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Articles by: Zach Varnell

Zach Varnell

Zach began recording in his parents basement in Denver with a two track reel-to-reel and a mixer from radioshack. In the summer of 2014, Zach went back to education, working with CreativeLive as a content producer for the audio channel.

How to Pick The Very Best Microphone

[caption id="attachment_13385" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] The most common question I hear from bedroom producers revolves around which microphones are worth it and which ones are just hype. There’s no question that there's an overabundance of microphones available on the market, and almost any engineer would tell you that the time-tested SM57 is all you really need (I mean, if it’s good enough for the President, it’s good enough for me, right?

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Pro Tools Users: To Bounce or Not to Bounce, Part I

[caption id="attachment_11588" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] I remember back in the day when it was almost a crime to even suggest mixing “inside the box. ” Pro Tools and other DAWs came on the scene with more efficient workflows, digital offline editing and signal processing that offered engineers and producers an infinite array of options in the studio.

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