Any good tutorials?

[PeaceSells]

So I've been recording music for a while, but I've never gone very indepth. This is something I would like to do. However, I find much of this very confusing. Are there any books or tutorials that you know of that teach how to mix, master, etc. in a clear, understandable way? I found this recording software that is made to teach beginners how to do it. Is it worth it though?

 

[Kevin Deschwazi]

I think you misunderstand the software you’re looking at, it’s not “teaching software” as such. A lot of companies will sell to academic institutions and students at reduced prices and it will be called “academic edition” or whatever. The software isn’t any different in that it will “teach” you how to record or anything like that. It’s just a regular recording programme which is intended for use in colleges and schools.

Recording music is a set of processes and those processes can vary quite a bit depending on what you’re recording, how you’re recording, the gear you’re using etc. So there’s really no one size fits all “tutorial” which will guide you through from beginning to end. There are a lot of good online resources though like tweakheadz, project studio handbook and FAQs on sites like this. Sound on sound magazine also has an excellent site with access to several years worth of articles.

I don’t have many recording books (because there’s so much guidance online) but I like “the mixing engineers handbook” by Bobby Owsinski and Paul White’s (from SOS) “Recording and production techniques”.

 

[PeaceSells]

I checked out the tweakz guide a while ago, but it was more geared towards building an entire home studio. All I want is to learn how to use an interface and make good quality recordings. Maybe that's just a matter of playing around until I figure it out. Thanks for the reply.

 

[undergroundtoon]

So I've been recording music for a while, but I've never gone very indepth. This is something I would like to do. However, I find much of this very confusing. Are there any books or tutorials that you know of that teach how to mix, master, etc. in a clear, understandable way? I found this recording software that is made to teach beginners how to do it. Is it worth it though?

i like to watch dvd videos so i can actualy see what people are doing

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_g...-alias=dvd&field-keywords=recording&x=21&y=22

this one is a good one for starters who are still in the blue on the whole mixing thing(i own it)
http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Home-R...ef=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199309030&sr=1-6

 

[undergroundtoon]

I checked out the tweakz guide a while ago, but it was more geared towards building an entire home studio. All I want is to learn how to use an interface and make good quality recordings. Maybe that's just a matter of playing around until I figure it out. Thanks for the reply.

what interface do you have?

 

[PeaceSells]

i like to watch dvd videos so i can actualy see what people are doing

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_g...-alias=dvd&field-keywords=recording&x=21&y=22

this one is a good one for starters who are still in the blue on the whole mixing thing(i own it)
http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Home-R...ef=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199309030&sr=1-6

yeah, i'm the same way. The dvds you linked me too seem interesting. I'll check them out.

what interface do you have?

Well, I don't own one yet. I'm more than likely going to buy this one though.

 

[danny.guitar]

I've never used an interface with that many options so a lot of it I'm unsure how to use. But on the back, you hook the mics into the XLR jacks.

Where it says "Onyx Mic Pre" above the XLR jacks with 3 holes. Then hook the interface to your computer via the FireWire cable. Your computer will need FireWire inputs so make sure it has those. If it doesn't, you can buy a cheap FireWire card on www.newegg.com.

Then on the top, you can hook up your headphones to the jacks with the little headphone icons by them. Pretty much common sense.

As for the control room outputs and all that stuff, I honestly have no idea because I've never used anything that had them. So someone else can help you with that.

Sorry if this doesn't help much.

 

[PeaceSells]

thanks a lot for that post. that helps how can I tell if I have a firewire input?