Name: Jessica Cook
Date: Jan 22, 13	
Time In: 10
Time Out: 4
Lesson: 8 & 9

Today we went over Lessons 8 & 9. We discussed how an accent microphone picks up the room ambiance. We went over how the room ambiance and the 3:1 distance rule are important. 
Brad showed me one of his track logs that he does for each artist. He also labels everything in his DAW so if he happens to loose the paper copy he still has things organized.

We went over quality of music. Listening to different songs, of different genres, recorded at different places, and determining the different sound. We also went over how sometimes a song sounds like the drummer is in the far corner of a room, and how important the room ambiance is when recording. 
We discussed each audio file format and why or where we would use each one. 

I demonstrated to Brad that I knew how to create new tracks in pro tools. That I could also set up the M box and record 2 tracks. Its a great feeling doing the hands on work of this course.

My strength in this lesson is that I believe I have a good ear for sounds. I believe I can pick out sounds that a "normal" person listening to the song wouldn't. This is a bonus! I find it easy to break down the songs and break them down into each instrument. 

My weakness, …  his is always a hard critique for me. I would have to say my weakness is that I don't know how to explain in the proper terminology what I am hearing. For example,  I know that I can hear that a song sounds like there is an echo, when really it's a small reveb. I believe I can work on this by learning my plug ins and what each sounds like.