Zachary Wells — Knoxville Recording Connection

Lesson 20 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2014-04-02

For lesson 20 I essentially created an example of one of the instrumentals I'll be working with and mixed the whole thing... Read More >>

Lesson 19 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2014-04-02

Coming into this lesson I had never really entertained the idea of mixing in surround. After reading Mr. Huber's arguement for it I'm considering at least playing with it... Read More >>

Lesson 18 - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2014-04-02

This was a very straightforward lesson for me since Miah is a metal engineer. Miking the drum-set was easy since I've been helping do it for so long now... Read More >>

Lesson 17 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2014-04-02

Me and Miah mainly did a discussion for this chapter revolving around the lack of need for synchronization. Modern technology has made recording much simpler since computers are a common medium... Read More >>

Lesson 16 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2014-03-30

I'm pretty experienced with midi and electronic music production at this point in the program. In the studio we hooked up a few of my hardware tools and worked them in conjunction with Pro Tools... Read More >>

Lesson 15 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2014-01-07

Midterm mixdown was pretty self explanatory. I simply applied common sense goals of making a better quality sound and basic software navigation to create a more solid mix... Read More >>

Lesson 14 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2013-11-29

My favorite lesson as of yet. I love throwing ridiculous amounts of flanger on any sound. And reverb sounds great on anything... Read More >>

Lesson 13 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2013-11-29

Compressors are simple to imagine the use in action, but a little bit harder to actually make the use happen. We played with a few different compressors on a kick and a snare... Read More >>

Lesson 12 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2013-11-29

This has probably been the most open-ended lesson so far. I've been using EQ on amps since I started playing guitar, but as for perfecting the balance of a mix using an EQ plug-in, or multiple, seems to be a real challenge at times... Read More >>

Lesson 11 Journal - Posted by Zachary Wells on 2013-11-29

We've been playing with the factory plug-ins on Pro Tools. I have fun doing wacky combinations of two or three on the vocals of some of those sessions you guys sent me... Read More >>