Daniel Amaral — Los Angeles Recording Connection

Discussion Over Lesson 19 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-07-06

Lesson 19 went over Surrond Mixing. Thanks to Joey, I got a good understanding of exactly what Surrond Mixing is. The way that we mix music in general is with two monitor speakers, but Joey was telling me that when people do music and sound editing for the movies, he says that they mix and design the sound usually with Dolby Digital Surround Sound for effect... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 18 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-07-06

Lesson 18 was about Microphone Placement Techniques. It primarily went over the same things Lesson 8 went over, but was just a tad more detailed... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 17 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-07-06

Lesson 17 was about Sync and Automation. At first, this chapter didn't really "woo" me into reading about it, it sounded very boring and tedious, but as I continued to read, I realized exactly how important this process is... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 16 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-06-05

Before going into Lesson 16 (which is about USB, Midi, and Electronic Music) I had a very good understanding of exactly what I was getting into regarding this lesson... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 15 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-05-29

Lesson 15 was the midterm portion and overall I did pretty well. Joey and I had touched base on most if not all of the stuff that the book is covering at the moment... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 14 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-05-24

Lesson 14 went over signal processing, artificially simulating environments through effects,  and also touched on different kinds of software plug-ins... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 13 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-05-15

Lesson 13 went over stuff that Joey and I had previously talked about. It was mainly about Signal Processing. However, this lesson doesn't have the full effect it would of had I not lived in the digital age... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 12 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-04-28

This lesson went over lesson 11, it's basically a recap of the previous lesson, but a lot can be said about signal processing... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 11 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-04-24

Lesson 11 dealt with getting to know your digital audio plug-ins. It wasn't that difficult for me to fathom plug-ins because I've been using different ones on my music for awhile now, but it was nice to see how to use Pro Tools plug-ins, which was very helpful... Read More >>

Discussion Over Lesson 10 - Posted by Daniel Amaral on 2013-04-18

So Lesson 10 briefly goes over the Mbox Mini and it's design and fuctionality. Oddly enough, the Recording Connection upgraded from the Mbox and I now have sitting on my desk, a Scarlett 2i2 instead... Read More >>