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The Home Stretch - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-10-04

What a wild ride this course has been.  Two mentors.  Eight Months.  Lots of writing and recording.  But in the end, I feel like I've come out the other side a better musician and recording engineer... Read More >>

Acoustically Speaking - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-08-02

How amazing is it, that you can spend thousands of dollars on gear, instruments, computers, monitors, plug-ins, etc., and that an un-treated room can thwart your efforts go gain a good sound... Read More >>

Auto-Mation-Me-Crazy - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-07-14

Man what a concept!  It’s so interesting to see how much of the entire process we, the newbs coming on to the scene in the era of digital recording, take for granted... Read More >>

Mind over MIDI - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-07-06

MIDI has had a special place in my heart for about the past six years.  I bought the EAST/WEST Composers collection in 2009 to start messing around with classical compositions... Read More >>

Go a little Deeper - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-06-23

Just as every person has many layers that he/she will accentuate in different ways, so does a song have many layers that can also be augmented through reverbs and delays... Read More >>

The Skinny on Compression - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-06-23

Compression - one of the big cornerstones of recording.  A powerful tool - when used correctly can dramatically enhance and embelish a mix... Read More >>

EQ - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-05-25

Now we are given real food - the meat and potatoes of the program has been served. EQ, and soon Compression.  Don't get me wrong, you have to start with a good recording... Read More >>

The Meat and Potatoes - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-05-15

Up until this point we have been learning to crawl...it's nice to now be learning to run.  I would first like to say that I like how they are breaking the mix down into pieces, instead of throwing all of the components into one setting... Read More >>

Plugins - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-04-20

This chapter introduced a brief, but interesting look at plugins and what they can do for a mix.  Plugins take an otherwise dry and flat mix, and add a depth and dimension that would otherwise not be prevolent... Read More >>

Crawl before you Can Run - Posted by John Nelson on 2015-03-31

This chapter was an excellent foyer into the wonderful world of Pro Tools.  It went through some of the myopic details of the individual menus, and spent a lot of time going through the Edit Screen and the various components for navigation... Read More >>