BerenstainsMonster

Especially for recording vocalists, I've found it much easier to mix dynamic mics. Dynamic mics don't often get the praise they're due.

Condenser mics are more expensive to build, so they are regarded as more expensive-sounding, which hasn't been 1:1 in my experience. I find that a 57 sounds better than most budget condenser mics. I think they're a much better bang for the buck.

What do you think?

In which Dan examines the oft repeated advice to "only dither once" and attempts to show why this should be "only dither to 16 bits once".

I've been building up my digital music library again after giving music streaming the boot. I was going to attempt to digitize my CD and vinyl collection, but I frankly don't have the time for all that. So I thought I might turn to file-sharing and download digital versions of my physical collection. I prefer FLAC or WAV if the former isn't available. Can you recommend good places to get started?

Mikey Shulman, CEO of AI music generation startup Suno, actually thinks people don’t enjoy making music anymore. “It’s not really enjoyable to make music now,” according to him.