In our latest “How-To” Guide, Todd Hobin demonstrates how you can mic a drum kit for a recording studio. The more microphones you have the better. However, Todd gives a good trick on recording if you don’t have enough microphones.
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Setting Up Your Own Home Recording Studio
Folk-pop-noir singer-songwriter and professional audio engineer, Ryan Hobler lives in a studio, mixing and recording on a daily basis. Drawing upon his 10 years of experience in both music production and audio post, here he offers his suggestions to avoid some common recording mistakes.
Mary Ramos Lends Advice on Catching Music Supervisors’ Attention
The following video is an interview with Mary Ramos, a music supervisor for Quentin Tarantino movies, as well as over a hundred Hollywood blockbusters. In this conversation, recorded at Sync Summit Paris 2014, Mary shares specifics of working in the sync licensing industry these days, and provides numerous practical advices on getting noticed by music supervisors. Mary shares a lot of great advice and knowledge for indie artists.
Reed Selection Tips from a Pro
Selecting the right reed can be confusing, especially for beginners. To a certain extent it is a personal choice and will take experimentation and experience to figure out what’s right for you and your playing style. Even for experienced musicians, it is often a difficult and frustrating aspect of playing a reed instrument. The following information from A Guide to the Art of Adjusting Saxophone Reeds, by James Rötter, gives some tips.
How to Mic an Acoustic Guitar
Todd Hobin has some helpful tips and tricks that you can use at home. Watch our instructional video on how to mic an acoustic guitar whether you are in the studio or performing.
How to Restring an Electric Guitar
Todd Hobin gives a video demonstration and dictates the key steps to restring an electric guitar.
How to Restring an Acoustic Guitar
Todd Hobin goes through a step by step process to teach you how to restring an acoustic guitar.
How to Tune Your Guitar with a Piano
Todd Hobin sat down to explain and demonstrate how you can tune your guitar by using a piano.
How to Tune a Guitar to Drop D Tuning
Todd Hobin gives a video demonstration on how to tune your guitar into drop D tuning as well as a easy capo trick that you can try at home. Check out this video review of more Kyser capos.
Routine Guitar Maintenance
Guitar maintenance should be a simple thing, right? But there are so many products and opinions out there that perhaps you might put it off for another few months. Then a crack appears on your beloved cedar top acoustic, or your fretboard is feeling sticky, or maybe you just think it could be better now that you have gotten familiar with all its little quirks. Here are some simple tips for guitar owners that can make a big difference.