Straight answers to the questions I kept googling while building a home studio. One question per post, no filler.
Eight stages in order: finish the songs, track, mix, master, art and metadata, distribution, pre-release, launch. The order I used for Small Town Wanderer.
Read the answer →Yes. The Spark 40 connects by USB and appears in Logic Pro as an audio device, so you record the processed amp sound. Fine for demos, limiting for a release.
Read the answer →For writing at a desk, the Yamaha THR10II: instant sound, no app. The Spark 2 wins for jamming over backing tracks and the looper. I own and use both.
Read the answer →Yes. The Gold Tone AC-6 is a six-string banjo in guitar tuning, so your chords work and it sounds like a banjo. The fastest way to add country texture.
Read the answer →Install the free Logic Remote app on an iPad, pair it with Logic Pro over Wi-Fi, and arm, record, punch in, and set markers from the instrument.
Read the answer →Yes. Bass goes straight into the Headrush Core, through a bass amp and cab model, and over USB into Logic Pro. Every bass part on my record was done this way.
Read the answer →Yes. I mixed my record on KRK KNS 8400s with SoundID Reference calibration. Calibration is what made the low end and vocal level translate elsewhere.
Read the answer →Start a lead vocal with the Softube Opto, add the FET after it to catch peaks, and save the VCA for the vocal bus or a punchier, aggressive sound.
Read the answer →Connect the Strata Core by USB, load Superior Drummer 3 on a software instrument track in Logic Pro, and pick the matching e-drum preset inside SD3.
Read the answer →For country-pop and rock, keep the Sire T7. The S7 FM covers clean and crunch rhythm, the L7 covers heavy parts. I own all three; here's where each lands.
Read the answer →The Headrush Core is a USB audio interface. Set it as Logic Pro's input and output device and record the processed signal. No driver, no extra interface.
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