Will Ryan — San Francisco Recording Connection

Lesson 18 - 4/21/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-05-04

Today was the last regular lesson and we were back at Jingletown, Studio B in Oakland. This is definitely my favorite of the handfull of rooms we've worked in... Read More >>

Lesson 17 - 3/31/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-05-04

Today's lesson was meant to focus on acoustics. I really enjoyed talking about different live rooms, even looking up pictures and dimensions online of famous live rooms in the Bay Area... Read More >>

Lesson 16 - 3/24/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-04-21

This week we were back at Hyde Street, Studio C. After last class's crash course in analog automation, we focused compelely on automation within protools... Read More >>

Lesson 15 - 3/10/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-04-21

Our second week at Jingletown, we continued working on the SSL. We further explored the board, this time with a focus on automation... Read More >>

Lesson 14 - 3/3/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-03-05

Today we were at Jingletown in Oakland. Zack and I set up shop in studio B with the SSL 9064J. Today's lesson was really devoted to learning the board... Read More >>

Lesson 13 - 2/18/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-03-05

Today we looked at compression. Compression has always been something I've been aquainted with, but never truly understood how to incorporate into mixes... Read More >>

Lesson 12 - 2/11/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-02-17

This week we dove deep into equalization. As we've gotten into mixing I definitely feel like this is the stuff I've been most enthusiastic about and equalization especially has been fun to learn about... Read More >>

Lesson 11 - 2/4/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-02-17

Back after a week off spent in the studio recording an album with my band, Zack and I dove into mix theory. After covering the basics, we hopped onto Youtube and grabbed a handful of songs--both old and new--and started to analyze them in Pro Tools to get an idea of the "shape" of each song and how a common modern mix might look... Read More >>

Lesson 10 - 1/7/16 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-02-02

Back from the holidays, we had today's lesson in Studio A. The lesson was a mix of topics since it was the week before the midterm... Read More >>

Lesson 9 - 12/10/15 - Posted by Will Ryan on 2015-12-17

Zack booked time at a studio called The Grill in Emeryville for this week's lesson. The Grill is mostly devoted to hip-hop so its facilities are pretty small (but super cozy)... Read More >>