My Take on Music Recording with Doug Fearn

Feb 20 2025 102 ep. 39 mins 45
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Doug Fearn draws on his 50+ years as a recording engineer, record producer, studio owner, and pro audio equipment designer to explain the art and science of recording for the audiophile, music lover, and people in the music recording industry.

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Monitor Speakers and how to get the best sound out of them

Feb 20 2025 31 mins  
Send us a text Monitor speakers are a necessity for most of our recording. But I have always had a problem with the sound of speakers, and I explain why in this episode. Speakers always exist in a space with boundaries, even outside. Our control rooms tend to be small, and making a small room sound good for performing or listening is a challenge. The monitor speakers and the contro

Recording for Vinyl

Jan 21 2025 35 mins  
Send us a text Vinyl record sales have been increasing every year for a while now. Today, vinyl outsells CDs. Fans like vinyl for its unique sound, and the large format of the jacket. Record pressing plants are busy! Most are backlogged for months. The process of converting your digital mix to a vinyl record is complicated. The entire system of phonograph records is plagued by many

How We Learn Audio Engineering

Dec 28 2024 28 mins  
Send us a text If you are working as a recording engineer, how did you learn your craft? A formal recording program? As an intern with an accomplished engineer? Or maybe you figured it out on your own. All are valid ways to get started. Many successful engineers used more than one approach. In this episode, I look at the various approaches, their pros and cons, and suggest ways tha

Single-Mic Recording

Dec 02 2024 28 mins  
Send us a text Using a single microphone, or one stereo mic, to record a musical performance all at once without any overdubbing can result in a recording that is very compelling to the listener. When everyone is performing in the same space at the same time, usually without headphones, there is a musical interaction that occurs that we often lose in the typical session using lots

Choosing Microphones to Buy

Nov 05 2024 30 mins  
Send us a text When you are just starting out in recording music, you are likely to need microphones. And if you have been recording for a while, you may feel the need to add to you microphone collection. But how do you make those choices? In this episode, I look at the criteria that I think are important in picking mics to add to your studio. Simply choosing a mic that is what oth

Joseph Arnold - Violinist, Author

Oct 10 2024 44 mins  
Send us a text Joseph Arnold is a talented violinist that has played on a variety of projects I have produced. He is also an excellent writer, who just published his first book, titled, “Soul Force: How to discover your artistic purpose, create more freely, and make art that matters.” In this conversation, Joseph talks about his career path, his pursuit of art, and how his conc

The Art of Producing - Part 3 - Mixing & Mastering

Sep 22 2024 46 mins  
Send us a text In this last of three episodes on the art of producing, I talk about my process for mixing. It is all part of the concept of a song from the beginning. Mixing is where everything comes together to create the version of the song that the artist and I have had. As an over-simplification, my approach is to turn up the things I like and turn down, or mute, the things I d

The Art of Producing - Part 2 - Mic'ing

Aug 31 2024 30 mins  
Send us a text This is the second of three episodes on the Art of Producing. In this one, I talk about the mics and equipment I use in my studio, and the reasons why. The example used for this series features an album project for singer-songwriter Corrie Lynn Green. It is an acoustic-based project, although there are some electric guitars and bass on some songs. I explain why I mak

The Art of Producing - Part 1

Aug 11 2024 31 mins  
Send us a text The art of producing a record requires knowledge of music, mastering the technical aspects of the recording process, and an ability to work with people. This is the first of a three-part series about producing. In this episode, I talk about the role of the producer, using a typical album project for Corrie Lynn Green as an example. Not all productions will follow thi

Fletcher, Munson, and You

Jul 08 2024 19 mins  
Send us a text Our perception of frequency balance varies with loudness, a fact documented by Harvey Fletcher and Wilden A. Munson, two scientists at Bell Laboratories. In 1933, they published a paper called, “Loudness, its definition, measurement and calculation.” It was groundbreaking science in the field of human hearing, and has implications today for how we perceive music.