Category Archives for "Production"

Reverse Engineering Cuba’s “Sonic Weapon”

Cuba sonic weapon on Bobby Owsinski's Production Blog

You might have read about the mysterious injuries that American and Canadian diplomats stationed in Havana, Cuba were suffering a while back. The symptoms were consistent with a concussion (memory problems, an inability to concentrate, mood problems, headaches and fatigue) and although the results of several studies by the FBI and independent engineers have been […]

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#Chen Yan #Kevin Fu #sonic weapon #University of Michigan–Ann Arbor #Wenyuan Xu #Zhejiang University

Excellent Pictures That Illustrate The 4 Eras Of Audio Recording

Thomas Edison Phonograph on Bobby Owsinski's Production Blog

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words and these 4 pictures tell you all you need to know about how audio recording has evolved over the years. There are really 4 eras to audio recording – the acoustic era, the electronic era, the magnetic era, and the digital era. Let’s look at some great […]

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#Dr. Tom Stockham #Les Paul #Louis Blattner #Soundstream #Thomas Edison #Victor Talking Machine Company

This Mashup Between RATT And Marvin Gaye Shouldn’t Be This Good

Marvin Gaye RATT mashup

Things like this aren’t supposed to happen. With all due respect, Marvin Gaye and RATT aren’t exactly in the same league, but sometimes there’s an unexpected synergy that happens that just defies every expectation. That’s what happens in this mashup between RATT’s hit “Round and Round” background track and Marvin Gaye’s “Heard It Through The […]

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#Marvin Gaye #mashup #RATT

10 Questions To Ask During Band Preproduction That Will Make You Sound Better

Band preproduction on Bobby Owsinski's production blog

Preproduction is the best time to work out any kinks in songs and arrangements way before you begin to record. Chances are that there will come a time when your band is playing either in rehearsal or in the studio and suddenly there’s a train wreck where something sounds way off, and you may have […]

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#Music Producer's Handbook #preproduction

Drum Tuning Techniques Every Engineer Should Know

drum tuning techniques

There’s no doubt that getting a drum sound is the number one priority for any recording that has a drummer. Sometimes you luck out and the drums sound great by just putting the mics in front of them, but other times they require more care in order to make them sound the way you want. […]

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#drum kit #drum tuning #Recording Engineers Handbook

The 7 Basic Decisions That Every Producer Faces

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Before a music project can even begin there are a number of basic decisions that every producer faces in order to get the ball rolling. This excerpt from the latest edition of my Music Producer’s Handbook illustrates the many production considerations confronting a producer in a typical project before it even hits the studio. Most of the […]

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#Music Producer's Handbook #producer

3 Techniques For Miking An Audience

Audience miking

If you’re recording a live performance, then you want to pick up some of the audience to make it sound realistic. Here are some techniques and considerations culled from the latest edition of my Recording Engineer’s Handbook. “Audience recording is both the key and the problem with live recording. It’s sometimes difficult to record the audience […]

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#audience miking #book excerpt #Record Engineer's Handbook

Is The Large Format Console In Danger Now That SSL Has A New Owner?

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Console maker Solid State Logic has a new owner and it’s Audiotronix. The audio conglomerate purchased the iconic console company from majority shareholder Peter Gabriel, who’s owned the company for 12 years. SSL now joins a corporate umbrella that includes DiGiCo, DiGiGrid, Calrec and Allen & Heath. This fills out the product mix for Audiotronix, since SSL […]

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#Audiotronix #Solid State Logic #SSL

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