Darayl DeMarco
This session was different. Chad was checking all of the the songs from Payton and making sure each were done and ready for mixing... Read More >>
Major: Audio Engineering
I have been interested in music my entire life. It wasn't until I got my hands on a Ensoniq ASR, to inspire me to purchase my first sampler and keyboard. I was really into vocal samples and random noise samples. Mixing these together with synths and percussion on a borrowed Makie 1604 mixer, then recording down to a Sony Mini Disc in the early 90's. This has developed into a full on recording studio in my home decades later. Now, I have a large collection of digital and analog synths, along with a collection of drum machines, drum modules and four samplers. One being an MPC which triggers everything. I'm running Protools 8.4 with a Digi 002 on a PC. I'm using a 32 track mixing board, have various effects units and everything is patched in, making configuration a lot easier. It is true about who you know, I was lucky to have a friend introduce and teach me things about gear and studios. Also, it takes my desire to make my own sounds and learn what I can when I have the time. At this point I have the ability to bring my hobby to the next level, and that is to become a professional audio engineer. Learning by trial and error can stiffle creativity. It is time to take the knowledge I already have and connect the dots with everything I still need to learn from a proffesional. I am determined to achieve this goal I have put in front of me. A record album is like a book or story, it stimulates us emotionally. Being the creative person I am, I have the desire to tell my own stories and help others make theirs.
Darayl DeMarco
This session was different. Chad was checking all of the the songs from Payton and making sure each were done and ready for mixing... Read More >>
Darayl DeMarco
Tarik-Nix a hip hop artist was in adding some more vocal ideas to his song Lady In Red. This only took a few minutes to accomplish using the U 47 mic... Read More >>