Legendary producer/engineer Alan Parsons has resumed his series of recording Master Class Training Sessions, having held a two-day event in Mexico City in April and now heading later this month to RaxTrax in Chicago, IL.
by Rob Tavaglione As it happens from time to time, I get requests for advice from fellow engineers. Sure, there's questions about compressors or methodologies, but the most common is the good ol' "what mic should I buy?" question. This recent inquiry from Terry Moore of Abstract Studios in Houstonasking about affordable mic purchases for singer/songwritersseemed like it might be informative for a lot of our readers. Terry was agreeable with sharing, so here you go
"If you plug your ears, the thing you should hear first are vocal, kick and snare, so I always try to leave as much room as possible for that vocal to sit on top and still have a kick and snare that sounds like it's like knocking you down." Jared Blumenburg, FOH Engineer, Florida Georgia Line.