Riley Heaslip — Madison Recording Connection

Mastering - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-10-03

I remeber at first thinking that the mastering process didnt seem to hard just because it seemd like there was less steps in doing so than most other processes but shortly after getting into the program i had seen how little of adjustments you have to make sometimes to get it to sound just right coming out of "loud speakers", headphones,car spekers etc... Read More >>

Acoustics and Monitoring - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-09-27

There is a lot of information given in this chapter but it all makes sense to me, how the acoustics of rooms effect things, how you can alter the acoustics, and, why and where to place monitors, loudspeakers, absorbers, etc... Read More >>

Automation - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-09-27

Automation seems like a tool that in certain situations would make what you are trying to do  fairly easy like making the tempo of two tracks work together like how dave did in one of the tutorials and made the vocal track the same speed as the others so the voice didnt sound really slow and off beat... Read More >>

Time-based effects - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-08-14

Time based effects are very helpful/useful and even something as simple as reverb can make an entire song sound so much better... Read More >>

dynamic signal processing - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-08-07

As with almost everything else ive worked with so far, there are so many different ways to utilize each tool, in this case, each processor... Read More >>

Equalization - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-08-07

So equalization still seems very complex but I know with time and practice things will make a little more sense to me and hopefully it will become much easier for me to know what to eq and how to eq it like knowing what filters to use and what frequencies to curve or cut off etc... Read More >>

Mix Theory - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-07-24

Ill just start off by saying its pretty sad how much artists actually make from there music, well from certain companies and what not... Read More >>

Pluggins and Processing - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-07-10

I thought this was an interesting chapter with learning about a few more features within pro tools then actually getting the first assignment was a little nerve racking but in the end it wasnt all that bad... Read More >>

Pro Tools Basics - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-05-22

Obviously there isnt super exciting content in this chapter, but it is definitely stuff im going to need to know and memorize, so it really is important stuff... Read More >>

Intro To Pro Tools - Posted by Riley Heaslip on 2017-05-04

Im too exceited to start getting into pro tools even though ive never messed with pro tools or most likely any other programs ill be using in the future, which makes me feel pretty nervous and like im pretty behind in "the game", but now that nerve is always there to remind me how hard im going to have to work at this and im going to have to give it everything i have... Read More >>