Okay, so you may have read my post called: To Limit or not to Limit. Well, I´m afraid I´m going to have to admit I was slightly wrong in that one. However, it still has some good points about limiting too harshly. Let me explain how I saw the light… Below is a screen shot [...]
I’ve been recording some songs for my church and below is an example of one of them: Ain’t No Rock.mp3 Please note: I did not write this song and thus take no credit for it. This recording will not be used for financial gain in any way. It is a very simple song recorded with [...]
The easiest way to interface JAMin with Ardour is to use an insert on the Master channel of the mixer. The figure below shows an screenshot of an Ardour mixer. There is an insert (in red) on the on the output of the master channel. This can be done by right-clicking in the block and [...]
When mastering, is limiting a good or bad idea? Here are my thoughts… I recently recorded some songs, they sounded fantastic in Ardour but when I mixed then down I found then slightly unsatisfying. Let me explain why… When mastering with JAMin, a limiter is activated by default. Essentially what this does is it takes [...]
Ubuntu Studio rocks – it’s a fact, you’re just going to have to come to terms with that. Here’s a list of my favourite open source recording programs which come with the Ubuntu Studio package: Jack is a fantastic interface which sits between ALSA (essentially your soundcard) and most other audio applications. This allows you [...]
