Jessica Sherman — Chicago Recording Connection

Acoustics and Monitoring - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-06-21

This past week I learned mostly about how a room should be set up to hear the best acoustics. It's important sound doesn't reflect anywhere so none of the walls are parallel, there are no 90 degree angles anywhere and there are diffusers and absorbers on the walls and ceilings... Read More >>

Automation - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-06-16

Automation was cool to learn because I had been wondering about it before. Joe uses it when he's mixing for things like volume and delays and I didn't quite get what he was doing so it was nice to learn that and put it together... Read More >>

MIDI - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-06-16

I downloaded the Chirp MIDI controller for this next assignment and it is so cool. I thought at first it would be impossible for me since I don't really play any instruments anymore so I'm not really good at making music but with the MIDI you can put all the notes on beat and adjust the length of the notes and a bunch of different things to edit it which is cool and necessary for someone like me who isn't much of a piano player... Read More >>

Time Based Effects - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-06-16

I have gotten a little behind on my blog entries! I'm bad at keeping up with this but I'm catching it all up now... Read More >>

Adding compression to the mix! - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-05-19

I just finished my lesson on compression this week and it took a little effort to comprehend this one. Joe gave me a good understanding though... Read More >>

EQing - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-05-07

This past week I learned the basics of EQing which helps a lot with my mix of The Seige. I chose that song to do my mix assignment with because I wasn't a huge fan of the hip hop song and I enjoy this song so it's a good idea that I switch up my taste and not stick to one genre of music... Read More >>

Beginning my Mixing Assignment - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-04-25

This week was really good. Since Joe gave me some of his work, I can use one of those songs for my mixing practice which is cool because it's something I'm familiar with and more my type of music (no offense to the school) so that'll be fun to play around with... Read More >>

Midterm - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-04-23

Half way through already! I've learned a lot so far, but just the basics. I've been getting used to Pro Tools more and more though... Read More >>

Introducing Protools - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-03-24

I'm excited that I am now beginning my lessons on Protools! I haven't quite downloaded it and played around with it yet but soon, hopefully... Read More >>

Tracking - Posted by Jessica Sherman on 2014-03-20

This past week I started learning about tracking songs. There was a lot on preparing for the meeting with the client(s) which is really important... Read More >>