How to Avoid Being Unpleasantly Surprised by the Quality of a Recording Session

How to Avoid Being Unpleasantly Surprised by the Quality of a Recording Session

The best way to prevent problems like this is to do extensive sound checks before recording an actual session. And if you have several different physical setups, do this for each different setup.

  1. Spend the time getting the physical setup right, the equipment connected properly, the signal flowing properly, the recording levels correct, etc.
  2. Then actually record some test audio and listen back to it. Do this several times if necessary, tweaking your settings along the way.
  3. Then write down all the details of your equipment setup as well as the settings on all your gear. Also, save all your software settings as a template so you can load that template later.

This way, whenever you’re about to record a session, you’ll be able to quickly set up your equipment and software and be confident that all your audio will be recorded properly.

Want to receive the Daily Goody in your email, daily or weekly? Subscribe free here.

And please keep in mind, the Daily Goody is only a tiny little tip, fact or lesson everyday. Please don’t expect any of these posts to be long, earth-shattering masterpieces that instantly answer every single question you can think of and completely transform you into a world class podcast engineer. “Little by little, a little becomes a lot.”

.

DID YOU KNOW……..We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. We appreciate you listening.

Want to have a career in podcast production?

Browse our online courses on podcasting and audio production to become a qualified engineer.

4 Responses

  1. I’ve always used a chinagraph pencil to make marks where knobs and fader should be. Over time, I update changes and rub them out and make a new mark.

    On music tracks, I used to run some masking tape down the side of faders the need to move so I could note down the highs and lows etc.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Listen To Our Podcast

Discussing Professional Podcast Production - Recording, Mixing, Editing, Mastering. Hosted by Chris Curran - podcast producer, audio engineer, founder of Podcast Engineering School and Fractal Recording.

Subscribe on

Browse Content

Receive
Daily Goody's

Subscribe to the Daily Goodys

Get your daily or weekly dose of goodys

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. More information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close