Recording Studio Secrets: How To Make Big Money From Home! PDF
This is the 3rd book in the best selling Music Production Secrets Series by John Rogers.
Now that it’s extremely affordable, hundreds of thousands of music enthusiasts around the world have created their own DAW home recording studio.
Many have turned their passion into a career, or they’re earning a lot of money with their home recording studio as a side job.
In this book, I explain everything I did as a sound engineer to earn $100,000 a year online, working from my home studio. Note- This ebook will be a little more than 60 pages of valuable info.
I discuss working with customers which includes tips on how to beat the competition, the marketing techniques I used that brought in a huge amount of free traffic, and many business dos and donts I learned since opening my recording studio in 1999.
I also mention several things YOU might want to try with your business that I know absolutely WILL NOT work, which will save you a lot of time and money.
Whether you’re starting out from scratch or already running your own recording studio business, this book will help you increase your profits.
Signature presents Portraits, a jazz sample pack with loops featuring piano, constructed with a full in studio jazz ensemble. Inspired by the likes of legendary artists like Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea whose sounds bridged jazz to funk and soul in the 70’s. These early fusion efforts became prime sample material in the golden era of Hip Hop decades later.
With acoustic piano and electric piano at the forefront these loops are infectious and catchy. Take advantage of this masterful production full of creative sequences recorded at Turtle studios in Philadelphia.
This pack was produced with original compositions and arrangements from Christopher Michael Stevens (trumpet), Marcus Myers (drums), Aaron Hardin (piano) and Jay Rosado (bass). A pro line up of musicians harnessing the sound of an authentic piano quartet is a must have for any serious producer wanting sophistication in their sample library!
This essential sample pack injects your tracks with pure dancefloor dynamite, guaranteed to ignite any crowd.
What’s inside?
Pumping basslines: Deep and; dirty, rolling and; funky – find your perfect groove from a massive selection of expertly crafted loops and one-shots. Groove-laden beats: Crisp percussion loops pulsate with energy, complemented by punchy drum hits and impactful fills. Hypnotic synths: Edgy, ethereal, and attention-grabbing, these synth loops and presets add instant texture and atmosphere. Infectious vocal-chops: Chopped, filtered, and ready to ignite, these vocal loops inject the perfect dose of hype and soul. Essential FX: Spice things up with risers, falls, sweeps, and more to add drama and dimension to your productions. Serum presets: Craft your own unique synth sounds with these powerful presets tailored for tech house.
Royalty-free: All sounds are 100% royalty-free, use them in your tracks and releases without limitations.
Bouncy Tech House 2 is perfect for: Producers of all levels looking to inject their tracks with cutting-edge tech house sounds. Inspired by John Summit, Fisher, Mau P, Eli Brown and many other leading tech house artists.
Don’t miss out on this chance to level up your productions! Grab Bouncy Tech House 2 today and ignite your creative fire.
From blissful and beatific to soulful and stylish. Neon Indie is a follow-up collection of retro-tinged sound design with modern production for an all-inclusive tantalizing toolkit aimed at inspiring every spectrum of pop production and beyond. Expertly crafted and curated, Neon Indie offers an assortment of WAV samples fusing elements of retro synthesis and ’80s production with modern synth-pop vibes.
Immerse yourself in the sound of the Javanese gamelan, an ancient, tuned percussion ensemble from Indonesia. Its transcendental tone has inspired composers for centuries: and with twelve unique instruments and a custom ensemble builder, it’s now at your fingertips.
Product Info
CONTENT:
6,750 samples at pristine 24/48 quality
16 dynamic layers per key
Full & dampened recordings
12 individual instruments
Bonang, demung, gambang, gender
Gongs, kempul, kempyang, kenong
Kethuk, peking, saron, slenthem
FEATURES
Custom ensemble builder patch
Per-instrument tuning, timing
Harmony builder, microtuning
Single patches w/ 3 tunings
Includes CONSOLE, over 30 FX
Details
Gamelan is an ancient artform of Indonesia; it is a musical ensemble most often containing percussive, tuned metallophones with meditative, bell-like tones. The gamelan is among the oldest known instrument ensembles that is still played today, known to be at least 1,200 years old. Each instrument within the ensemble has its own unique design, size, and tuning, resulting in a rich and transcendent sound when played together.
The sound of the gamelan was hugely influential on 20th century Western composers like Satie, Cage, Bartók, Messiaen, and Britten, but can also be heard prominently in acclaimed scores like Akira, Battlestar: Galactica, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, and many others.
Our sampled Javanese Gamelan (as opposed to Balinese, or Sundanese) consists of twelve instruments made from bronze in Indonesia, carefully played and sampled by composer Gonzalo Varela to capture their full clarity and nuance. We have presented them here as an ensemble with standard Western tuning, along with the option for custom microtuning scales, and authentic Pelog and Slendro scales.
Javanese Gamelan lets you customize your own ensemble or play individual instruments in their authentic forms. Whether you’re writing for soundtracks, pop music, atmospheric electronica, or New Age, we think you’ll find it incredibly inspiring – just as we did.
Content
The library includes twelve individual instruments comprising the ensemble: Bonang, Demung, Gambang, Gender, Gongs, Kempul, Kempyang, Kenong, Kethuk, Peking, Saron, and Slenthem. Each has been sampled with fully-sustaining and dampened notes, in 16 dynamic layers, which allows deep playable and responsiveness.
The single instrument patches are presented in two idiomatic tunings – Pelog and Slendro – as well as equal temperament, suitable for traditional Western music. The ensemble builder allows for per-instrument tuning, mixing, effects, and humanization, allowing you to create your own custom blend of tones in whatever note ranges you choose.
You can truly shape the sound of the gamelan with our integrated Console mixer & FX rack, pictured below. In the ensemble patch, each instrument gets its own channel, allowing you to add up to 8 modular effects for each. EQs, compression, reverb, modulation, distortion and many more FX units are available, giving you endless tonal possibilities.
As described in our Terms of Use, you may not use Michi Sanz’s name, image, or likeness without Michi’s express written permission.
Born in Maracay, Venezuela, Michelle Valentina Sanz Mateu, artistically known as Michi Sanz, is a Mara de Oro award winning singer-songwriter. A Latin Grammy and Recording Academy member, Michi is a global star when it comes to her craft. Performing at a number of major festivals such as SXSW and writing for International artists such as Leslie Shaw and Jossef with Universal Music. Michi was billed as Rolling Stone’s “Artist to listen to” and Latin Billboard’s “Artists you should have on your radar” in 2023.
In this collection of fiery vocals from Michi, expect to find over 130 deeply emotive hooks and phrases in both wet and dry offering. This all Spanish language pack, with it’s bright, pop punchy vocal production and it’s fresh vocoder loops and adlibs, are packed full of sounds that will heat any session.
Dream, love, cry and dance to the sounds of Michi Sanz: Sweet Latin Vocals
Hopeton Overton Brown, the Jamaican-born producer and recording engineer, rose to fame in the 1980s mixing dub music as “Scientist”. A protégé of King Tubby, Scientist pioneered the dub reggae genre in the 1970s alongside Ruddock, Bunny Lee, Philip Smart, Pat Kelly, and Prince Jammy.
For this pack, the Splice team gathered the finest reggae session musicians to join Scientist in our LA studio to capture the essential sounds of dub – and beyond. This collection is dripping in layers of riddim, bass, echo, and reverb used to sculpt soundscapes that draw attention to the shape and depth of the space between sounds, and the sounds themselves.
Shining bright, ‘Vision’ Melodic House and; Techno takes an alternative direction. A diverse set of tools that flips everything you know about Melodic House and; Techno on its head.
Build from the ground up, with huge collection of content, this sample pack from Zenhiser explores a rich array of textures, patterns and progressions. Ranging from classic vintage to the avant-garde. Tech tight drum rhythms, modular synth lines, intriguing atmosphere, eclectic one shots and a plethora of tantalising FX.
‘Vision’ is the audio toolbox you deserve. It’s the building blocks to a better sound palette. A collection infused with warmth and character to propel all forward thinking Melodic House and; Techno producers.
The Complete Roadmap To Building Your Home Studio [TUTORIAL]
In this course I cover everything from wires and cables to audio interfaces and plug-ins
What you’ll learn:
Determine what computer is a good fit for Your studio
Fully understand what a Digital Audio Workstation(D.A.W.) is
Identify what Microphone would best suit Your studio needs
The ability to build Your own Studio Acoustic Panels from scratch
Requirements:
No skills or knowledge is required for this course just the determination to learn
Description
This is a course for beginners who need assistance on what to buy so they can start their career as a Audio Engineer. Also with no prior knowledge of the audio equipment. You will find yourself spending unnecessary money and waisting time, this course is designed to help eliminate that problem. As a bonus I will also teach you how to save yourself some serious cash by showing you how to build your own studio panels from scratch. When it comes to buying studio gear it can be very difficult to know where to start. In this course you will be provided with a clear understanding from start to finish on which tools to use on this never ending journey. Now everything that I will discuss is based of my own experience and knowledge of the audio equipment that I either own or have previously worked with. Im not a paid sponsor so all of my choices is strictly what has worked for me. My reasoning for creating this course was because I noticed that everyone wants to show you how to mix and record, but no one wants to show you what to buy or even how to properly utilize the equipment.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction (Computers)
Section 2: Studio Bundles
Lecture 2 Studio Bundles
Section 3: Software
Lecture 3 Software
Section 4: Midi Controllers
Lecture 4 Midi Controllers
Section 5: Audio Interfaces
Lecture 5 Audio Interfaces
Section 6: Wires & Cables
Lecture 6 Wires & Cables
Section 7: Studio Monitors
Lecture 7 Studio Monitors
Section 8: Headphones
Lecture 8 Headphones
Section 9: Microphones
Lecture 9 Microphones
Section 10: Studio Hardware
Lecture 10 Studio Hardware
Section 11: D.A.W. Plug-Ins
Lecture 11 D.A.W. Plug-ins
Section 12: Acoustics
Lecture 12 Acoustics
Section 13: Studio Panels
Lecture 13 How to build studio panels
If your a beginner this course is for you. This course is designed to equip you with the know how on what to buy as a New Audio Engineer
Skillshare The Ableton Backing Track Course for Drummers [TUTORIAL]
I’ve been running backing tracks on live gigs for years in pretty much all the different ways you can think to do so. From phones, iPads, QLab, MainStage, all the way through to full Ableton rigs.
With all of that information, I’ve compiled it into this Ableton backing track course, taking you through which version to buy, how to import audio, all the way through to MIDI control, sample automation and the hardware needed to run all the tracks live.
This is an incredibly dense subject and by no means is this everything (which is SO exciting!). Ableton projects are individual to you and how you use them, so please take all of this information and apply it to your own projects. Make sure to search further and improve your Ableton rigs as much as possible with experimentation and if I can help, please send me a message!
I look forwards to building an Ableton backing track rig with you!
Project Instructions
Once you’ve downloaded your version of Ableton, download the given stems in Chapter 3. Import them following the instructions throughout the chapter and then label them with the instructions throughout Chapter 4.
Once you’ve got a fully labeled track, screenshot the project and post your progress here on Skillshare! I want to see how you’ve labeled up your tracks. Then, tell me how you’re going to use the backing track rig in your own project and how I can help. I can’t wait to see them!
Soul Surplus presents Writer’s Room, a special release focusing on song starters full of lo-fi texture and chord structure variations in a resampled format. These melodic loops contain loads of electric guitar, synth pads, leads, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, and tasteful background vocals that will make any track feel great.
Make your tracks standout with original sounds all crafted through analog gear with a creative approach to instrumentation.
Lupulo Records are proud to present Let the Bass Kick 2. We’re back with this amazing collection of 150 kick drum shots in key with a variety of colors.
Volume two of Let the Bass Kick comes loaded with a fresh batch of precision engineered Kick Drum samples designed exclusively to work in all House and Disco styles from Deep House, Melodic, Organic, Nu Disco to Indie Dance.
You can easily drag and drop the loops into your project or load up a kick drum sample into your preferred sequencer or drum machine and create your own patterns.
ReAmped Hip-Hop Drums presents continuation of our exploration of vintage flavored drum sounds! So we created a comprehensive selection of powerful sounding essential drum elements and beats! These samples are suitable not just for 90s and 00s styled hip-hop but also for RnB, soul, breakbeat and more.
All drums and percussions sampled here are of organic origin but meticulously edited using various methods. From reamping and multilayering to resampling through outboard valve compressor and eq. This way we have managed to give them gritty and “cutting through mix” punch hip-hop is known for!
Our concept for this project was to recreate some of the legendary old school hip-hop drum sounds and complement them with newly designed ones. Bunch of inspiring beats, ranging from 70 to 90 bpm, and solid selection of one-shots that you will find inside will get you moving in short time! Happy digging and we assure you that you will find some gold for your sampler here!
