Richard Scott — Birmingham Recording Connection

lesson 19 Surround Sound - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-06-29

In this lesson we learned that surround sound uses 6 total speakers and what the .1 stands for in 5.1 dolby. I think the coolest part about this lesson is knowing where this will be in the future... Read More >>

Lesson 18 Microphone placement - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-06-19

This lesson taught me how to be aware of the different microphones and the placements I need to be aware of as an audio engineer in order to help the talent get the recording that they want... Read More >>

lesson 17 SYNC and AUTOMATION!! - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-06-05

this discussion was all about time code and how important it is to keep the time code refreshed. Whenever there is a new movie coming out you will see commercials and previews for that movie... Read More >>

Lesson 16 MIDI - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-05-22

MIDI is everything that people wish they could have had 40 years ago. It is so simple to make a song on a keyboard and you can choose any instrument you wish... Read More >>

Lesson 15 Midterm - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-05-22

In this lesson I had to take my midterm. I think it was an overall good chapter choice to answer the questions. Chapter 12, 13, and 14 all have the basic questions on what the engineer should know... Read More >>

Lesson 14 Signal Processing and Artificially simulating environments through effects - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-05-10

In this lesson, reverb was shown to me in many ways. I had no idea that reverb was actually heard in every room that you go in... Read More >>

Lesson 13 Signal Processing- Volume Control - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-04-17

A compressor is used after it passes the threshold, and the sound is made to be louder in the mixing process. If the compressor does not reach the threshold it is known as a gate... Read More >>

Lesson 12 Signal Processing- A - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-04-17

FIrst of all, an EQ is used to boost or cut certain frequencies throughout the frequency spectrum. The active and passive equilizers are the most common 2 that are in the world today... Read More >>

Lesson 11 Getting to know your plug-ins - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-04-05

This section showed me all the different types of plug-ins that are already installed to the Pro Tools program. I am still currently in the process of trying to install the program into my computer, but hopefully it wont be much longer... Read More >>

Lesson 10 Intro to Pro Tools - Posted by Richard Scott on 2013-04-02

I was so excited to receive my first mbox for recording! The most important thing to know is that technology is perfectly not perfect... Read More >>