DeAndre Deramus — Chicago Recording Connection

Chapt. 19 - Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2014-03-17

Finished up Chapt.19 on Mastering, now I am preparing myself as much as possible for my final exam.. Very blessed to have an opportunity to start a new career in something I have been passionate about for years and i thank RRF for excepting me into a great institution... Read More >>

Chapter 18 - Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2014-02-26

Completed Chpt.18 on Acoustics, grabbed the concept right away.. Been doing some practicing with Pro Tools. Went and brought myself a microphone n monitiors to get my home studio set up and much much more practice... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2014-01-13

Finished up Chpt. 14 we dicussed how to use compessors correctly, didn't understand them at first but after my mentor Joe explained it and also gave me a couple of tracks to practice on... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-11-21

Got Chpt. 9 in the book done, Pro Tools was set up last week getting fimilar w/ the Quick Keys.. Very exciting stuff can't wait to learn more... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-10-09

Man things are moving quickly, completed and review Chapter 7 this week. Worked on Pro Tools a little bit learned how to create a template, how to import instrumentals to Pro Tools, how to record vocals and how to line up grid when tracking songs... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-10-02

Completed WK.6 on Mic Placement very useful chapter learned different techniques on how to mic different instruments and vocals... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-09-25

This week we reviewed Chapt. 5  MIcrophones, we discussed the different type of mics and there purpose for  different sessions with artists, we also review signal flow from the booth to the control room and the 3 keys of choosing a quility mic, this was a very useful and interesting chapter... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-09-19

This week reviewed Chapt. 4 on Connectivity, my mentor dicussed about the different and most effective plugs used in the studio, also showed me how the signal flow is set up at our studio... Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-09-11

Reviewed Chapter 3 and Chapter quiz, discussed The Nyquist Theorem, different Digital Recorders, Samplers, Bit Depth. She also discussed the kHz and Bits engineers record on Pro Tools, got very valuable information that will help me down the road!! Read More >>

- Posted by DeAndre Deramus on 2013-09-07

Review Chapter 2 with my mentor, also had the pleasure to sit in a couple of session with some artists - very nice experience!! Read More >>