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Reverb naturally occurs in rooms. It is the reflections of sounds off of the walls and its what gives a room its tone. Think of them as millions of echos that blend together and fade away quickly. Reverberation decays rather quickly and gives the feeling of space. Your ears and brain have spent [...]

A compressor is a really wonderful tool when engineering sound. What it comes down to, is its a tool that gives you more dynamic control over sound levels. For those of you who don’t know what a compressors is, I’ll give a quick explanation. A compressor does exactly what it sound like, it compresses the [...]

I’ve talked a little about Master and what it is, and now I want to go further into the subject. Mastering Audio tracks is the final stage of the engineering sound precess. Mastering audio and music tracks can be long and difficult so I just want to give you a few tips and tricks of [...]

Mastering is the final part of the recording process and involves transferring your music, or whatever else you might have recorded, to CD or mp3 player. Back in the day when vinyl records were king, it was a real art form to transfer the analog recording on to the vinyl record. Because of the skill [...]

What is the 3 to 1 rule in microphone placement? Before I answer that, let me say a few things about what you should be trying to achieve as a sound engineer.  When making an audio recording, you want to make it sound good on multiple devices. Keep in mind that your recording could be [...]