Tips and Tutorials


Preparing To Record Live Instruments and Vocals

Preparing To Record Live Instruments and Vocals

What’s up all… To all the Reason 4.0 users, I tried to do a Dirty South tutorial yesterday for ya. I had the pictures started, the beat started, and got stuck when I tried to edit the tracks note by note :-(…. I’m not sure if I like Reason 4.0, maybe when I [...]

Thinking About Using M-Audio?

Thinking About Using M-Audio?

Happy happy historical election week Friday!~ I am being a tech geek today..rewiring my hardware..again :-), and I think I’m going to do a clean install of windows xp very soon.
I am using the Delta Omni i/o audio interface as pictured above. I am configuring it to record 4 tracks simultaneously..I hope !~ [...]

Choosing Your Digital Audio Workstation

Choosing Your Digital Audio Workstation

Happy Wednesday…how are those beats coming along? Hope you have been making some bangers, and building your catalog. B Crust asked me what’s the difference between Fl Studio and Adobe Audition. A Digital Audio Workstation or Daw is a computer with programs designed for working with audio. Most DAW systems will include [...]

All About Drums

All About Drums

What’s up all..back at it with some cool videos. It’s all about drums today. Friday I mentioned how Swizz Beatz gets crazy with his drums, banging out on the Mpc. I just want to remind you to be creative with your rhythms. I like to chop up loops, add effects, and blend them in [...]

Vocal Booth On A Budget

Vocal Booth On A Budget

I’ve had my mic for years, and I used to record vocal sessions a long time ago. I never really enjoyed recording vocals, but of course I enjoyed the results…completed songs. I’ve had many emcees wonder why I don’t run full sessions in my lab unless I have too. I am not fast at [...]