Wesley Hagy — Charlotte Recording Connection

Chapter 19 Blog - Mastering - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-02-09

As I assumed, the book only touched on the Art of mastering. And I say "the art" because mastering, and mixing for that matter, is a true art form... Read More >>

Chapter 18 Blog - Acoustics and Monitoring - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-02-09

Thankfully, my mentor used to design and build car audio components back in the day when everything was still interchangable in cars... Read More >>

Chapter 17 Blog - Automation - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-02-09

Got to be in on another session for this lesson! Man my mentor is awesome lol. But for automation I was able to sit side by side with my mentor as he worked on some automation for a client... Read More >>

Chapter 16 Blog - MIDI - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-02-09

I have been working with MIDI on another DAW, Ableton, for almost three years now. So trying to learn the little nuances of MIDI in Pro Tools has been like trying to learn to ride a bike again lol... Read More >>

Chapter 15 Blog - Time Based Effects - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-01-26

It took me a long time to figure out how to use reverb properly, it wasnt until I learned what a return track was that I started using Time based effects on a regular basis... Read More >>

Chapter 14 Blog - Dynamic Signal Processing - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-01-26

Now we are getting into the meat of things, I am finally starting to see more and more of the plugins and outboard equipment that my studio uses everyday... Read More >>

Chapter 13 Blog - EQ - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-01-26

The questions continue to mount up, how should I EQ, which plugin to use, which frequencies to boost or cut? But I know that learning these things will all come with time, so I will try to be patient, but still ask a ton of questions... Read More >>

Chapter 12 Blog - Mix Theory - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-01-26

Good ol' mix theory.  This section has created so many more questions for me its insane. I knew that once I started mixing someone elses project that I would run into a ton of questions; unfortunately, in this case, everybody does things a little bit differently... Read More >>

Chapter 11 Blog - Midterm - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-01-26

The midterm was pretty straightforward, the book presented the material in a well organized fashion so I didnt expect the midterm to be insanely difficult... Read More >>

Chapter 10 Blog - Plugins and Processing - Posted by Wesley Hagy on 2016-01-26

The Sinewave assignment from chapter 10 was such a neat project. I am the type of person that wants to know why or how; so when it comes to starting from something as small as a sinewave and creating actual sounds that are pleasing to the ear, I'm in... Read More >>