I recently found a blog post about how to successfully be both a Musician and an Engineer that made me realize we have a ton of interns and students that are both. This can be a blessing and a curse. I am a composer and do everything from write, arrange, perform, mix and master my […]
Tonight the Series Premiere of ABC’s hit show “Nashville” kicks off, which means all of our family calls up asking us if we’ve ever been to the various places that scenes are filmed. We thought it would be fun to give you some history and info about the places that are featured. Ryman Auditorium History […]
If you have exported any audio on a DAW, you have been asked what Bitrate you would like to export to. What is that and what is the difference? Bitrate refers to the number of bits—or the amount of data—that are processed over a certain amount of time. In audio, this usually means kilobits per […]
As studio manager of Dark Horse Recording, I am not only in charge of hiring interns, but also supervising and evaluating them for jobs. Studio Interns at Dark Horse have a unique experience, not only do they get the experience of engineering on sessions, but they also get the behind the scenes of running a […]
Home Recording There seems to be a perception that professional studios, hate the idea of home studios. I suppose this comes from the digital take over of everything else like newspapers, magazines and anything else you can download. The truth is a home studio will never have the budget or flexibility of a professional […]
In the Home Studio World, the Holy Grail seems to be your own Iso, or vocal, booth. This seems to be the measuring stick by which your home studio will be judged. The reason being is that you can find at least 10 different variations to create or record vocals from home. The most popular […]
This is a very good question we got on what is the proper music or audio to use to check placement, levels and eq on Studio Monitors. There are a lot of CD’s out there that people use to set up rooms. However if you don’t have the experience using these CD’s they can be […]
As an admissions representative for Dark Horse Institute, I receive a large amount of inquiries from people wanting to know about my personal career story. I’m somewhat unique from the “normal” admissions person because I’m a graduate of this program, who interned at the studio, and now am on staff full-time. However, I didn’t always […]
One of the biggest puzzles and most frustrating problems Professional and Home studios have is: Where do I put the monitors? In this Awesome Tutorial you can find out why monitors are put where. It is not as complicated as you may think, but it’s also much more important than just putting them anywhere. Here’s […]
We stumbled across this video and not only found it informative but very important. Listen with Headphones for an accurate read and we’ll meet you after the video. So how old are your Ears? And why is this important? Your ears in the music business are extremely important, they are your well being, it’s like […]
