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Recording Studio Rockstars

RSR455 - Mike Senior - Recording Secrets For The Home Studio

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

Music

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Learn to mix first! Mike talked about setting up a home studio, recording remotely, how to record drums, bass, and guitars, where to stand for a vocal mic, how to sing with speakers, contact mics, and why 60-70Hz is causing so many problems for you!

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My guest today is Mike Senior, a professional recording, mixing engineer, teacher and writer for years at Sound On Sound magazine. He is also the author of the popular books 'Mixing Secrets For The Small Studio', and its sequel 'Recording Secrets For The Small Studio', which has recently come out with the updated second edition.

Mike has also been on the podcast for episodes RSR124 and RSR253 which you can hear in the attached playlist. Today we are going to focus on the new version of his popular book and see what tips we can learn for making great recordings in your home studio. Especially if you are starting out in recording you will love to content covered in this book but even if you have been recording for a while it can be fun to discover new techniques and ways of recording.

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0:00.0

This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Adam Audio, Isotope, native instruments, Luit, and Grace Design.

0:11.6

You're hearing my voice right now on the new Luit Ray microphone with aura, auto gain, and EQ mode through the Grace Design M201 Mark 2 Mike Pre mixed through isotope,

0:25.0

voice enhancement assistant RX, ozone, neutron, and nectar on atom audio monitors.

0:32.9

Please check out our awesome sponsors using the links in the show notes.

0:37.4

It's a great way to help support this show.

0:40.0

Now get ready to rock.

0:43.7

The person coming into the studio is responding to all the studio tech

0:47.4

and the way you're doing stuff in the studio in the same way that your grandmother is responding to Instagram.

0:51.9

If you assume that, then you'll do enough to put them at

0:55.0

their ease. Just doing a running commentary of what it is you're doing, you stick someone in front of a

0:59.6

large diaphragm condenser mic. Most people don't really come into contact with those at all,

1:03.5

and they know nothing about it other than this is some black magic studio gear.

1:19.5

Welcome to Recording Studio I'm Lid Shaw and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio.

1:33.0

No matter what style of music you make,

1:36.3

native instruments gives your studio all the instruments you need,

1:40.7

from drums, loops, and beats,

1:42.8

to the coolest synthesizers, realistic strings,

1:46.1

guitar amps, and futuristic synth pads. I love to record real bands in my studio, but then I mix

1:52.5

it up with cool sounds from Contact, Massive X, Super 8, battery, guitar rig, and hybrid keys,

1:59.3

for example, to make my music way more exciting and

2:01.9

interesting.

2:02.7

Use the coupon code Rock 10 for 10% off or download the free gifts waiting for you, like the

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