Amanda Payne — Jacksonville Recording Connection

Chapter 19 Mastering - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-05-07

In this final chapter, the book started out by defining the era called the “loudness wars”. This was a time when most music was basically one dynamic, LOUD... Read More >>

Chapter 18 Acoustics and Monitoring - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-04-23

Chapter 18 was full of information that will help greatly when I get to build my own studio as well as a great review from the first half of the program... Read More >>

Chapter 17 Automation - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-04-09

Although the history of automation makes me hungry for pizza, I think I’ll stick to the amazing use of technology in these times... Read More >>

Chapter 16 MIDI - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-03-23

Although MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, it does not contain any audio. MIDI is all the information about the notes including length, velocity, and pitch name, just not the actual sound... Read More >>

Chapter 15 Time Based Effects - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-03-09

Chapter 15 was somewhat of a review. I had learned a lot about delay and reverb during the Sine Wave Project and how the two are used so often... Read More >>

Ch 14. Dynamic Signal Processing - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-02-22

Chapter 14 was filled with useful information. There were so many plug-ins that are necessary for the mixing process and that doesn’t even count the third party plug-ins all over the web... Read More >>

Jack Rank Session - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-02-21

I really like having a session on Wednesdays since I don’t have much time to get too much accomplished between then and my previous class on Mondays... Read More >>

Surprise Session 2/3/14 - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-02-06

I would like to start this post by saying the most important thing I learned this week was to consider typing my posts in a Word document FIRST in case the internet decides to poop out as I am submitting my post…again... Read More >>

Ch 13 EQ - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-01-25

Now that holiday MADDNESS is over and I will finally be stationary for a while, it feels like I am flying through these chapters... Read More >>

Ch 12 Mix Theory - Posted by Amanda Payne on 2014-01-21

Chapter 12 was, to me, half review and half preview. There were topics such as stereo image and balancing the levels and placement (panning), how to use your levels and panning techniques effectively, bouncing... Read More >>