Everyone and His Dog

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 21 Jun 2018 11:44 am

Today, music studio software is so easily available that everyone and his dog is recording music.

And there's the problem. How do you keep a dog quiet when every time you start recording she starts barking? $:\$

Yes, that means you. Don't look so innocent.

Larry Carlson · Post by **Larry Carlson** » 21 Jun 2018 2:33 pm

Mine wouldn't bark.
He'd walk in and sneeze or scratch his neck and make the I.D. tags on his collar rattle.

Rick Schacter · Post by **Rick Schacter** » 30 Jun 2018 7:37 pm

Alan Brookes wrote:Today, music studio software is so easily available that everyone and his dog is recording music.

And there's the problem. How do you keep a dog quiet when every time you start recording she starts barking? $:\$

Yes, that means you. Don't look so innocent.

Maybe try keeping your dog distracted with snacks?
I donâ€™t know.
Cute dog though.

James Quillian · Post by **James Quillian** » 27 Aug 2018 5:42 pm

Personally I think a dog barking in the background is desirable for a home recording.

Godfrey Arthur · Post by **Godfrey Arthur** » 28 Aug 2018 6:03 am

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 28 Aug 2018 10:07 am

James Quillian wrote:Personally I think a dog barking in the background is desirable for a home recording.

If, like me, you record all the instruments of the band yourself, one at a time, and then mix them down into stereo, eight channels with a dog barking on each of them might sound like it was recorded in a kennel.

Fortunately, I can feed the bass, electric guitars and steel directly into the mixer without a microphone, but the vocals, fiddle, dobro and mandolin are another thing....

Godfrey Arthur · Post by **Godfrey Arthur** » 28 Aug 2018 10:38 am

but the vocals, fiddle, dobro and mandolin are another thing...

A project studio's friend.

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 16 Sep 2018 5:46 am

Once I was recording a harmonica track, intended to capture the feel of a man walking the green mile to the gas chamber.
Hopi chimed in, howling; I left it in because it captured the mournfulness of the moment. Great studio dog.

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 16 Sep 2018 3:30 pm

All my recordings have been tested on animals.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 18 Sep 2018 11:48 am

Ian Rae wrote:All my recordings have been tested on animals.

Don't let the RSPCA know about that.

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 18 Sep 2018 3:22 pm

Alan, you've met my dog and you know how discerning he is. Or deaf, one or the other

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 21 Sep 2018 9:36 am

Now I have another problem. The cat who sees me reading and sits on the book, sees me typing into the computer and insists on sitting on the keyboard, sees me recording and insists on walking across the mixing board, messing up the settings.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 21 Sep 2018 9:40 am

It's the ultimate solution to paws on the equipment, but unfortunately it induces howling. $:\$

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 10 Jul 2019 12:35 pm

Duck tape

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