Tuesday, April 29, 2008

EQ Essentials in Pro Tools

Study Pro Tools online with Berklee. Term begins June 30th:
http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/co...

Balance the frequencies in your mix using the EQ plug-ins in Pro Tools and get your recordings sounding top notch.

Berkleemusic.com is the continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, delivering online access to Berklee's acclaimed curriculum from anywhere in the world and teaching online music production, music business, songwriting, guitar, bass, music theory, arranging and performance.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Recording - General Questions

This week we take a moment to answer some of our viewers questions that we have received from comments on our videos as well as messages.

Home Recording - How to

This video will show you the basics to creating your very own Home Recording Studio.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Soundproofing a Professional Recording Studio

Learn how to soundproof a professional recording studio in this how-to video clip on professional recording equipment. Here is a quick video that shows you how a professional sound booth is built. From the walls, to the patch bay, even the glass. A soundproof room does 2 things. First it keeps all the sounds from outside the room getting in the room. Second, it doesn't let the sound waves in the room reflect around and produce any room noise. These reverb free rooms around called anechoic which is the technical tern, or dry. Alot of recordings these days are made in "dry rooms" and then the ambiance is added in later with plugins or hardware gear.



Click Trax - A# Sharp Recording Studio

The pros and cons of using a "Click Track" when recording.



Charles Dye and Mix it like a Record

Charles Dye is one of the first people to mix an album inside a computer. This video is about analog and digital sound
Mix It Like A Record, the DVD/DAW session based mixing course that critics, pros and users agree is the definitive resouce to learn mixing. kagimedia.com

Audio - Digital and Analog

Famed engineer-producer Eric Thorngren shares his knowledge and experience in the field of audio recording. Here is a video that talks about using sound from software and connecting it to hardware units. This is one technique that I do not use in the studio, but there is lots of studios that do.



Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Are Record Companies Really Evil? - By Jimmy Iovine

Interscope Records head Jimmy Iovine sheds some light on why record companies are the first to be blamed when things go wrong for an artist, and why they only sometimes deserve it.

Record Producer - What Makes a Great one by Jimmy Iovine

In this ArtistsHouseMusic.org clip, Interscope Records head Jimmy Iovine shares his thoughts on what the great producers have that the rest of us don't.




Retail Today - Jimmy Iovine

In this ArtistsHouseMusic.org clip, Interscope Records head Jimmy Iovine shares his opinions on retail music today.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Don't Drop The Mic: Tip From A Pro

Taking a microphone on and off a stand too often results in dropping the mic. In this Tip From A Pro, Roger Cole (Steve Vai, Little Feat) demonstrates an easy way to reduce the chance of dropping a microphone when removing it or placing on a mic stand.