Madison Belcher — Dallas Recording Connection

Chapter 19 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-07-14

This week we went over our song that we have been working on for the week, playing with all of our plugins. We went over the MIDI program in class with our mentor and got to play around on that to discover more about what it does and how it works... Read More >>

Chapter 18 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-28

This past week in the studio, we just went over our rough mixes and playing with our plugins, figuring out what they all do... Read More >>

Chapter 17 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-13

This week in the studio, Aaron and I got to do a recording with the help of Rick. We set up the microphones for vocals and keyboards, set up a rough mix and brought up the template the band had used last time... Read More >>

Chapter 16 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

This week we went over 15, and over out songs to make sure we did what we were supposed to do in the editing page. There were a few things that I didn't do right, but was shown the proper way... Read More >>

Chapter 15 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

This week I was not in the studio due to Memorial Day and being out of town. I did still do my lesson though, which we went over in the studio this week... Read More >>

Chapter 14 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

This week we got a few more songs from a band that we had recorded in the studio called, "Ravens." They actually sounded alot better then the previous band we had to fix up... Read More >>

Chapter 13 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

This section was on equalization. Rick went over with us how to properly do it, and to understand how exactly it was used in a song... Read More >>

Chapter 12 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

We went over everything that we learned in Chapter 12, and applied it to the 5 mixes that we had. We learned to "group", and how to use markers on the editing page to pinpoint a specific spot we wanted to go back and look on... Read More >>

Chapter 11 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

With having the previous week to bring up rough mixes, I messed up a little on trimming the toms, so what I had to do in the sudio was go over everything completely again and redo a few songs... Read More >>

Chapter 10 - Posted by Madison Belcher on 2014-06-03

This week, Rick gave us a few songs from a band they had recorded from awhile back called, "Young Coconuts." 5 songs were given to us and our assignment for the follwing week was to bring up a template, and create a rough mix, alos trimming the toms in each song... Read More >>