Here is a tip that can really help you shorten the process of recording and producing long voice-over jobs, such as audio books, or any other job that requires reading and recording paragraphs of text at a time.  Very few of us are perfect, and we often make little mistakes as we read.  This tip [...]

Do you have a directional microphone?  Maybe you have an omnidirectional mic. Maybe you have a mic that can do all the different microphone polar patterns.  You did know about the different mic patterns right?  What’s the difference? Why should you care? Well as with anything else, the more you know about something the better [...]

I received an e-mail this weekend asking for feedback on a few questions regarding a few specific home studio microphones and interfaces.  Below is the text of the e-mail followed by my answer back to the individual who asked.Question:  Hey Ken, I have a question I thought only you could yield a pro and honest [...]

Virtual Drumming – One of the coolest things about pc-based home recording studios is the wide-open world of virtual instruments.  And of all the different kinds of instruments we can play via MIDI on our computers, drums are probably the most used.  And why not?  You can have a drum track on your song without [...]