Recording Studios History Part V: Multitrack Recording

Recording Studios: Multitrack Recording The next major development in recording studios was multitrack recording, in which the tape is divided into multiple tracks parallel with each other. Because they are carried on the same medium, the tracks stay in perfect...

Recording Studio Legends: Quincy Jones Part II

Part II of our series of blogs covering Recording Studio legend Quincy Jones.  Quincy Jones is one of the most talented producers ever to grace the recording studio. Recording Studio: Quincy Jones music career At the age of 19, Jones travelled to Europe and and...

Recording Studio Legends: Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones is a recording studio legend.  Some of the most incredible songs and runs of instrumentation came from this legendary producer.  Jones produced Michael Jackson’s albums “Off the wall”, “Thriller” and “Bad”.  The...

Recording Studio: Vocal Doubling

Vocal Doubling is a recording studio technique where a singer sings or along with their own prerecorded performance, usually to produce a stronger or “bigger” sound than can be obtained with a single voice. It is a form of overdubbing; the distinction...

Recording Studio Loudness War

A popular topic in the recording studio these days is The Loudness War. The Loudness War is the popular name given to the trend of increasing audio levels on CDs and in digital audio files since the early 1990s, which many critics believe reduces sound quality and...