Mike-Cole — Philadelphia Recording Connection

Lesson 16 Midi - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-11-27

Before I started taking audio engineering seriously, id often see my friends with their mini keyboards and think, “why don’t they just record on an actual piano? It probably sounds much better... Read More >>

Lesson 15 Time Based Effects - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-11-27

This is where things really get interesting. Much like EQ there is no right amount of reverb you can put on a track. There is no absolute correct amount of chorus that a guitar track needs, it is all based upon personal preference... Read More >>

Lesson 14 Dynamic Signal Processing AKA Compression - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-11-27

To say I didn’t know what I was dealing with in terms of compression before this lesson is a complete understatement... Read More >>

Lesson 13 EQ - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-11-27

I remember about ten months ago a friend told me that when I would work with my sessions within Cubase, the DAW that I was using at the time, I had to “EQ” my tracks... Read More >>

Chapter 12 Mix Theory - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-10-12

Mixing and mastering. For a long time I didn’t really know what that meant. But at the end of the day, the point of a professional recording is to get the proper balance of all of the instruments... Read More >>

Chapter 10 Plugins - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-10-12

I think that there is something really cool about expanding the possibilities of what someone can do with their DAW. That is probably why I love DAW software so much... Read More >>

Learning Pro Tools (Lesson 8 and 9) - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-09-20

I don’t think it’s a mistake as to why they call pro tools the industry standard. And learning to use it could effectively change my legitimacy as a producer... Read More >>

Chapter 7 Tracking - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-09-13

Honestly much of what I learned from the lesson regarding tracking was about professionalism. What specifically about professionalism? Preparedness! Being an artist I know that if I were to ever contact a studio and say that I wanted to record an EP or a single or an album I wouldn’t want to show up to an audio engineer who has no idea where to set up the instruments or has not yet listened to the type of music I wanted to record... Read More >>

Microphone Placement (Lesson 6) - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-08-29

One of the coolest things that I have learned over the past few months came in the form of my mentor telling me a simple thing about the way I was recording... Read More >>

Lesson 5 Microphones!!!! - Posted by Mike-Cole on 2017-08-18

For the longest time I was under the impression that when going into a session the audio engineer just chose the closest and most expensive condenser microphone that they could find... Read More >>