I was getting new flooring installed in my house recently. I walked in the door after work and was greeted with my concrete slab foundation and all of the furniture moved out of my living room. I took...
During the production process, mutual understanding is paramount. What some musicians might call a “bridge,” others may call a “pre-chorus,” and still others will refer to as “the middle eight.” The...
Earlier this year, Sweetwater Studio engineers Phil Naish, Dave Martin and Bobby Dellarocco met up virtually with Niclas Jeppsson from 'Your Audio Solutions' for a round table interview where they discussed...
A good rule of thumb is that, when preparing for a recording session, the more time you spend on pre-production, the better your production will be. This is especially true when creating song arrangements....
The Sweetwater Studios team works with singer Carolyn Martin to record the classic 19th century ballad, “Wayfaring Stranger”. Listen in as they arrange the song and get a glimpse of how our engineers...
Ear candy has always been one of my favorite aspects of listening to music. Even before I started down the road of sound engineering, I always liked the bits of fluff that were added into songs. Now...
Auto-Tune is a tool, and like most tools, it is defined by the person working with it. Some people just slap Auto-Tune in the automatic position and the vocals end up sounding like T-Pain is singing...