Troubleshooting

04/24/23 • 33 min

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My Take on Music Recording with Doug Fearn

Studios are complex technological environments and it is common for problems to arise. But a problem in the equipment might be a minor inconvenience if you have the skills to quicky determine where the trouble lies and understand how to fix it. Most problems in a studio are human errors.

There are often ways to work around the problem. That keeps the session going and you may be able to solve or bypass a problem without anyone else even knowing. There is already enough pressure in most recording sessions, and no one needs to have the mood of the session disrupted by a problem.

In this episode, I talk about the most common causes of problems and offer tips for determining the cause. I give several typical session problems and ways to address them.

This isn’t the most exciting part of recording for most people, but troubleshooting is a skill you can develop and utilize when necessary.

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In this episode, I talk about the most common causes of problems and offer tips for determining the cause. I give several typical session problems and ways to address them.

This isn’t the most exciting part of recording for most people, but troubleshooting is a skill you can develop and utilize when necessary.

Thanks for listening, commenting, and subscribing. I can be reached at [email protected]

email: [email protected]
www.youtube.com/c/DWFearn
https://dwfearn.com/

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My Take on Music Recording with Doug Fearn - Troubleshooting

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78 Troubleshooting April 24, 2023

I’m Doug Fearn and this is My Take on Music Recording

Even the most basic recording system can be complex, with various mic preamps, outboard equalizers and compressors, converters, monitoring systems, headphone feeds, plus routing, patching, and other systems. Any of those can be a source of trouble.

I’ve worked in some famous studios, and even there occasionally there have been problems that stopped the session while the cause was deter