6 Monitoring Mistakes To Avoid WiredGuitarist January 24, 2017 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized The digital age has brought us the unbelievable ability to craft chart-topping albums from the comfort of our bedrooms, but bedrooms are hardly ideal acoustic environments... We know that sound is heavily...
5 Tips Before Finalizing Your Mixes WiredGuitarist January 17, 2017 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized How many times have you mixed a song, thought it was finished, then despised it 2 days later? I used to do this all the time, but now I do rigorous testing with my mixes before I consider them...
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Recording WiredGuitarist January 12, 2017 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized Music production is something you will never master. It's an ever-growing art that requires constant learning and innovation. Every recording engineer had to start somewhere, though. There are a lot of common...
Top 5 Free Guitar Plugins WiredGuitarist December 30, 2016 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized Incredible. Guitar. Tone. Now let me guess, the first thing that came to mind was probably a $5,000 guitar, and $3,000 amp, about $7,000 in microphones and another $20,000 in preamps and analog gear, right?...
Recording Tips: How to Re-amp Your Guitars WiredGuitarist December 29, 2016 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized In the world of digital production, it has become easy for musicians to record in their bedrooms without the hassle and expense of an analog-based music studio. A massive benefit of digital guitar recording is...
Recording Tips: Sidechaining and How to Use It WiredGuitarist December 24, 2016 Recording Tips, Uncategorized If you've read our Compressor Basics For Guitar article, then you probably at least have a basic idea of what compressors are and how they work. If you haven't read that, I'd strongly suggest it before reading...
Recording Tips: EQing Distorted Guitars WiredGuitarist December 6, 2016 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized When getting amazing guitar tone already feels like an endless battle, how can we hope to win the war? Easy... By knowing what to listen for, and how to fix it. Once you’ve dialled in your amp or...
Recording Tips: 7 Steps for Dialing in Heavy Guitars WiredGuitarist November 20, 2016 Articles, Recording Tips, Tutorials, Uncategorized It doesn’t get better than a thick, heavy, aggressive, articulate, and bone-crushing guitar tone! But how do we get there? Let us show you. Treble, middle, bass. That’s it, right? I mean, when...
5 Tips For Guitar Cab Micing WiredGuitarist November 16, 2016 Articles, Recording Tips, Tutorials, Uncategorized So, you've decided you'd like to try recording a live amp? These days, a lot more people are familiar with the recording process compared to 20 or so years ago. The funny thing is, a lot of us (myself...
Recording Tips: 7 Steps For Dialing In A Compressor WiredGuitarist November 12, 2016 Articles, Recording Tips, Uncategorized Understanding what each part of a compressor does is essential, but having a strategic approach in how to dial in those settings is the key to getting great results! If you haven’t already, check out our...