The Guitar Gazette | Thank You For Your Confirmation | Download Link. Learn Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live and more - Training and Tutorial Videos. Multi-Platinum Home. THE SECRETS OF WARMTH & AIR. Technique : Recording / Mixing You don't need a wand to conjure up sonic magic, just a few well-chosen recording tools. Paul White Warmth and air are two of the main requirements for human life. By coincidence, the same terms are used in recording to describe aspects of sound that also breathe life into music. The problem with such terms is that they are somewhat subjective, which leaves them open to interpretation -- but you can be sure that warmth in the studio doesn't mean switching off the air conditioning, buying a fan heater and wearing a purple sweater with a duck embroidered on the front! In this short article, I'm going to try to describe what I think the terms mean and how warmth and air can be added to a recording at different stages in the process.
Traditional Approaches: Valves & Analogue Tape Perhaps the first place to start looking when you want to add warmth to a recording is the microphone -- the very start of the audio chain. Alternative Sources Of Warmth Coming Up For Air. Music Theory.