Post your recording tips

Fade

The Beat Strangler
Administrator
illest o.g.
I want to compile a list of tips for everyone, so I need your help. Reply to this thread with only 1 tip from each of you. The best tip that you can give for recording / mixing / vocals / DJ / whatever.

Thanks.
 

Greg Savage

Ehh Fuck you
ill o.g.
*you can always make things louder, but it is almost impossible to fix clipping in the mix, do it right the first time*

Nooo! Who told you this?

No, if you record something too low and you boost that later on you will introduce noise.

Record at good levels it will give you room better room to play around with. Most people will tell you to record at the hottest signal before the clip and that's a good idea. I like to keep my arounds around -9 – -6 personally
 

JRockPsycho

Beatmaker
Battle Points: 70
Most people will tell you to record at the hottest signal before the clip and that's a good idea.

I don't necessarily agree with that. Are you using outboard or in-the-box? in my signal chain a whisper is audible, but we are also recording in a sterile environment (floating booth). You have to leave room for inflection and dynamic changes in the vocal, so i wouldn't set it right before the clip as a rule, unless i was working with someone very laid-back and soft-spoken, then adjust accordingly.
 
I don't necessarily agree with that. Are you using outboard or in-the-box? in my signal chain a whisper is audible, but we are also recording in a sterile environment (floating booth). You have to leave room for inflection and dynamic changes in the vocal, so i wouldn't set it right before the clip as a rule, unless i was working with someone very laid-back and soft-spoken, then adjust accordingly.
I would agree with that. I used to try and get as loud as possible without clipping, but once an artist starts to "give it some" it would always clip.
 

NQP

NoQuarterProductions.com
Rookie school of thought when recording audio, "Don't worry about that, I'll fix it in post production." Don't fall into this trap. Always do another take to prevent headaches. You'll save more time by just recording the right way instead of trying to cover up mistakes later.
 

Tylias

Member
a nice EQ is always your bestfriend, but I use compression more.
most people get scared when I say this, but coming from making EDM beforehand, I know the stereotype of compression, "make it louder" which in my instance isn't really true.
Compression (in case nobody knows) "squeezes" sounds to come out the way you want them to.
So if I record me singing or rapping on to my beat, I compress it, then play around, once i feel confident in how well I "squeeze" a sound I recorded, i test it on 5 pairs of different headphones and my stereo/speakers.

so it really all boils down to feedback and playing around.
 
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