Jason Alexander — Kansas City Recording Connection

Final Entry - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-30

Tis with a heavy heart, and joyous pride that this shall be my final entry.  I have completed the course.  /swag Swag jokes aside, it was a hell of a ride, despite some bumps and being a bit accelerated... Read More >>

Day Nineteen-SO MUCH RAGE - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Well, as forewarned, this assignment was rage inducing to the point of losing sleep, not eating, chain smoking and just overall being pissy... Read More >>

Day Eighteen-Zzzzzz - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Between us, this chapter was pretty boring to me.  Might be a blast for some, but I feel it isn't for me.  Especially the later parts describing studio building... Read More >>

Day Seventeen-Huh...sweet! - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Automation.  That's a pretty awesome tool lol I found it amazing how it used to be handled by an entire team of people in real time, and how lucky people like me have it nowadays with this amazing piece of software... Read More >>

Day Sixteen-Let - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Ok, so this one was totally stoked for.  I finally figured out how to get my MIDI keyboard to work in PT and use the plugins and instruments with it!  My mentor even showed me a neat trick for converting the MIDI info into an audio clip!  How BOSS is that!?  So if I'm being honest here, it's at this point I kinda feel that I've gotten what I paid for... Read More >>

Day Fifteen-What I imagine to be the calm before the storm... - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Ok, EQ's=easy.  Dynamic Signal Processing=migraine inducing.  Time-based Effects=...easy?  I mean sure, i've messed with reverb and such in other less sophisticated programs, and it's pretty much the same here, just more options... Read More >>

Day Fourteen-What the hell? - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Ok, so it felt like we went straight from "we're gonna start off easy with EQ" to "Here's the deep end, swim ya bastard!"  I can wrap my head around theoretical quantum physics and stuff, even studied it some in high school (despite infuriating my teachers because I didnt do the boring assignments)... Read More >>

Day Thirteen-Not all EQs are equal - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-10-23

Admittedly, I wen't into this chapter thinking EQ is an EQ is an EQ.  Evidently, I was hilariously wrong. But, I'm happy I was proven wrong and had a chance to learn more about them... Read More >>

Day Twelve-Meat, not potatoes. - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-08-27

As the title suggests, now we're getting into the meat of the course.  Not just mic history and stuff.  REAL Pro Tools knowhow... Read More >>

Day Ten-More than I could chew - Posted by Jason Alexander on 2014-08-19

As per my usual, I was reading the chapter, taking notes on plugins and such, then BAM!  There in front of me stood my first Pro Tools assignment... Read More >>