Garrett Herington — Dallas Recording Connection

Console time - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-08-06

This week was slow, but to my advantage there was a slot open in the studio where I was able to come in and have free range on the console... Read More >>

Recording session - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-08-06

Another student had a small band with a singer/songwriter he know come in to recorded a small EP. Pretty standard session, no drum kit, just an acoustic guitar, a bass guitar, an electric guitar, and vocals... Read More >>

Reverb - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-08-06

Having already being using time-based effects, this chapter was pretty much a breeze. In the studio, it was just solidifying the knowledge of activating reverb on the console and moving it around... Read More >>

Console practice - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-06-20

Today was a little more exciting because there were quite a few students at varying levels in the program, so our mentor would take us down the line of complexity of using the console... Read More >>

Setting up sessions - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-06-20

In the studio my mentor and I were having some technical issues with my computer, for reasons unknown my audio signal was coming out mono in my stereo speakers... Read More >>

Jazz - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-06-03

This week in the studio was pretty cool. A young band came in to record their jazz songs. I got to observe the specifics of setting up a session... Read More >>

Just another day in the studio - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-05-30

This week was pretty laid back. Continued working on the .wav files provided by my mentor to practice on. Been mixing on a few different songs lately, really getting into all pro tools has to offer... Read More >>

Patience is a virtue - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-05-18

In the studio today I watched as a group of engineers were mixing a song for a young kids choir. Going slowly through every part of the song, assigning each instruments or groups of similar instruments onto the console and then tweaking every little part... Read More >>

Beginning of editing - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-05-18

First day in the studio with my own copy of pro tools and with a ton of beginner songs loaded up on my computer thanks to my mentor to begin working on... Read More >>

finally got pro tools - Posted by Garrett Herington on 2015-05-07

I finally got to sit down with my mentor and work on my own copy of pro tools. My mentor had me constantly working on pro tools in other variations before I recieved my own, including watching other students of varying pro tool skills levels work through their problems... Read More >>