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This post focuses on some of the basics of nearfield speaker placement, where and why and a little how.

It used to be that studios had huge wall-mounted speakers that required equally large rooms to work properly.  Commercial studios are carefully acoustically tweaked.  I won’t go into acoustic treatments here, but needless to say a properly tuned room will make any monitor system work much better.
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This post focuses on how monitoring with different kinds of speakers will help you achieve better mixes.

One of the things that sets professional studios apart from hobbyist studios is their collection of monitors.  Most studios have at least a couple pairs of monitors, from nearfields to farfields.  Many have boomboxes and ‘hi-fi’ stereos to give even more diverse listening options.  Having monitoring diversity helps reveal weak spots in the way the music translates from system to system.
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This post focuses on capturing multiple guitar sounds, including unamplified, during tracking for more tonal flexibility during the mix.

A unique guitar tone is one of those things that people are always willing to great lengths to achieve. Some of the most coveted tones have actually been blends of multiple amplifiers, certainly of multiple microphones. So what are some ways to get the best of both worlds?

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