Final Mixdown
How one can make sure the song’s final mix sounds great when heard on any sound system? I explain my approach to make sure the songs I mix sound great on any audio system. Song for demonstration used: Make Love…
Tracktion T6 Workshop – Using the Insert Plugin For Hardware Processing
Since not long ago Tracktion released its T6 for free, I thought I’d demonstrate one of the interesting stock plugin options that not many are aware of. Adding a hardware audio gear track ‘insert’ plugin, that allows you to insert…
Recording Acoustic Drums With Budget Microphones with MAGIX Music Studio 2017
Recording acoustics drums is one of the most challenging jobs a recording engineer can face while recording a song with a band. A demonstration of how to practice recording acoustic drums using a few budget microphones (Behringer Ultravoice XM8500) and…
Audio to MIDI to VSTi in PreSonus Studio One V3.5 Pro
Wanted to find out if it is possible to convert an audio clip to MIDI notes, and then use the MIDI notes clip to play a VST Instrument. I’ll show you how with this quick demo using Studio One Pro….
A demo song using MXL 550 and 551 Microphone Set
Woke up this morning and decided I would record a new demo song. Still in bed, wrote the words on my iPhone. You know how you get that moment where words just seem to flow? Well, sort of. Then with…
Recording a Song with Studio One Prime – Part 5, The Drums
In this part of the series, I talk about the drum tracks. I recently recorded the drums for the arrangement from my KORG PA3x, having 7 tracks for the drum set, separating each drum kit part. I talk about why…
MIDI File to Song with Music Creator 7 – Final Part 3
AS OF LATE 2017, CAKEWALK HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS. This is the final part of the series of videos showing how to import a MIDI song file into Cakewalk’s Music Creator 7, assign instruments and sounds to the midi notes,…
MIDI File to a Song with Music Creator 7 – Part 2
AS OF LATE 2017, CAKEWALK HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS. Part 2 of the series. Selecting and mixing the tracks and recording the vocals.
Recording a Song with Studio One Prime – Part 4, More tracks
NOTE: This is not a video about how to record a real guitar instrument. In this part 4 of the series, I demonstrate the recording of another track from the song arrangement, the guitar instrument sound from the keyboard. With…
Recording a Song with Studio One Prime – Part 3, Audio Recording
In this part 3, I demonstrate how I record the Bass instrument track as Audio Track. We also get to hear the arrangement as an original stereo mix, and I invite everyone to be part of the series by being…
Recording a Song with Studio One Prime – Part 2 – MIDI
This is part 2 of the series on recording a song using the PreSonus Studio One V3 Prime free DAW. In this video I detail and demonstrate how I set up MIDI devices, Load the MIDI song arrangement and let…