Andrea Lopez — New York City Recording Connection

observation 1.23.18 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2018-01-29

We spent time in the mezz going over songs an engineer mixed and some techniques he used. For example, he told us to cut back about 20% or so on an effect if we really like it... Read More >>

observation 1.16.18 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2018-01-18

We were in the mezz and focused on recording on a mic with different polar patterns. We played a song on an iphone and rotated it around the mic changing it from cardiod, hyper cardiod, omnidirectional, and bidirectional... Read More >>

observation 12 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-12-06

Not a lot of hands on assignments today but we did get to sit in while some songs by mr probz were being mastered which i still enjoyed... Read More >>

observation 11 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-11-01

To get ourselves more familiarized witht the signal flow, we were each responsible for setting up a mic and getting signal into pro tools... Read More >>

observation #10 10/24/17 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-10-26

We were set in an empy room to build a studio like as if you were in your home and record something from a mic, midi and sample... Read More >>

observation #10 10/17/17 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-10-19

One of mark's clients came in today to work on this song. It was Larry working on the same song again, which i never mind since i love listening to that song... Read More >>

observe#9 10/10/17 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-10-13

Not a lot of hands on projects took place today. We were in the mezz all day. Mark was mixing a song he wrote so we got the chance to sit in on it... Read More >>

observation #8 10/03/17 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-10-06

We were placed in the mastering room today with mark. He had to master a few tracks a client had sent him. It was quick since he already knew what he was looking for plus he said there wasn't much he could do with what the client had given him... Read More >>

observation #7 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-09-28

So today we basically set up mics for a drum kit to experiment what they sound like. We set up the kick, snare, floor tom, high tom, cymbal, and hi hat... Read More >>

observation #6 - Posted by Andrea Lopez on 2017-09-20

Today, Mark gave us that group project to work on again where we had to record live sound, a sampler, and midi. He wasn't with us again but another engineer that was with us last time, Rojan, was there again to answer any questions we had... Read More >>