Tis with a heavy heart, and joyous pride that this shall be my final entry. I have completed the course. /swag Swag jokes aside, it was a hell of a ride, despite some bumps and being a bit accelerated... Read More >>
Jason Alexander — Kansas City Recording Connection
Well, as forewarned, this assignment was rage inducing to the point of losing sleep, not eating, chain smoking and just overall being pissy... Read More >>
Between us, this chapter was pretty boring to me. Might be a blast for some, but I feel it isn't for me. Especially the later parts describing studio building... Read More >>
Automation. That's a pretty awesome tool lol I found it amazing how it used to be handled by an entire team of people in real time, and how lucky people like me have it nowadays with this amazing piece of software... Read More >>
Ok, so this one was totally stoked for. I finally figured out how to get my MIDI keyboard to work in PT and use the plugins and instruments with it! My mentor even showed me a neat trick for converting the MIDI info into an audio clip! How BOSS is that!? So if I'm being honest here, it's at this point I kinda feel that I've gotten what I paid for... Read More >>
Ok, EQ's=easy. Dynamic Signal Processing=migraine inducing. Time-based Effects=...easy? I mean sure, i've messed with reverb and such in other less sophisticated programs, and it's pretty much the same here, just more options... Read More >>
Ok, so it felt like we went straight from "we're gonna start off easy with EQ" to "Here's the deep end, swim ya bastard!" I can wrap my head around theoretical quantum physics and stuff, even studied it some in high school (despite infuriating my teachers because I didnt do the boring assignments)... Read More >>
Admittedly, I wen't into this chapter thinking EQ is an EQ is an EQ. Evidently, I was hilariously wrong. But, I'm happy I was proven wrong and had a chance to learn more about them... Read More >>
As the title suggests, now we're getting into the meat of the course. Not just mic history and stuff. REAL Pro Tools knowhow... Read More >>
As per my usual, I was reading the chapter, taking notes on plugins and such, then BAM! There in front of me stood my first Pro Tools assignment... Read More >>