One of the biggest questions fledgling audio engineers face is the choice of a multitrack recorder vs daw. Do you want to record your music straight into a laptop and do all your work in the box, or do you want to record onto a multitrack recorder with all the exciting constraints that may entail? … Read more
In modern music, there are lots of outstanding and inspiring examples of artists who managed to do the job of a whole band by themselves. Either for the sake of individuality or driven by the lack of appropriate collaboration, these artists managed to create impressive music that stood the test of time and became immensely … Read more
The Portastudio was the first four-track cassette recorder that rose to prominence in the early eighties. It revolutionized multitrack editing and was celebrated as a low-cost recorder that’s incredibly easy to use. As the world becomes more and more digitized, you can’t help but miss the simpler times where everything was analog and primitive. Looking … Read more
You’ll be surprised to know that over half of all recordings you’ve come across in the past forty years have all been recorded by Shure sm57. It has been the most popular microphone for a long time. Even before sm57 hit the stores, Shure was a popular choice to record songs. You’ve seen an older … Read more
Home recording isn’t a walk in the park, that’s for sure. A professional studio will provide you with all the tools you need to make some great sounds. In your home studio, you’re the master of your seas. You can consider that an advantage or a disadvantage, but one thing for sure: you have a … Read more
The Tascam DP-008EX is a portable 8-track audio recorder with Phantom Power capabilities that continues to garner praise from beginners and professionals alike. What makes the DP-008EX different from other track recorders, though? Does it really live up to all the hype? I recently got this unit and was able to record my first song … Read more
