Rule 1 – Go To The Source
First you must concentrate on having a great sounding source. If you notice that you are recording real sounds, like guitars and vocals you should spend time making them sound as astonishing as possible before you put a microphone in front of them.
Take the time to polish performances and twist the knobs on the amp. Get everything locked in before you push the record button because no quantity of studio sorcery will fix a bad sounding source…Enough related.
Rule two – Timing Is Everything
One mistake that makes a production stand out as amateur is slovenly timing. This usually shows up when recording real instruments mixed with sequenced instruments.
There are really 2 ways to clear up this. The first solution is by a large margin the best – that’s to be sure that the performance is on time to begin with.
It sort of flows with rule number 1. This is making the source sound as good as possible. But say that your drummers chops are not up to par what are you to do?
Edit him!
within each piece of audio recording software made today is the facility to cut and move tiny regions of audio. Use this to your benefit. Take those out of time hits, strums, slaps, or words and slide them into the proper timing position. Now with instruments like drums this may be a little more difficult and tedious than it sounds. But it’s the price you pay for having a tight sounding production.
Rule three Pitch Perfection
Listen, I am not a pitch nazi or anything – OK actually I am – but pitch is critical to a good production. Second to bad timing, bad pitch will make your production scream greenhorn. So again work on the source. When you’re tracking your guitars check your tuning with $40 dollar tuner. Do it after every take if you have to. Particularly if you’re bending strings during solos.
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If you are recording vocals ensure the mix in the headphones has a solid pitch reference. You can even cheat by playing the vocal line on a keyboard and having the singer sing along to the notes. Yes it is a cheat, but after you remove the guide track nobody will ever know.
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