Jon is out this show because his daughter Alice was born the day we tape the show. Congratulations to Jon and Holly.
This week Ryan interviews William Rigout about the Château d’Hérouville, also named the Honky Château by Elton John, where many notable artists recorded in the 1970’s. Jesse does a segment on how to record a violin with examples if different microphones at different distances. Our guest Mo Carey asks us a few questions from an recording artist’s point of view.
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This week Jon does part 2 of his series of synthesizer basics. Ryan talks about what bands should expect in from stepping foot into a studio through to the end of the entire process of the session.
This week Ryan talks about ducking techniques and using a sidechain and Jesse does an experiment to show how a few different mics sound on and off axis.
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In this week’s show, Jesse gives us some examples of different techniques and microphone placements when recording a resonator guitar and Ryan covers the basics of vocal booths from the most basic to the most complex.
Special mix experiment for the next show!
Download the bare bones instrument and MIDI tracks to make a mix from this 45 second song clip that Ryan put together. The point is to see how we all make instrument choices and mix in very different ways on the exact same source material with very different end results. The guitars and bass need to be reamped or run through amp modeling software. The drums and keys are MIDI only. They will need to be run through virtual instruments, synths, drum machines, or whatever you want. We are all doing a mix for next week’s show. Play the HRS home game along with us!
Raw Audio and MIDI Files for all other DAWs
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This week Jon buys a used Electro-Voice RE20 and does a review. After we did the show and thought that the mic sounded a little weak in the bass, it was compared to two other identical mics. Jon got the dud. Ryan answers a listener’s question about using subtractive EQ to fix your mixes.
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This week Jon continues his series on effects by explaining Reverb. Ryan explains how to get a great acoustic guitar tone at any venue.
Enjoy!