Lesson 17 - Journal - Posted on 2013-07-07 by Brandon Zakrzewski

Today’s lesson dealt with sync and automation. Joey Heier explained to me what the SMPTE timecode is. Basically it is the standard method of interlocking audio, video, ad transports. A transport is all of the functions like play, record, rewind, stop, and fast forward. An interesting note is console automation. I always wondered when I saw faders on a mixing board move by themselves….”how the heck is that happening? And why?”  it operates in three basic ways…a write mode, a read mode, and a drawn (rubberband) mode. I’m getting closer and closer to the end of these hands on studio sessions. I kinda don’t want them to end….but I must move on.