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If you’re a musician trying to make his first jump into recording and mixing, then this post will get you started in no time!  With technology becoming more and more affordable these days, there are tens of different affordable options to choose from. They all seem to offer the same features and, especially for newcomers, …

Here on R64, one of my goals is to help home studio folks like you get the best results you can out of your work, time and money, and I think answering specific questions from you is one of the most effective ways to accomplish that. Today, I have some great questions from one of my …

In Part 1 of this short series, I shared the first half of what I think are the essential things you need to be aware of to get a better perspective on how to deal with mastering.  Monitoring levels, why level matching your stuff is crucial during mastering, where to set the ceiling of your limiter…It’s all …

If you read the advices I’m sharing with my free eBook “The Recording Roadmap”, then you know you should set your recording levels by keeping them around -18dBFS on average, with peaks jumping a bit higher. That’s one of the most important steps to consider when setting everything up for recording! But… The problem is that the meters …

If you’ve been a Pro Tools user for a while, then you’ll probably know about all the good plugins that come bundled with the DAW. The DigiRack and the AIR bundles alone are fantastic and will give you all the tools you need to craft a superb sounding mix! However, there’s a useful tool that’s missing… A …

In Part 1 we started covering all the basic features that make Studio One 2 a real mastering DAW. We discovered how powerful the “Project” really is and got a bit deeper with the interface and the metering tools. In this last part, we’ll deal with things like plugins, sound quality, export options and mixing-mastering …