8 erreurs à éviter la création musicale

Joe Albano on Sep 15, 2015 in Recording & Production 1 comments

So you're ready to record, mix and master that song/album/soundtrack? Joe Albano is here to ensure you don't succumb to any common pitfalls during the process. These tips should help...  

Tout au long du processus d'installation, d'enregistrement, mixage et le mastering production, il ya un certain nombre de problèmes qui peuvent surgir, ou des erreurs qui peuvent être faites, qui peuvent avoir une incidence négative sur les résultats finaux. Voici 8 suggestions rapides

1. Setup: Don’t wear too many hats

Beaucoup de gens

2. Setup: Don’t skimp on the monitoring

Chaque décision que vous prenez tout au long d'un projet est basé sur ce que vous entendez à travers les moniteurs, donc ce est un domaine qui ne peut vraiment

Fig 1 Monitoring is key—appropriate studio monitors and good musicians’ headphone mixes can make a big difference

Figure 1 Surveillance est la clé

3. Recording: Don’t ignore the performers’ monitor mix

Tout comme vous comptez sur ce que vous entendez sur les moniteurs de studio, les artistes dépendent de ce qu'ils entendent dans leurs mixages casque. Si le mélange de morceaux d'accompagnement et l'équilibre entre eux et l'interprète

4. Recording: Don’t commit to processing on the way in

Fig 2 Processing added to a recording on the way in can often turn out to be too much later on at the mix stage—a gentle hand is best

Fig 2 traitement ajouté à un enregistrement sur la manière peut tourner souvent être trop tard au stade de mélange

Souvent, pendant le suivi, vous pouvez sentir que vous

5. Recording: Don’t “fix it in the mix”

Cette phrase est une vieille blague de l'industrie de l'enregistrement

6. Mixing: Don’t mix the same day as recording & editing 

Cela pourrait ne pas toujours être une option, mais chaque fois que possible, il

7. Mixing: Don’t try to make a mix sound like a master

Fig 3 Engineers are split over whether to add stereo bus processing in the mix, or leave it until the mastering stage

Fig 3 ingénieurs sont divisés sur l'opportunité d'ajouter le traitement de bus stéréo dans le mélange, ou à laisser jusqu'à la phase de mastering

Il peut être une bonne pratique

8. Mastering: Don’t master your own mixes

Fig 4 A proper mastering facility and engineer brings not only fresh ears, but experience and a reliable monitoring environment to the important final step of the production process

Figure 4 est une facilité de maîtrise correcte et ingénieur apporte non seulement des oreilles fraîches, mais l'expérience et un environnement de surveillance fiable pour la dernière étape importante du processus de production

Et cela nous amène à ma dernière suggestion

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Joe is a musician, engineer, and producer in NYC. Over the years, as a small studio operator and freelance engineer, he's made recordings of all types from music & album production to v/o & post. He's also taught all aspects of recording and music technology at several NY audio schools, and has been writing articles for Recording magaz... Read More

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Eric Barker
All good, but I would add one more that's even more important than "Don't Skimp on Monitoring", and that is, "Don't Skimp on a room Treatment". I would argue that this is a cheaper (maybe), yet even more critical part of the monitoring (and possibly recording) chain. What's more is that often in project studios, you are recording in the same room as mixing, so the quality of your tracking will be improved too: you'll kill two birds with one stone.

The unsexy thing is it's more complicated and takes a lot more time and knowledge than deciding how much you want to spend on a pair of shiny new near fields. However, even the best monitors available are going to give unsatisfactory results in a poorly treated space. Instead of spending $800 on a pair of high-mid end monitors, for instance, I would argue that money would be vastly better spent if you took $400 and put it into room treatment, and settled for some slightly less pricy (but still adiquate) monitors.

On a budget, DIY solutions can be 4-8x cheaper than pre-made treatment, using the exact same materials and achieving the same results, but it takes lots of time and effort.
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