If you've been following Gearwire's visit to Boiler Room Mastering, you know that Collin Jordan doesn't have any lousy gear anywhere near his mastering suite. Here, he shows us his jewel from Crane Song, the Avocet Class A Studio Controller.
In this interview, Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, shares some valuable advice on setting up and running a home studio -- how to keep costs down, how to get the most out of what you buy, how to manage your time and workload,...
Jeff explains why it's important to ask questions of the band about their gear and the sound they want to achive. It's not use bringing in cheap equipment and expecting to get an expensive sound out of them.