So after a long period of nothingness, I’m back and ready to go. I have been incredibly busy with work and haven’t had the time to write posts or to record podcasts but now that Christmas is out of the way I can concentrate on creating some content for the site again. I may be [...]
In this weeks show I look at two new guitars that are a little different to the norm. The main segment is all about making your DAW the most powerful tool you have by making it’s functions second nature. In the Tech Talk Section of the show, I talk about the advantages of Global Effects. [...]
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New Audio Technology helps Discover the Original...
Experts at The Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have reverse engineered a sheet of tinfoil with the first ever audio recording engraved on it. The recording of a voice singing nursery rhymes and a cornet solo was originally made on a Phonograph created by Thomas Edison. The tinfoil was such a mess that they couldn’t touch it [...]
I am happy to announce that I have been accepted as an Amazon Affiliate. This means that anyone who purchases anything on Amazon through my link, Amazon will share the love by giving me a little bit of it. It doe’s not affect your purchase in any way however it will allow me to pay [...]
A new layout for The MKai Audio Podcast, We talk about the latest news in The Control Room, Getting the balance right between Quality vs Content and I share an interesting room mic tip when recording drums Show Links Focusrite Audio Interface Drivers – Windows 8 Pro Tools & Gobbler Integration Follow MKai Audio all [...]
In almost all forms of music today, the vocal has become the main part of a song. It has the ability to add emotion to a technically perfect track be it excitement or sorrow. Whilst it has become important there are different ways to handle it within different genres. Heavier rock songs allow the vocal [...]
If we flash back just 20 years, there was a dramatic shift happening in the audio world. Computer recording was starting to become a little more prominent and digital gear was more common. Skip forward a few years and the digital audio world became more affordable for home recordist and gave them the ability [...]
In this weeks show, I am looking at improving your mixing workflow. In a mix there are lots of little things that can help you work faster. None of them are overly complicated steps however they can clear the administrative side of a mix out of the way, allowing you to concentrate on the music [...]
The world of online resources and affordable gear have made learning to produce music easier than ever. In days gone by the only way to gain real experience was to have a pro as a mentor. Now a lot of the pro’s have gone online to share their knowledge, making it accessible to literally everyone. [...]
This week, Northern Ireland was dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age with the old analogue TV signal being turned off and the new digital transmitters turned on. To some of you this may be old news as most other places have switched over already, maybe even years ago for some of you. You [...]