Posted in Audio Software Tutorials

How To: Reduce Room Noise of Microphone Recordings with Studio One V3 Prime

A simple trick to reduce the noise of a microphone recording using the stock VST plug-in found in PreSonus Studio One V3 Prime, to reduce any room noise, and fan noise captured during recording for clean audio mixing. This tip…

Posted in Music Production

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…

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Behringer Firepower FCA1616 Review – Part 6, Conclusion

The final part of the series. I run some simple tests, go over its latency settings and do a few demo recordings. For a budget home recording studio, the Behringer Firepower FCA1616 Audio Interface is a great flexible choice with…

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Behringer Firepower FCA1616 – Part 5, Audio Connections

This is part 5 of the Behringer Firepower FCA1616 Audio Interface review videos. I get to plug in a mic, guitar and an arranger keyboard and talk about the audio routing system of the unit.

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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…

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Recording a Song with Studio One Prime V3 – Part 1 – Intro

This is the Part 1 introduction video of a series of videos demonstrating how to set up and record a song using PreSonus Studio One V3 Prime, the free DAW. In my setup, I have my KORG PA3X Musical Keyboard…

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Building My Audio Workstation PC – The Parts List

While I had the option of building a new PC for my home studio for recording music, I thought I share the experience with a short and quick video. Not as easy as one would seem to get all software…

Posted in Audio Gear Testing

Understanding One Knob Compressors on Mixing desks

Have you ever wondered how the One Knob Compression on mixing desks works? I did some experiments and here are my results.

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Zero Headphone to Mic Bleed Tip

Like to minimize or eliminate mic bleed when recording vocal or acoustic takes? Here is my poor man’s alternative to expensive closed-end headphones.

Posted in Audio Software DAW

Cakewalk Music Creator 7 – Audio Interface Setup

AS OF LATE 2017, CAKEWALK HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS. A detailed run-through of having an Audio Interface with USB connection, setup with the PC and followed by configuration of Cakewalk Music Creator 7 Driver settings. Finally tweaking ASIO settings to…

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PreSonus Studio One v3 Prime, Free DAW – Introduction, Limitations

In July 2015, PreSonus released their latest version 3 of Studio One Digital Audio Workstation. With it came PRIME, the free downloadable version, for entry-level music recording. In this video, I present how to download and install your free copy…