Human speech spans the range between 70 Hz and 10 KHz. The absolute lowest note a human has been known to sing is D2, which has a frequency of 73 Hz. This requires effort and strong lungs, and is much lower than the lowest human speaking voice, barring those whose …
I thought that Cardioid pattern was good as a pickup. However, I just discovered that using a figure-8 pickup pattern, and covering the back end of the microphone, can do wonders for limiting the sound pickup. The main reason is that the microphone, using a Cardioid pickup, has limited pickup …
An interesting question was asked recently. Why is latency affected by the sample rate? Isn’t the sample rate time-neutral? Doesn’t it introduce more sound data, and do so over the exact same time period? After all, one second of sound data is one second of sound data, regardless of whether …
The QT Jack Control application is among the most feature-rich applications for managing Jack connections there is. However, it doesn’t make for a very attractive patchbay; outputs are always on the left, and inputs are always on the right, and each program that has both will show up on both …
MIDI stands for the “Musical Instrument Digital Interface,” and its original purpose was, and still is, to send note commands from a controller to a sound generator. No matter what MIDI equipment there is out there, it always comes in three forms, controllers, interfaces, and sound generators. MIDI Controllers MIDI …
For anyone doing voice-over, there is a lot of work to make sure the voice comes out correctly, in the person, in the environment, in the gear, in the recording, and in the final processing. For an effective voice-over, you need to make sure that all four aspects of the …
Out of the gate, Jack has a lot of latency. The reason for this is due to the expectation of sound quality; by default, Jack has an enormous buffer in order to counter sound dropouts, also known as “XRuns,” caused by non-optimized systems. The downside to this buffer is that …
Now that you have the necessary information to use the recording software, how can it be used? Let’s cover a basic workflow, beginning with the initial studio and equipment setup. Prepare Your Studio This is a one-time deal, but believe me, this makes all the difference. Record in a noisy …