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Review of Izotope Ozone 11

Richard L'Hommedieu Home Recording, izotope, Mastering, mixing, Ozone, Plugins, VST October 17, 2023

Making a Scene Brings you a Comprehensive Review of Izotope Ozone 11 Izotope Ozone 11 is a highly acclaimed audio mastering software that has been widely praised by audio professionals for its exceptional range of features and tools. With its intuitive interface and advanced capabilities, it provides users with everything they need to enhance and […]

Gear Reviews/ Hardware Reviews/ Music Business

A Review of the Warm Audio WA-CX12 Microphone

Posted by Editor Home Recording, Microphone, studio microphones, studio recording May 28, 2023

A Review of the Warm Audio WA-CX12 Microphone When it comes to recording music, having high-quality equipment is essential. Microphones are especially important to ensure the best possible sound. The Warm Audio WA-CX12 is a microphone that has been gaining popularity among music producers and audio engineers. Warm Audio designed the WA-CX12 as a faithful […]

Gear Reviews/ Hardware Reviews/ In The Studio

Review of the Warm Audio WA-67 Microphone

Richard L'Hommedieu diy recording, Home Recording, recording studio, wa-67, warm audio May 12, 2023

Making a Scene Presents a Review of the Warm Audio WA-67 Microphone The Warm Audio WA-67 is a microphone that has been making waves in the audio industry as a faithful recreation of the famous Neumann U67. The Neumann U67 was a popular microphone in the 1960s and is still considered one of the best […]

In The Studio/ Music Business/ Recording Techniques

The Difference Between Compression and Limiting

Richard L'Hommedieu Audio, Compression, etc), Home Recording, Home Studio, limiting May 10, 2023

The Difference Between Compression and Limiting Introduction Compression and limiting are two frequently used audio processing techniques that audio engineers use in music production, mixing, and mastering. While they might seem similar, they serve different purposes and have distinct characteristics. In this blog post, we will explore the differences between compression and limiting and when […]

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Studio One 5.5 Update!

Richard L'Hommedieu daw, Home Recording, indie music, presonus, recording, studio one February 1, 2022

Making a Scene Takes a Look at the new Studio One 5.5 Update Even with the pending acquisition of Presonus by Fender Musical Instruments, the team at Presonus is still rolling out updates to their flagship DAW “Studio One”. The new 5.5 update adds some powerful new features to their “Project Page” that will making […]

Building Your Studio/ Gear Reviews/ Hardware Reviews/ In The Studio

Review of the Warm Audio WA-412 API preamp

Richard L'Hommedieu diy recording, Home Recording, making a Scene, warm audio September 10, 2019

There are a few essential purchases you can make for your recording studio setup that will impact your sound. One of those is your choosing the right preamps! Today we are going to look at the Warm Audio WA-412 their 4 channel preamp inspired by the API 3124 . Automated Processes Incorporated or API was […]

Building Your Studio/ In The Studio

2018 DAW Roundup!

Richard L'Hommedieu DAW roundup, Home Recording, making a Scene December 16, 2018

Creating your own home studio is full of decisions on what hardware and what software to purchase. When it comes to your main DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software your choices come down to Sustainability, Features, Platform, workflow, and budget. Sustainability When you are purchasing a DAW you are investing in the company that makes it! […]

Gear Reviews/ Software Reviews

A Review of Steven Slate’s Everything Bundle

Richard L'Hommedieu Analog Modeling, audio plugins, Home Recording, making a Scene, Slate Digital, slate digital everything bundle, software reviews December 1, 2018

Whether you are a home recording musician, or you own a commercial recording studio one of the biggest ongoing investments you make are for good quality plugins. Keeping up with what is new in analog modeling plugin technology can be daunting to say the least. If you are at all like me, you have a […]

In The Studio/ Recording Techniques

The Art of Mic Placement

Brandon S Hire Home Recording, making a Scene, mic placement June 24, 2018

I see a lot of questions on various discussion groups asking how to best mic specific instruments. Many of the answers will be a mixed bag of various techniques, all of which are valid and should be absorbed into your bag of tricks. But they are all quite different from one another, and will yield […]

In The Studio/ Recording Techniques

Don’t Fear EQ Boost

Richard L'Hommedieu diy recordig, EQ techniques, Home Recording, making a Scene, recording, using EQ February 26, 2018

Many audio textbooks, audio schools, and audio engineers will advise you that it’s always best to attenuate rather than gain an EQ control. This has traditionally been considered best practice in the industry for two main reasons.   With most EQs, especially analog EQs, adding gain to a band causes an audible phase shift in the […]

In The Studio/ Recording Techniques

Audio Summing Explained

Richard L'Hommedieu analog summing, analog vs digital, daw, digital summing, diy recording, Home Recording, making a Scene, Recording Techniques January 23, 2018

HISTORY In the Early days of recording, music was cut directly to a disk from a single microphone. In the studio, the art of mixing fell to the music “Conductor” whose job it was to move the musicians who were recording either closer or further back from the microphone. By the 1930’s the radio broadcasting […]

In The Studio/ Music Business

Preparing to Go into the Studio

Richard L'Hommedieu economics of recording, Home Recording, independent musician recording, recording studio January 14, 2018

Time to Start your Project So, you raised some money, and now you are ready to take your project into the studio. There are so many things to consider before you start writing those checks. Let’s face it, recording a CD can be a very expensive project. So, lets see what we can do to […]

Building Your Studio/ In The Studio

Technology: The Key to Top-Tier Home Recording

Sally Phillips diy recording, Home Recording, making a Scene, recording software December 7, 2017

When you are looking to get into the music business on your own, there is a lot of preparation that goes into marketing your sound and your brand. Your fans won’t have anything to grasp onto if you aren’t generating songs, making it all the more crucial for musicians to have a studio at home […]

Software Reviews

Waves “Abby Road – ADT”

Richard L'Hommedieu abby road, abby road plugins, Home Recording, making a Scene, recording plugins, Recording Techniques, vocal recording, Waves, waves plugins October 19, 2017

In the sea of plugins available to home recording musicians, it is not very often that I run across one that actually becomes part of my “Must Have” Toolbox. The Waves “Abby Road – ADT” (Artificial Double Track) is just that plugin. Since day one, I have found that the ADT to be an essential […]

Software Reviews

Review: Transgressor by Boz Digital Labs

Brandon S Hire boz digital labs, Home Recording, making a Scene, plugin reviews, recording, Recording Techniques, transgressor March 17, 2017

Recently Boz Digital Labs released Transgressor, which is a transient designer that allows you to eq the transient and the sustain separately. This plugin seems like it was created with my workflow in mind, so when I got the chance to get a review copy I was stoked! Let me explain. I tend to […]

In The Studio/ Recording Techniques

Gain Staging: What to know, & why you shouldn’t stress too much about it!

Brandon S Hire Audio, Bass, Budget, Compass, DI, drums, gain staging, guitar, Home, Home Recording, Perrino, Pre production, Production, recording, Recording Techniques, Steve, Synth, Tempo, Vocals February 25, 2017

Gain Staging: What to know, & why you shouldn’t stress too much about it! By Brandon S Hire Noise Floor (This is a script to a video that will be included in an upcoming series on post production. I decided to make the script its own post because of the amount of confusion there is […]

In The Studio/ Recording Techniques

3 Reasons Why Pre-Production Is Essential

Steve Perrino Home Recording, making a Scene, Pre production, recording, studio budget, studio recording February 25, 2017

3 Reasons Why Pre-Production Is Essential Steve Perrino of Compass Audio Most musicians agree that there is a huge difference between your live show and your recordings. There is a lot of energy in a live performance due to volume and visuals, but there are certain things that you need to do in a recording […]

Building Your Studio/ In The Studio

How to build a Subkick from an old Tom

Brandon S Hire DIY Subkick, Drum Recording, drums, Home Recording, making a Scene, noise floor, Recording Techniques February 19, 2017

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In The Studio/ Recording Techniques

Drum triggers. What they are, and how they work.

Brandon S Hire Drum triggers, drums, Home Recording, making a Scene, recording, recording techinques, replacing drums, Slate Digital February 19, 2017

Drum triggers. What they are, and how they work. A drum trigger is a microphone. Nothing more. It picks up the sound of the drum and sends the audio to the source. The source usually is an audio to midi converter either in the box or outside of the box, but that doesn’t have to […]

Hardware Reviews/ Recording Techniques/ Software Reviews

Do we really need more 1176 plugin models?

Brandon S Hire :1176, 1176 compressors, Analog, Andrew, Andrew Scheps, Audio, Audiophiles, Audioware, Bus, CLA-76, Comp76, Deluxe, Devil-Loc, Driver, facebook, Factory, Fattener, FET, FETpressor, FG-116, Gain, Gain Reduction, Home Recording, iOS, Joey, JST, Klevgr, Korvpressor, LA-2A, Modeling, Monster, Nomad, Optical, Opto, Overloud, plugin, Plugins, PSP, Puremix, Puremix.com, Recording Techniques, Reduction, Sausage, Scheps, Slate, Slate Digital, software reviews, Sound, Sound Toys, Steven Slate, Stillwell, Sturgis, The Rocket, Tones, Toys, Universal, Universal Audio, Urei, WA76, warm, Zac Brown Band February 15, 2017

Back in the day, we had hardware. Since then, we started using software. Over the years, we’ve become better and better at developing this software so that it fools the trained ear into thinking it’s hardware. We make it move, overload, have noise, and try to recreate the exact sonic imprint of the hardware. We’ve […]