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Soundware Guide to Music Software
There is a huge range of music software available on the market. Most claim to be the only piece of software you will ever need to buy, but in reality each has its strengths and weaknesses. |
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Soundware Guide to Choosing a Sound Card
Most computers are sold fitted with basic sound cards or with onboard sound processing facilities built into the motherboard. While these are suitable for many computer users, professional audio applications will often require more advanced features or connections to allow audio recording or MIDI connectivity. |
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Soundware Guide to Basic MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI provides a standardized method of communicating musical performance information between computers and electronic musical instruments. |
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Soundware Guide to Basic Digital Audio
To produce high-quality recordings on your computer, it helps to know a little about the theory of sound and how it relates to digital audio. |
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Soundware Guide to Choosing a Microphone
A couple of good quality microphones are a useful addition to any home studio setup. If you’re trying to improve the sound of your recordings, a better microphone will probably provide you with the most obvious sound quality improvement for your money. |
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Soundware Guide to Choosing Monitor Speakers
Even if you've made a professional quality recording on your computer, the way it's mixed can make or break it as a finished track. To mix properly, we need to be sure that what we hear through the speakers is as accurate a representation of the actual sound as possible, so that the mix we hear through our speakers will sound good on as many different sound systems as possible. |
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Soundware Guide: Minimise Latency on Your PC
Unfortunately, there's no way to remove latency completely - but it can in almost all cases be reduced to a manageable level. Latency can be caused by many areas of your computer's setup, so it's important to be sure that everything is configured to be as efficient as possible. |
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Soundware Guides: How to Record Guitar on Your Computer
There are several different ways of connecting a guitar to your computer for recording. And once you have a way to connect a guitar to your computer, you'll need some software to record it... |
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Soundware Guides: How to Convert Vinyl LPs to MP3 or CD
To convert vinyl into a digital audio format, you need two things: firstly, a method of transferring the audio signal from your record player to your computer, and secondly, a software application capable of recording the incoming signal and converting it into digital audio. |
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Soundware Guides: How to Make a Backing Track on Your PC
There are several specialised software applications for making backing tracks or accompaniments to play along to. You can also make MIDI, VST or loop-based backing tracks using other music production applications.As well as the right software, a MIDI controller can make the process quicker and easier, and if you want to record your performance on top of the backing, you'll need a method of connecting your instrument or a microphone to your computer, too. |
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Soundware Guide to Cables, Leads and Connections.
What's the difference between balanced and unbalanced cable? |
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Soundware Guide: How to set up a basic home studio.
Computer technology has made it easier and cheaper to start recording music at home. It's possible to set up a basic studio for only a very small outlay, which can later be upgraded and expanded as your skills and requirements increase. |
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