“ONE GOOD THING ABOUT
MUSIC
WHEN IT HITS YOU, YOU FEEL NO PAIN.”
Bob Marley
AAA RECORDING is a professional, purpose built facility catering to the needs and styles of musicians from all over Tasmania. Established in 2014 the studio has been constructed with the client in mind and provides a relaxed and creative ambiance.
TRACKING
Essentially the process of recording songs. The name comes from the fact that each instrument is recorded individually and given it’s own “track” in the mix, so that the balance and sound of each can be controlled later. Originally, “track” referred to a thin width of analogue tape, today it usually means a file on a hard drive. Performances can be “live”, with all the musicians playing at once; one instrument at a time; or a mixture of the two.
MIXING
The process of blending all the individual tracks in a recording to create a version of the song that sounds as good as possible – the “mix”. Mixing often also includes a good deal of editing – choosing the best bits of every take of a song, and sometimes even building musical elements from scratch. Sometimes there is so much editing involved it forms a separate stage in between tracking and mixing.
MASTERING
The process of turning a collection of songs into an album (or single, or playlist, or podcast…) and combining them to create a final master for manufacturing. Or – it’s making your music sound the best it can be. In mixing you are balancing the instruments to get a great mix of each song, in mastering you are balancing songs against each other to get a great sequence. This can vary from being a very subtle process, involving minor tweaks to polish the existing mixes, through to occasionally being a complete rescue mission for problem songs, or where detailed restoration is needed.