Back To The Basics: 10 Easy Tips To Make Your Recording Life Easier

While focusing on specific techniques and more complex recording methods is a great way to build your skillset, it is never a bad idea to revisit some of the more basic ideas that can help make your life much easier as a recording engineer. For this reason, I came up with a list of easy and cheap ways to make the recording process run more smoothly and much more effectively.
 In my experience, it's always the little things that make the biggest difference -and so without further adieu, here are 10 Easy Tips To Making The Recording Process Easier:

Top 5 Overlooked Ways to Record In Stereo

When it comes to recording - stereo beats mono.
I know you're probably thinking to yourself: "Well duhh, everybody knows that..."
It's obvious, right? I mean, why wouldn't you want to have two different sound sources when you record an audio track?
Well, you'd be surprise at how many opportunities to add that extra dimension of stereo imaging are missed by the average amateur recording engineer.
In fact, after you read my list of "top five overlooked ways to record in stereo," you'll be kicking yourself for not utilizing them from the beginning!

Recording Drums - Getting A Professional Sound Without Using Expensive Drum Mic's

Miking a drum kit is perhaps one of the most important techniques you must master if you want to become any sort of decent sound engineer. Through my experiences, I can tell you that if your drum track comes out sub-par, then it will not only make for a bad recording, but it will make your life hell in the post production stage when you're trying to compensate.
So how does one ensure a quality drum track?

Why Using MIDI Is The Single Most Effective Way To Create Professional Quality Recordings

Ahhh MIDI... perhaps one of the most useful and convenient music production tools of the 21st century! Not only does it make for literally perfectly synced instrument tracks, but it is solely responsible for this relatively new era of electronically produced music.
So, what exactly is MIDI?