Music Recording & Production at SHStudios

Recording Drums, Percussion - & Dealing with People Who Like to Hit Things 7 .   Here at The Coolest Record Studio in London Town - we got a Big thing for Microphones & Texture.  You can kinda manipulate any audio - guitars / keyboards / bass / tuned percussion etc to taste using eq & compression - but vocals - & especially drums - they need to be captured right at source .  So - you can use a mixture of microphone types - just as an artist would use different colours - to elaborate on your sonic vision.  Dynamics -  add serious colour - & also a tad of natural compression when pushed, they're also punchy, moreish & gorgeous. These mics will give you added tone.  Condensers - are in some way opposite - they are very clear - & are meant to faithfully reproduce what they are recording without adding anything of themselves tonally. Ribbon Mics -  ..... are very natural sounding - & are excellent at reproducing the environment they

Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we got All kinds of approaches to audio capture & production. One hard & fast rule is to discuss with band & production team - what it is they are after before we even hit the button!  Making a Record That old carpenters maxim "measure Twice Cut Once" - also applies in the recording / production world - & How! There will be sessions where you either can't talk to the producer - or no one really knows where the song is headed sonically speaking - & it's all a bit experimental. So - Always close mic your instruments - this is just good recording practice - will keep bleed to a minimum, & will provide the producer with a basic, solid background to work with. To Compress or No?  Compressing on the way in (at recording stage) is generally frowned upon - for novices or people starting off in the recording world - as it's easy to screw it up. It's very common practice

Recording Drums, Percussion - & Dealing with People Who Like to Hit Things 6 .   Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we know it's All about Rhythm & Timing. Unless they're Wild Alt Punks & it's meant to sound like it's all falling apart (good for insano energy) - you're gonna need a solid, tight rhythm section to lock down your floating elements (gtrs/vox/keys etc) - cause a lot of the time - you want your vocals & guitars slightly off time - it creates focus - & contra rhythms make things interesting. Percussion can add huge amounts of positive energy to a recording, and not only in the high registers like tambourines or cowbells - congas / floor toms & mid range hand drums can all increase energy at differing frequencies. How you mic them up can make a huge difference to the final feel of the session - so think about it first.  The High Road Hi Mic Postition For an open, Airy sound that you can place in t

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