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Doug Fearn draws on his 50+ years as a recording engineer, record producer, studio owner, and pro audio equipment designer to explain the art and science of recording for the audiophile, music lover, and people in the music recording industry.
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121 episodes
since March 19, 2020
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Do microphone preamps make a difference in a recording? They certainly do for me. In this episode, I discuss why preamp quality is important, and the reason why different mic preamps sound different.
You might think that these differences are only detectable by engineers with “gold…
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We use the term “ground” frequently in the studio, but what does “ground” actually mean?
It can be confusing, because we use the same word to describe many different things. For example, we say that the shields of our audio cables are “grounded.” Or we may think that “grounding” ou…
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This is part two of a 2-part series contrasting recording to tape versus digital recording. In this episode, I look at the strengths and weaknesses in digital recording. And then I summarize both episodes with a comparison of the two approaches, in a number of categories like sound…
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A tape machine was the only way music was recorded for about 40 years. Then, in the 1990s, computer technology made digital audio recording possible. There was a period when both technologies were in use, but the advantages of digital were overwhelming. The cost of a digital record…
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In electronic equipment, a schematic diagram is used as a map to show how all the various components are interconnected. This is useful for troubleshooting and repair. And following the signal path through a circuit gives us a deeper understanding of how the equipment does its job.…
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The design of professional recording gear requires knowledge of how to best distribute the necessary gain through multiple internal gain stages. In this episode, I explain how that is done, and how you can use the same principles to achieve the best gain-staging of all your equipme…
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This is the third installment in a series on Basic Electronics for Recording Engineers. This episode focuses on equalizers and amplifiers. Why do we call them equalizers? And amplifiers are at the heart of every piece of audio gear, even if we don’t usually recognize them as such.
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In this second episode of a multi-part series on Basic Electronics for Recording Engineers, I continue with the fundamental principles of electrical and electronic devices, with an emphasis on practical implications. The explanations are simple, and therefore, incomplete. But I hop…
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The chain of equipment between the recording artist and the listener is long and complex. Every piece of gear, from the microphone to the listener’s speaker or headphones, has the potential to be the weakest link in this chain.
In this episode, I go through every major link in the …
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Music relies on technology, and music recording is entirely dependent on electronics technology. You don’t need to be electronics engineer to record, but some basic knowledge of electricity and electronics can be useful to any recording engineer.
When something doesn’t work as expe…
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