Katelyn Smith — St. Louis Recording Connection

First Sinewave Project - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-10-28

/images/katelyn-smith/Final Sinewave.mp3 This was my first pro tools assignment on how to create something from a sinewave... Read More >>

Chapter 19 Mastering - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-06-11

Dither= adds a low level noise to your audio signal to make quantization errors less noticable. Data is encoded on a CD using: LPCM= Linear Pulse Code Modulation... Read More >>

Chapter 18 Acoustics and Monitoring - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-06-10

Pythagoras observed that when the lengths of vibrating strings are ratios of integers such as 2 to 3, 3-4, the tones produced will be harmonics... Read More >>

Chapter 17 Automation - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-06-10

Pioneer RUPER NEVE gave us the NECAM, the first mixing console to have moving fader automation. READ made in pro tools is an automation mode the means nothing is written, but any previous passes will be played in real time... Read More >>

Chapter 16 MIDI - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-06-04

MIDI is an acronym for = Musical Instrument Digital Interface A working version of midi protocol was presented by Dave Smith and Chet Wood at the 1981 AES Convention... Read More >>

Chapter 15 Time Based Effects - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-05-22

DELAY when applied to an audio signal stores the audio sigal and plays back at a given time interval! Feedback is achieved by feeding the delayed signal back into the input of the delay device... Read More >>

Chapter 14 Dynamic Signal Processing - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-05-22

What decade was the first commercially available compressor released? 50's Bill Putnam was the designer of the first commercially available audio compressor... Read More >>

Chapter 13 Equalization - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-05-22

Resistor= works to hinder the flow of electricity. An EQ is usually a combo of filter circuits! After more than 100 years of study, the discharge of a CAPACITOR was found to be oscillatory... Read More >>

Chapter 12 Mix Theory - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-05-21

Automation allows you to- have a parameter or motorized control adjust itself in real-time while the song is playing. Renaming busses happens in I/O in set up menu in pro tools... Read More >>

Chapter 10 Plugins and Processing - Posted by Katelyn Smith on 2014-03-10

Plugin= software componant used to add capabilities to a larger host software. All major DAW's, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Pro Tools, etc, have a plug in format that was created for us within that specific software... Read More >>