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Wes Hawkins
Wes Hawkins
Aced it! Drumroll...here's my production! Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by yours truly- my band DETHSURF! Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
Since my last post, I've been back and forth between Las Vegas and San Diego, piece-by-piece tracking a demo for my own band in San Diego, DETHSURF, and mixing it in Vegas... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
This week, Josh shadowed me as I went through the Bella Donna Treatment track "The Siege," applying compression to individual tracks and group buses... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
This week began with assisting in a new client session in Studio C at Audio Mix House. My mentor, Josh Connolly, engineered the session for the two clients- one male vocalist and a female accomplice acting as producer... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
Hey, it's been a minute! Working around the Carlos Santana sessions here at Audio Mix house delayed a couple lessons... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
"Intro to Pro Tools." Luckily I'm already AVID User-certified with Pro Tools 11. This week's lesson was a good refresher on key commands and workflow within the DAW... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
This week, in the theme of tracking, I got to help set up a couple different drum sessions in Studio A, one of which also included piano, bass, guitar, synths and a vocalist, all to be tracked simultaneously... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
This week Josh and I worked on microphone placement techniques. As a guitarist with a mentor who is a drummer, I requested that he critique my setup of a drum kit pieced together from the warehouse, followed by acquiring and setting up all of the microphones... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
Microphones. This week, our focus was emphasized on microphone types, models, and their respective frequency response ranges... Read More >>
Wes Hawkins
Connectivity. This week I got to take apart and check out the inner workings and outer ports of a 192 ADDA converter, making note of the different cable/routing options... Read More >>
