Chapter 4 - Connectivity... so that's what those are. - Posted on 2015-04-28 by Daniel Bubert

Ok, so, chaper four was a pretty easy read and I did learn some things I didn't know ( which is kind of the point of this, right?). What I was more excited about, was after reading chapter 4, I couldn't wait until I could go through the studio and figure out how everything was wired. Especially how the patch bay was wired up. I remember back when I was attending Cal Poly Pomona I was enrolled in a recording class and a music business class and I had to talk with someone in the industry for an assignment. I ( being the great procrastinator that I am ) waited until the last minute to get started. Now I'm almost positive the assignment was for my business class, but who knows. That was 15 years ago. Anyway, because I had waited to long I decided to head down to hollywood and knock on some doors of some recording studios and ask to speak with an engineer. After chickening out at a few I found myself at hollywood sound recording studios. I walked in and asked the receptionist if I might be able to speak with an engineer and she asked me if I had an appointment. I explained to her that I was a music business major and that I didn't have an appointment but really needed to speak to someone for my assignment. Well, she was kind enough to find someone that was willing to take time out of their day and have a small chat with me. I couldn't tell you who it was that I spoke to. The only few things I do remember is My truck was broken into and my radio and all of my CD's were stolen, the studio had a few different Earth Wind and Fire gold records on the wall, and the person I spoke to told me the biggest thing was "learn the patch bay". I don't know why that nugget of information in particular stuck with me but, it did.

So now here I am 15 years later working on an audio engineering certificate and paying very much attention to the patch bay. Being that the studio isn't very big and that there is a fairly minimal amount of out-board gear it's not overly complicated even for a novice like me. Unfortunately Derek's business partner had a session coming in so we had to cut our time rather short but I still feel like I have a decent grasp of how the place is a rigged up and can't wait to start getting my hands dirty assisting on another session.

That's all for now. 'Til nex time.