Rian German — New York City Recording Connection

Week 19 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-10-20

Week 19 at Chung King was about mastering!  Justin did a great job showing me some beginning settings he uses when he wants to start mastering his tracks... Read More >>

Week 18 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-09-25

Week 18 at Chung King was about Acoustics and Monitoring.  My instrutor, Justin, did a great job going over this chapter... Read More >>

Week 17 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-09-15

Week 17 at Chung King was mainly about automation.  Arnold shows some of the most popular uses of automation by opening up a session in Pro Tools and specifically showing me the difference between the automation modes (latch, write, etc)... Read More >>

Week 16 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-08-20

Week 16 at Chung King was about MIDI.  I have a basic working knowledge about MIDI but Arnold went into a deeper instruction about the material... Read More >>

Week 15 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-08-07

Week 15 was about time based effects.  Arnold showed me some real-life examples of using delay and reverb with some songs that he was currently mixing... Read More >>

Week 14 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-07-31

Week 14 at Chung King, I learned about compressors, limiters, and gates.  Arnold explained how they can reduce and increase dynamic range by showing me examples with actual recordings... Read More >>

Week 13 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-07-16

Week 13 was all about EQ.  Arnold went into depth explaining high and low pass filters, as well as showing me what he uses when he is mixing... Read More >>

Week 12 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-07-11

Week 12 at Chung King Studios was about mixing.  My instructor and I went over basic mixing ideas and discussed in depth that there is no exact way to mix... Read More >>

Week 11 - Midterm - Posted by Rian German on 2014-06-18

Week 11 was all about the midterm.  After that was completed, I had an opportunity to really have an in depth conversation with my instructor about what I should expect after this program... Read More >>

Week 10 at Chung King Studios - Posted by Rian German on 2014-06-10

Week 10 at Chung King Studios was about plugins.  Arnold explained what plugins do and showed me some cool examples of plugins used when he records artists in the studio... Read More >>