Sean AllenHouston Recording Connection

Sean Allen

Lesson 17 LecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2014-01-16

Write mode- write over any audio and makes new automation Touch- Write automation when you let go fader it goes back to original position Latch- when writing automation the fader stays at the same position Off- no automation is read Don't automated volume or mute    Read More >>

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Lesson 16 lecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2014-01-09

MIDI is digital information there is no audio Velocity is how hard you hit the MIDI pad  Make aux track when using MIDI track  Score editor can changes notes and print them and sends it off MIDI is Musical instrument Digital Interface Read More >>

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Lesson 15 LecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2014-01-03

Session should be 24bit, 44.1khz Always clean up tracks before mixing them ctrl+f= Fader ctrl+u= Strip silences In a session breaths on a vocal look like a football Kick, snare, vocals should be pan up the middle Chorus pan on right and left to make it sound bigger Read More >>

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Lesson 14 lecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2013-12-27

The base of dyanmic processing: Time base, dyanmic signal Threshold is where compressor start working Setting ratio is how much we are going to compress the audio Anything above 8:1 is limiter Attack and release is base on timing Parrallel compression blends to different sounds to sound good Start compression before EQ Gate is making sound gone and not hearing anything Read More >>

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Lesson 13 lecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2013-12-20

With EQ it's better to cut then boost When you boosting EQ its starts tearing High pass filter effect the low(allow high to pass) Low pass filter effect the high (allow low to pass) Bandwidth allow frequency pass through 1-4DB is the normal cut Everything gets effect when you cut harmonics 700-900 hertz is your nazzle voice for nose MF HMF effects the S 6k-9k Start cuts before boosting Read More >>

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Lesson 12 lecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2013-12-12

Muddy is a bad play back from speaker or a bad recording De-essner helps "S" brighter Reverb and delay are time base effect Time base effect use a lot of computer processing so put them on Aux track Delay  and reverb are stero track Set busses to stero tracks and have aux tracks the same bus to that track   Read More >>

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Lesson 10 LecturePosted by Sean Allen on 2013-11-22

Reverbs are space plug-in's Compressor decrease dynamic range Render is printing effects  You can not take out rander when you apply them Having reverb channel helps computer Feed back is delay before echo fades away Delay are the echos and they are in notes Compress is trying to get the high and low vocal and put them in the middle Clip gain lower what ever region you select Shift+Alt+scroll= zoom in resolution Always put fades after a cut Read More >>