Paul’s Principles of Audio Production

Posted on | July 25, 2010 | No Comments

Audio production is a combination of art and science. It’s helpful to be familiar with both subjects.
Equipment is important, so buy the best you can afford.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve bought the best gear in the world, if you don’t know how to leverage its capabilities you’re not going to get great results.
A signal chain is only as good as its weakest link. If you invest in expensive gear you need to make sure everything else connected to it is of similar quality.
Be detail oriented, but not obsessive. Remember: you ruin a delicate fish by overcooking it.
Technology can never supersede physics. The best microphones and speakers are always beholden to the acoustic properties of the rooms they capture and reproduce sound in.
Regardless of what formats or technologies are developed to capture and process sound, professional recording, mixing, and mastering will always be the cornerstones of a great recording.
Always focus on the music, not the technology that captures it.

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