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New BOSS VE-2 Vocal Harmonist

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Vocal Stompbox with Effects and Guitar-Driven Harmonies

VE-2 Vocal Harmonist

VE-2 Vocal Harmonist

If you’re a singing guitarist or a solo vocalist, the new VE-2 Vocal Harmonist makes it easy to achieve polished vocal sounds with rich harmonies everywhere you perform. Compact and affordable, the VE-2 features automatic harmonies that can be controlled by a guitar input and/or manual settings, plus effects, automatic pitch correction, and more. The VE-2 also has USB connectivity for recording processed vocal sounds in computer software, great for both song production applications and capturing studio-quality sounds for YouTube videos. More

Quick and Dirty EQ Tips for Mixing

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Tone Control for Your Music

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Author: Paul White Editor-In-Chief for Sound on Sound and Roland UK Features Team

What is Equalization (EQ)?

As far as music production is concerned, Equalization is really just a fancy word for tone control – a device that can cut or boost particular parts of the audio spectrum. EQ can be used both to create new tonalities and to help correct or equalize problems that occurred in the recording chain, though you should always strive to fix such problems first. While your home hi-fi might just have basic bass and treble controls, the studio equalizer, whether hardware or plugin, can be much more sophisticated. More

Recording Tips Part 3 – Mic Placement

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How to Find the Magical Sweet Spot

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Mic placement can make or break a great take

Author: Paul White, Editor-In-Chief for Sound on Sound and Roland UK Features Team

After vocals, the acoustic guitar is the next most commonly recorded instrument in the home studio, and I have to say that recording using a microphone almost always gives sweeter sounding results than using an under-saddle pickup system. Acoustic guitars sound good recorded over a hard floor, so if yours is carpeted, put down some hardboard, MDF or even a few trays on the surface between the guitar and the mic stand. A reflective wall can help, but you don’t want to let in the room boxiness, so redeploy your duvet so that you have wall, guitar, microphone and then the duvet. More

Recording Tips Part 2 – Recording Vocals

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Practical Advice to Make Your Tracks Sing

Author: Paul White, Editor-In-Chief for Sound on Sound and Roland UK Features Team

The main problems associated with making a great recording can be broken down into two areas — the sounds you record and the way you mix them. Paul White of Sound on Sound explains how this applies to recording vocals. More

Recording Tips Part 1 – Overview

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Make a Release-Quality Recording with Affordable Gear

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Author: Paul White Editor-In-Chief for Sound on Sound and Roland UK Features Team

You can make a release-quality recording using affordable hardware such as one of the BOSS multi-trackers or one of the many excellent computer Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) such as SONAR. You’ll need decent microphones and reasonably accurate loudspeakers or headphones to judge your efforts, but the quality of entry level mics and speakers is now surprisingly good too. Now, the main problems associated with making a great recording can be broken down into two areas — the sounds you record and the way you mix them. Putting the mics in the right place and not allowing your recording meters to bang into the red are also important factors but are relatively easy to deal with as there’s lots of information around pertaining to mic’ing, not least in the back issues section of the Sound On Sound web site. Visit soundonsound.com for additional recording tips. More