Jason Willet — Montreal Recording Connection

Mixing - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

Today I got to sit in on a mixing and overdub session for a well known client. We were mixing and overdubbing tracks for his anniversary concert, working with the producer of the show, when all of a sudden my mentor had an emergency call and had to leave the studio... Read More >>

Patching - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

My past several sessions in the studio have been great- I started by shadowing the asistant engineer as he patched mic's according to the signal path plan, and learned how to set up the studio's headphone system... Read More >>

CLASP - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

Today was an interesting day. We imported an old reel to reel session into pro tools using CLASP. I learned about things I'd never considered before- the importance of baking an old tape, the usefullness of CLASP technology- deffinetly an interesting piece of gear to look into if you've never heard of it before... Read More >>

SSL - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

Today I took one of my home recordings to the studio and got to practice mixing it on their SSL. Definitely a system that requires lots of hours to get the hang of... Read More >>

5.1 Mix! - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

Today I got to sit in while my mentor mixed a recording of a televized concert in 5.1  I knew how important panning was before this, but 5... Read More >>

Week Two - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

My mentor took me over his basic mix setup- how he organizes things, with everything from track order and colour to buses etc coming into play... Read More >>

First Session - Posted by Jason Willet on 2017-09-11

First day in the studio! Mentor took me through basic mic'ing techniques- blumlein, different stereo and mono positions, and got to experiment with different mics... Read More >>