In this chapter I learned about mastering songs. Mastering is very important to the final product since it is what all the replications will be made of... Read More >>
Nicholas Jennings — San Antonio Recording Connection
In chapter 18 I learned about acoustics and monitoring. I learned about the history of the people who discovered the many things with acoustics and how important they were to the music we hear now... Read More >>
In this chapter I learned about automation and how useful it can be. In the early days people how to manually automate things by changing the settings while they were recording it to tape, and if they messed up they would have to do the entire song over again... Read More >>
In this chapter I learned about MIDI. I have never done anything with MIDI before so it was pretty interesting. I learned all about how MIDI works and how it uses a controller to sample a plugin or program with sounds... Read More >>
In chapter 15 I learned more about time based effects. I learned about the origins of delay and how it came to be used today... Read More >>
In chapter 14 I learned more about dynamic signal processing. The main thing used in dsp are compressors. Compressors limit the dynamic range of sound by using a threshold and ratio on the louder sounds and make them more quiet... Read More >>
In Chapter 13 I learned more about EQ. I learned the different things necessary to make and analog EQ to work, such as capacitors, enductors, and resistors... Read More >>
In chapter 12 I learned a lot about mixing. Each person will mix a song differently, just like every painter will paint a picture different from the next... Read More >>
In this chapter I expanded my knowledge of plugins. I learned about the different formats plugins come in and how they work with different DAWs... Read More >>
In Chapter 9 I learned how to set everything up to install Pro Tools and I installed Pro Tools on my computer. I learned how to set up you playback engine and many other settings that are important in a session... Read More >>