MindPrint Special Report
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Successful Techniques
for Recording Vocals
Excerpts from Electronic Musician - April 2004
The problem is that the only way to respond effectively is to ask more questions: What kind of voice are you recording? What style of music? What mic preamps and other gear do you have? What's the recording medium? What's the purpose of the recording (demo, fun, commerce)? What other microphones do you have? These questions all lead up to a much larger one, the one that most people seeking opinions about vocal mics are really asking without realizing it: how do I record a great vocal track? MORE>>>
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Mastering Advice From the Trenches
Excerpts from Electronic Musician - September 2003
Independent musicians who are pressing their first disc or just on a tight budget may not be able to take advantage of the benefits that a major mastering facility can offer. Still, there is a lot you can do to properly prepare your project for its final stage. I asked Paul Elliott, mastering engineer at The Soundlab at Disc Makers (one of the largest American manufacturers of independently released CDs) to describe some common pitfalls to avoid when preparing a project for duplication.
Do you get many projects from artists who have already done their own mastering?
We do get a good number of people who are doing it themselves. They go out and get an all-in-one type of box and feel they can master the music themselves. MORE>>>
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EN-VOICE MK II, tube recording preamp
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• Microphone input with 48 volts phantom power
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Recording Electric Guitar
Excerpts from Electronic Musician
September 2003
The electric guitar ("El Gtr" in engineer shorthand) is one of the easiest instruments to record. Even a modest rig-a good guitar coupled with a decent amplifier-makes the engineer's job a cinch, offering plenty of level, a variety of easily adjustable tones, and-with most modern amps, at least MORE>>>
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Mr.Scarbee and his EN-VOICE MKII
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Sample Wizard Thomas Hansen Skarbye who has created several award winning sound libraries for GigaStudio, Halion, EXS24 MKII and Kontakt - including Scarbee R.S.P. '73 (sound of Rhodes(r) Stage Piano MK1) and Scarbee W.E.P. (sound of Wurlitzer(r) 200A), has been a devoted MindPrint fan for years. He is currently using the EN-VOICE. MORE>>>
