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#293840 05/02/15 08:13 AM
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Hi All.

Lots of people, both on the forum and people I teach, have been asking me for information about how I record the pieces which I post on the User Showcase. To try to provide as much information as possible, to as many people as possible, we've now included a section on Recording Tips as part of our website.

I stress that this not an exhaustive study of the recording process, which would fill a decent sized book, but tips and tricks which answer some of the questions I get asked most often. If you're already an expert, then you possibly know most of it anyway, but I hope some of you find it useful.

We will be adding to the list as we get time and if there are any subjects which you'd like us have a try at, just post something here and we give it a go. So, here's the link.

RECORDING TIPS

Regards, ROG.

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Nice ROG, but I didn't see anything about a Lava lamp. grin


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Here you go!

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Originally Posted By: jazzmandan
Here you go!






Nice lamp.

If you ever want to part with those NS-10M's, let me know. grin

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The lava lamps sold out in the first few minutes, Bob.

If only I'd known you wanted one...

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Thanks ROG. The site is really good. After reading the recording tips I took the beginner 1-5 lead tutorials. Had a lot of fun.

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Hi Charlie.

Many thanks for that. Glad you had fun with the lead guitar tutorials - fun is really what it's all about.

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Hi ROG
Thanks for going to the effort to produce that. Perfectly condensed, no-nonsense descriptions. A valuable lookup reference for sure.
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Hi Trevor.

Your comments are much appreciated. It gives me the feeling that the work was worth it.

Many thanks, ROG.

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Good morning sir. Very nice resource!

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Very valuable, concise and to the point. Thanks for putting this together Rog, it's very helpful.

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Thanks for that:)

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ROG,

That's a great resource! You've put quite a few hours into getting those web pages together.

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Thanks, as well. You explain compression more clearly than I've ever seen.. Kudos...

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Hey Guys, thanks for all the positive feedback.

We hope to keep adding to the list as we have time and we have, in fact, just uploaded three new tips.

Here's the link again.

RECORDING TIPS

Cheers, ROG.

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Thanks for everything you have put up on that site Rog recording tips, guitar lessons everything. Must have taken you a lot of time to do so, but want to let you know that its really appreciated.

Looked at the guitar stuff too .....really good.

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Thanks again to everyone for the feedback - it's greatly appreciated.

We've just uploaded some more tips, including ones on using reverb and delay.

Recording Tips

Regards, ROG.

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HI All.

Three more recording tips just up-loaded to our site -

Understanding stereo
Creating stereo from mono sources
Backing vocals - recording and arrangement.

Here's the link again. Hope some of you find these useful.

RECORDING TIPS

All the best, ROG.

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Thanks. Useful stuff at your site.

Thanks for posting.


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