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  1. How To Lower The Noise Floor In Your RecordingsA recording’s noise floor is the quiet layer of unwanted sound present beneath the music, speech, or other material you want an audience to hear. It may come…
  2. Capturing Classical Guitar With Fingerstyle DetailA well-recorded classical guitar performance should feel close, natural and expressive. Every plucked note has a different weight, and the spaces between notes…
  3. Stereo Widening Without Phase Problems in Your MixA stereo widener can make a production feel larger, deeper and more immersive, but width is easy to mistake for quality. Push a widening plug-in too hard and…
  4. Tips for recording a children's choirRecording a children's choir is one of the most rewarding sessions a studio can host. Young voices bring a clarity and honesty that adult ensembles often spend…
  5. Setting up a remote studio session that actually feels liveFor a long time, recording with someone in another city meant booking flights, hauling amps, and praying the airport didn't lose a snare drum. Today the same…
  6. Clicks and Pops from Your Recordings Without Losing the SoulAustralia's music scene has never been short of character, from the raw garage rock of inner-Sydney pubs to the lush electronic landscapes produced in share…
  7. Capturing fire strategies for high energy hip hop vocal sessionsAustralia's hip-hop landscape has shifted dramatically over the past decade, with crews from Footscray to Fortitude Valley earning international recognition…
  8. How to record a foley sound effect in the studioA convincing foley sound effect gives an image, scene, or spoken performance a physical world. Footsteps suggest weight and direction, fabric reveals movement,…
  9. Using reference tracks to shape your mix with confidenceMixing without a reference is a little like driving through unfamiliar suburbs of Perth at midnight without a map. You might know where you are at any given…
  10. Understanding sample rate and its impact on audio qualitySample rate sits at the foundation of every digital recording you have ever heard, from a podcast captured in a Melbourne share house to a full album tracked…
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  • Shure KSM32/SL — Studio condenser
  • Shure SM57 & SM48 — Dynamic workhorses
  • Shure SM81, AKG C1000S — Small-diaphragm condensers
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  • Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad preamp
  • Black Lion Audio B173 preamp
  • Joe Meek VC1QCS channel strip
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