Winston Gordon — Chicago Recording Connection

Chapter 10 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-10-01

Chapter 10 was Short and sweet. Basically talking about inserts and different updates to the protools software. Im going to be experimenting with some audio samples in protools to get a feel for focus keys and play around with the software to manipulate the audio samples... Read More >>

Chapter 9 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-09-19

Chapter 9 was another great chapter. I like the way everything was kept kinda short and sweet without going into an overwhelming amount of detail... Read More >>

chapter 8 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-09-19

Wow Another interesting chapter. The common theme through all of the chapters is practice practice practice. When perfecting your craft you can never go wrong with more practice even if you know what you're doing... Read More >>

chapter 7 overview - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-09-10

Just finished chapter 7. That's interesting how much attention to detail there is when setting up a session with bands... Read More >>

Chapter 6 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-08-13

Yet another interesting chapter. Learning even more about mic placement is very informative. This chapter mainly focuses on dynamic, condenser, and ribbon mic placement for different types of instruments but there is really no right or wrong... Read More >>

Chapter 5 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-08-06

Wow i never knew there are so many mics that have been created for music. Its interesting to learn how and why recording artists use the mics that they use... Read More >>

Chapter 4 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-07-30

After finishing chapter 4 I see there is alot that goes  into setting up equipment the right way. Its interesting how the whole process works and im sure the more i practice, the better i will get at doing setups... Read More >>

chapter 3 - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-07-23

Chapter 3 covered alot of info on different recording uses and different formats we used in the 90s up until current. what I thought was most interesting was learning about the first sequencers and synthesizers ever created and how sequencers/synthesizers/samplers have helped evolve and shape music into the mold that it is today... Read More >>

Chapter 2 overview - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-07-16

Read and completed chapter 2. This chapter brings me back to when i was in high school taking digital electronics. I learned a great deal from digital electronics about functions of circuits and we even made some cool stuff like shot clocks, an analog circuit displaying our birthdays, and alot of soldering... Read More >>

Chapter 1 learning the basics - Posted by Winston Gordon on 2017-07-16

I really learned alot from chapter 1. I didn't realize so much goes into hearing and perceiving sound. I agree we do take hearing for granted and hearing is one of our main senses that's so sensitive... Read More >>