23 Minutes of Audio Recording Advice

Adam deep dives into his knowledge bank. This is part one of three.

Chapters
0:00 - Adam's Early Recordings
1:57 - Internet Radio
2:40 - High School
3:17 - 2006 First Full Band Recording
5:12 - 2008 Advanced Recording
7:07 - Sound for Video Gear
8:27 - The sE7
10:45 - Interface and DAW Software
11:03 - Optimal Recording Levels
11:45 - The Audient iD14
12:46 - Fixing USB Interface Issues
13:15 - Interface Setup
14:14 - 48V Phantom Power
15:25 - Mixing vs. Recording Buffer Sizes
17:24 - Bit Depth 16-bit 24-bit and 32-bit
18:34 - Signal to Noise Ratio
20:00 - Mac vs. Windows
20:40 - Cable Quality
22:15 - Coiling Cable

Credits

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[RealHomeRecording]

Mixing chain:
Black Rooster VLA-3A
sonible SmartComp 2. Speech Low setting.
iZotope Ozone 9 Maximizer
Loudness Penalty

[RealHomeRecording]

For future videos, I'll have better lighting and set the focus to manual.

[anthonyanzalone]

I use a pair of se7's as overheads. They are great. Love em.

[nocuh]

Canare is the less expensive Mogami alternative. Big fan of both, from patch cables to speaker wire; Eminence, Amphenol, Neutrik, Switchcraft connectors 👍

[HazeAnderson]

I don't like using USB for power either on audio gear. For low power devices it is perfectly fine, but USB is only 5 volts. This has to result in limited bandwidth in terms of gear that process audio (no beuno). Gear that generates audio can probably operate just fine on USB power.

[thegreatsiberianitch]

Cable coiling, ever since I learned I coil every cable, even the vacuum power cord, and my life is better for it, lol..