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Vincenzo Larich
Day one at Track Star Studio was very exciting to say the least. I met up with Thomas who, along with being Josquin Des Pres' engineer, will be my teacher if and when Josquin is out.
I must say walking into that small studio and knowing all the work and talent that comes in and out is just amazing to think about. To imagine helping big names with projects like these guys
do on a daily basis, what an awesome life and career to have, and hopefully I can be right there with them one day.
To start things off, Thomas and I had a small introduction and I explained to him that being involved in the creation of music and the experince that comes along with it is basically what draws me
to this career. I am a non musician as of now, and Josquin has eased my mind a bit by letting me know not everyone in the recording business is a musician. That's a relief because I thought I was making
a mistake trying this without some knowledge! Although learning piano, guitar, drums, it's all ideas and dreams that I can and will make a reality soon enough, which will help with the recording aspect as well.
We then moved onto a tour of the studio, where Thomas showed me the basics of how a studio is built and setup. Examples of this would be the sound-lock double doors, baffles and sound deadeners strategically
placed on the walls, the glass and its triangular design to help reflect sound up and over you and the air in between being a decent insulator, all types of interesting things. A few facts that really struck me were things like
how low frequencies like to hover around corners and that's why there was padding there as well, never really thought about that. Also the differnet shapes of foam padding and how that affects the sound by trapping it basically.
All so interesting to me, I really enjoy the acoustic engineering aspect of it all.
After that, we jumped into the first lesson of the book, skimming through all the definitions and such. Thomas did a great job explaining sound and what it is, frequencies, waveforms both simple and complex. Then the fun stuff, the whole
reason why this program is the best and drew me in. Very simple, he takes that and shows me right there on the equipment they use everyday. Not only is that cool to watch and makes much more sense to see in action, but it's so much
more productive to see hands on what a book is saying. We continued on to discuss the transient anatomy, or the envelope of waveforms. Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release. I'd be lying if I said it was a piece of cake to take in right away, it does
seem to get a little complex. But once we start the hands on process and dive right into it, I know this will be even more enjoyable. I am very ecited to see what the following weeks have in store.
