Alan Parsons 10 things everyone recording music should know
Alan Parsons 10 things everyone recording music should know More from Alan Parsons (Part 1 was here), via MT reader Adam, his all time best recording tips: 1. Keep cable runs short particularly low impedance I.e. guitars and mics. It WILL affect the sound. Having said that I dont believe expensive cables offer significant improvement. 2. Even the best instruments and recording equipment will probably sound like crap in the wrong hands. The reverse can also be true. 3. Dont suck the life out of a recording by overuse of limiting and compression. 4. Go for performance not perfection. 5. Log EVERYTHING on a recording so that anyone can pick up where you left off. Particularly tracks that should not be used - better still, get rid of them. 6. Always consolidate tracks (in other words all tracks should have the same start and finish times) so that they can be loaded onto a different platform. Give every track a meaningful name. 7. Even if your ideas are making all the difference, mak...
