The Home Recording Show

This week Ryan compares various kick drum placement options with an Audix D6 and homemade subkick. In Rapidfire we cover: Guitar and vocals at the same time; What we compare our mixes to; Dumbest things heard in a recording session. … Continue reading →

This week Jon explains how he programs MIDI drums and how to humanize them. Justin Newton sent a segment in on how he built his home studio acoustic absorption and QRD/BBC style diffusion. Our guest this week is Jason Miller. … Continue reading →

In this episode Ryan compares 3 different types of capacitors in the tone circuit of his Les Paul. Click to download the full quality examples. In the rapidfire section we cover: opinion on summing boxes; how we setup our monitors; … Continue reading →

This week we look at a few ways to reduce the bleed on tom tracks and a trick for thicker, wider guitars. In rapid fire we answer: Transient Designers good?; Drum damping preference; how often to change drum skins. No … Continue reading →

This week Ryan wraps up his impedance experiments, this time with guitar levels. With Jeff Brooks joining us for discussion you can be sure we talked about a whole bunch more than that! In Rapid fire: Does cable direction matter?; … Continue reading →

This week we talk about bass guitar recording and in the Rapid Fire section we talk about: mic and instrument cables; fav VI for drums and instruments; last thing we realized we didn’t know enough about. This week we have … Continue reading →

This week Ryan shares his story of a recent live sound job with the band Ceasefire opening for Daughtry. In Rapidfire we cover: EQ and compression on mixbus; crap mixing speakers; latest studio purchase. Joining us for discussion this week … Continue reading →

This week Jon goes on and on and on about how great REAPER is. In the Rapid Fire section we cover: budgeting for gear purchases; Favorite studio snack; One piece of production advice. With us this week is Travis Jay … Continue reading →

This week Ryan experiments with altering impedance between microphone and preamp for tonal changes. In the Rapid Fire section: Favorite non-standard vocal effect; Favorite cheap outboard gear; Favorite non-audio related studio item. Joining us for discussion this week is Kim … Continue reading →

This week we talk about Jon’s new studio and the acoustic challenges of small rooms. Download Show #129 LINKS Planetz Cool guitar geek stuff | website Comparing different Capacitors for a guitar in real time | YouTube Building “Super Chunk” … Continue reading →

This week we talk with Jeff Brooks about guitar repair, setup and modification. In the Rapid Fire section we talk about: Favorite guitar pedals; Favorite pickups; next guitar mod we’ll do. Download Show #128 LINKS

Jon got a gig working on a movie this week so there will not be a normal show.  I recently conducted an interview with a client who quickly became a friend during the process of making his album.  We sat … Continue reading →

This week we compare mics on a bass amp. In the Rapid Fire section we cover: Latest trick we learned; Do you use ribbon mics?; and Do you make your own cables? Joining us for discussion this week is Joe … Continue reading →

This week we talk about Creating Space and Depth in our mixes. In the Rapid Fire section we talk about: Our songwriting software; Adjusting preamp gain while tracking; and interesting sample libraries Joining us for discussion this week is video … Continue reading →

This week we talk about the massive ribbon mic shootout for Recording Hacks. Matt McGlynn and Randy Coppinger are on for that segment. Download Show #125 LINKS Recording Hacks Randy Coppinger Jon Mattox – Bright Orange Studios Jon Cruz – … Continue reading →