At Dark Horse Institute, we believe that the best kind of audio engineer training is real world experience – making real records, using real gear. Our students have personal access to Pro Tools labs, 4 large format studios (with SSL, Trident, and C24 consoles), and free studio time at Dark Horse Recording. But sometimes, even […]
Acoustic Treatments for Your Home Recording Studio Are Acoustics Killing Your Listening Game?The problem might be right there with you in the room! Acoustic treatment for your home recording studio will save you loads of time! With home recording studios rising in popularity, the amount of technology that is being marketed to the home recording studio owner […]
Dark Horse Institute, a 17-week school for Music Production and Audio Recording, announces the $15,000 “Battle of the Bands” talent contest. The winning group or band will record at the acclaimed Dark Horse Recording, in the same studio used by artists such as Taylor Swift, Relient K, The Fray, and many more Gold and Platinum […]
My personal unabashed love for PreSonus is very evident in many blog posts, tweets and videos I have done. From the first time I used Studio One to today where I utilize the recently acquired Notion, Studio One 2 and hopefully a new AudioBox 1818VSL and Faderport in the near future, I have been impressed not […]
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Auralex President and Founder Eric Smith yesterday. If you are in recording or live sound, you surely know the Auralex Brand. One thing that struck many of us by surprise, but will certainly change the way we mix is that we are usually sitting in the wrong […]
Auto-Tune is designed to help pitch correct vocals and instruments. Its main purpose is for pitch correction on vocal tracks. It can save a lot of time, but it can also degrade the sound quality of a track if not used carefully. It is not effective on stereo instruments or polyphonic material. There is a […]
We’ll it’s officially 2014! It’s time for us to reevaluate everything from diet, to spending habits to our futures. Where you can end up in a year can be incredible! Opportunity knocks everywhere, sometimes you just have to answer the door! One thing we pride ourselves in is the concise, hands on and most importantly […]
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 […]
The song was written from the ground up on the night I visited their studio. I believe the riff had already been written by Freddie and the others so then we jointly put together the different chord sections to make it a cohesive piece of music. Then Freddie and I came up with our individual […]
The biggest mistake made by home studios, and even some professional ones, is buying pre-manufactured acoustic diffusion and absorption panels that don’t fit their needs. You can create unique and specialized pieces yourself that not only make your studio sound better, but look cooler too. One of the coolest and personalized pieces you can make […]
