Recent content by Chris K

Just got this back from mastering. What do you guys think? Everything is recorded and produced by me except my brother sings the second verse + some backing vox, and the drums are played by Chris Brush. Kinda too late to change anything, but I always appreciate constructive criticism anyway...

It's something I've wanted to do for a while, and I had a blast making it. The song is an original that I just finished up recording in my home studio. I'm super blessed to have friends that let me use their barn which couldn't have been better for the vision I had in mind and a mom that was...

I can't say there is just one acoustic that I dream on owning... But a larger bodied Taylor from one of their higher-end lines is definitely something I have always kept an eye out for. Well, I finally pulled the trigger, when I found a Craigslist add for a 2010 815ce for sale at $1,500. And...

I recently completed my first ever guitar build, and I thought I'd go ahead and post it. Started with the T-style guitar kit from StewMac, and I gave it a few upgrades... Swapped the cheap pickups with Fender Original '52 pups, upgraded the tuners to some nice Gotohs, drilled holes and added...

Howdy folks, Now that I have finished installing hardwood flooring in my studio, I'm looking seriously into "doing it right" with speaker placement, acoustic treatment, etc. I don't have any "proper" treatment yet (just bookshelves and stuff like that), but it seems like finding the best...

Hey y'all, I've done a little bit of tinkering with patterns in Groove Agent before, but I've always found it to be a huge pain trying to find the right beat as they are poorly labeled IMO. You really just have to sample every single one of them to find what you are looking for. Well, me...

Seems like the "in thing" right now is to use instruments, sounds and techniques that are creatively "different" and (sometimes to a ridiculous degree) out of the box. My music tends to fall more on the acoustic side and heavy synths aren't really my thing, but I found myself playing around with...

Strange. I'm still using 9.5 so I haven't experienced that, yet. Have you tried pulling up the editor window to see if it somehow got set by default to left instead of stereo out? Like This:

Hey y'all, Just finished this one. Vocals are sung by my mom, brother, and me. Instrumentation+production is all done by me. This was also my second ever attempt at mastering my own music. I would appreciate and welcome any and all of y'all's feedback and constructive criticism! YouTube

I think it's safe to say that most of us guitarists don't like the idea of suffering through the long journey of learning new fingerings and techniques in order to master a new instrument. I know I don't. Guitar is the only instrument I truely know how to play (I can also do simple bass and just...

Whenever I'm laying down vocals or sometimes even when recording instruments, I like to wear my headphones with one side open (as in just resting on my head, behind my ear). I can hear myself so much better that way and frankly can't imagine doing it any other way. Singing with headphones on...

Hey y'all. Just thought I'd share a quick project from a while back that completely changed my little setup from cluttered and unorganized to neat and tidy in about 30 minutes. Like most newbs, I was tired of my huge mess of cables all over the place, tired of my speakers being way below head...

Hey Y'all, got a question for ya. So, I've been learning recording for a couple years, now, and I still consider myself very much of a beginner at all this. With that said, though, I am starting to turn out some songs that I am really happy with, and I don't want to be limiting my sound quality...

When you finally finish a CD, single, music video, etc. do you enjoy sitting around listening to your masterpiece, or are you just about ready to flush your eardrums down the toilet if you hear that song play one more time?

Howdy folks! first post here... So, I just picked up a Studio Projects C1 LDC mic that I found for a great deal. Mine is the older version (797 Audio colabortaion), and I am very pleased with the sound of it. Exeptional with vocals and acoustic guitar. I have heard some complaints of the newer...