🎙️Recording Dry vs. Wet

What It Really Means

When you hit record, what you capture shapes everything that follows.
In professional studios, engineers talk about recording dry versus wet — and knowing the difference is key to getting a clean, mix-ready vocal.

Before we dive into the wet versus dry discussion, make sure your microphone is properly set up in an appropriate environment. This will help ensure the best sound quality and more accurate results.

Setting up mics

🎧 Recording Dry

A dry vocal is the raw microphone signal, recorded with no effects printed onto it.
It’s clean, flexible, and leaves every option open for mixing and mastering.
This is how we track at Unfiltered Studios — because it lets you:

  • Adjust EQ, compression, and reverb later with total control.

  • Keep your takes clean for tuning, layering, and editing.

  • Collaborate easily with other producers and engineers.

Dry recordings are like a blank canvas — every tone, space, and emotion can be shaped later with precision.

⚡ The Unfiltered Approach

At Unfiltered Studios, we track vocals dry but monitor them wet — meaning you hear reverb or delay in your headphones while recording, but your recorded file stays untouched.
That way, artists perform confidently, and engineers get the flexibility to sculpt the mix perfectly.

🚀 Mastering Makes It Complete

Recording dry sets the stage — but Mastering gives your song its final polish.
Our team at Unfiltered Studios takes your clean mix and transforms it into a powerful, balanced, radio-ready track.

🎧 Get the clarity, warmth, and loudness your music deserves.

🌊 Recording Wet

A wet vocal has effects added while recording — like EQ, reverb, delay, or compression — and those effects become part of the audio file.
This can sound inspiring while tracking, but once it’s recorded wet, there’s no going back.

Wet tracking can work in specific creative cases (like live performance or a special effect), but for professional mixing and mastering, a clean dry take gives you the highest-quality starting point.