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⭐️ Tips for musicians & sound engineers ⭐️
Isn’t your music getting reactions on social media and IRL? 3 tips to make you stand out from the masses
Wouldn’t it be nice if your music would get plenty of positive feedback along with comments about how unique your sound is? Why these comments are so rare? Isn’t your music getting reactions on social media and IRL? These 3 tips will make you stand out from the masses. Today more music is made than […]
This is how you improve the sound of computer recording at Astia-studio
After disappointing to home and rehearsal room recording you would like to record at a professional studio. Astia-studio would be a great option, but they are full analog and work with tape only. Many have asked if I no longer record on DAW and has Astia quit all computer recording? This inspired me to talk […]
This is why music sounds better when you process the audio during recording
Recording is nowadays easy and effortless. You can track guitar and bass even in your bedroom on a laptop and re-amp them during mixing. Why even bother playing all together as a band, while you can record each instrument separately. Mixing is when all the processing happens and so during recording no-one knows how the […]
You must be a world-class virtuoso to record on tape – and 4 other myths about tape recording
Tape recording – this once almost obsolete art of capturing energy and emotion we call music is making a comeback. As I know this topic inside out, I want to help you understand why you should record on tape. If you knew what I know, you neither would want to record on anything but tape. […]
How Ensiferum ended up recording Two Paths on tape pt.2
On the previous part you learned how during demo session Ensiferum members were blown away by the huge difference between tape and computer recording. We went thru the recording process for drums and bass along with rhythm guitar including the recording setup used on the album. Now let’s continue with vocals, accordion and mixing as […]
4 tips for drum recording
As drum recording is one of my most dearest topics, I want to help you improve the sound of your drums. The importance of the drum sound is one of the biggest factors that can either make or break an album. Not many drummers are satisfied with how their drums sound after mixing. All the […]
How Ensiferum ended up recording Two Paths on tape pt.1
The Finnish folk metal ambassadors, Ensiferum, first came to me in 2014 to make recording, mixing and mastering for One Man Army album. I had worked, or actually “work” sounds too official so let’s change it to “had a blast” with Petri Lindroos (vocals & guitar) back when he was in Norther. We made three […]
Vinyl records and how to improve enjoying music
For over 15 years I couldn’t listen to any music outside the control room of our studio. I thought as my passion, music, had become my profession it had lost its once so wonderful effect on me. When I was re-introduced to vinyl records the joy was immediately there again! Ever since I have spread […]
