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Brandon Schock

Brandon Schock

Brandon is a producer, audio engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and senior writer at Higher Hz, where he covers microphones, studio monitors, audio interfaces, and recording techniques.

Coming from humble beginnings, Schock began recording psychedelic bedroom pop with nothing except for GarageBand and the built-in microphone on his laptop as a teenager.

While he's since upgraded his recording setup, Brandon still has a proclivity to work through the confines of limitation.

His music is spasmodic, distorted, and restless, often taking inspiration from artists such as Cornelius and The Beach Boys.

Over the years, he's gained a vast amount of experience recording, writing, and performing with local groups and fellow artists such as Petty Walker, and Windy 500.

When it comes to gear, Brandon has a particular fondness for several models and series of studio gear. He usually records through his Focusrite Clarett 8Pre, aided by his Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro for tracking.

For microphones, the Electro-Voice RE20, Neumann KM 184, the AKG SE300 B (particularly when using the CK91 capsule), and Coles 4038 are worked to their limits in his studio.

He also has a soft spot for Adam Audio studio monitors, which he has been using for years.

In terms of preamps, Brandon has two favorites: the clean and transparent Focusrite ISA One and the warm and colorful Universal Audio Solo/610.

However, even though he has his mainstays in his arsenal, he's incessantly researching and trying to find hidden gems.

Still forever passionate about music, Brandon has recently dedicated himself to writing about the latest innovations in audio technology, while keeping busy with his own projects and passions.

How to record acoustic guitar at home in 5 easy steps

So, you have an acoustic guitar. Maybe you even wrote a song. You want to record your ideas, but you don’t know how! Well, I’m here to help. This is a basic guideline for how to record your acoustic guitar at home in five steps.

Yamaha HS5 review: Not pretty, but precise

Back in the 1980s, Yamaha came out with the NS-10. These monitors sounded absolutely horrible, but it was that exact reason that Yamaha found great success through their release. The short of it all was that they were harsh, brittle, but extremely accurate at showing sore spots and weaknesses in any mix.

Yamaha’s newer line of monitors, the HS5, are often compared to the NS-10, and for the most part, that comparison is fairly accurate.

Adam Audio T7V review: Great, with some minor faults

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Adam Audio monitors, and for good reason. Years ago, when the company was less well-known, their speakers were overpriced and didn’t sound nearly as good.

Today, however, 25 years later, the company has perfected their craft of churning out quality products at affordable prices, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that.

Shure SM58 review: Mic that needs no introduction

If you were to simply Google image search the word “microphone”, the first thing to appear would be a picture of the Shure SM58. This particular microphone is so iconic, so reliable, and so versatile that it has become the Mickey Mouse of audio gear.

In this article, I’ll be reviewing it for anybody who has yet to be acquainted.