Kristin Staub — waterbury Recording Connection

Ch. 8 Lead and Background Vocals Overdub - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2016-07-15

Continuing on with the Tales of Joy project, Edwin and I took a close look at the vocals to finish the mixing part for the two demo songs the band is going to use to promote their music... Read More >>

Chapter 6 & 7 - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2016-07-03

In the past couple weeks I've been practicing setting levels again for one of Edwin's songs.  I remember when I first learned how to set levels how much longer it took, but then it also had less tracks as well... Read More >>

Chapter 5 Basic Tracking - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2016-06-18

I went down to the studio on Wednesday to help record the reggae band, Tales of Joy.  I found it helpful after reading Chapter 5 how to mic a full drum kit and where to exactly place certain mics in the room... Read More >>

Assisting in recording a Reggae band! - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2016-06-02

I'm back!  As of late, I have been working on a couple projects making my own music to mix and edit.  In addition to that, however, I am helping one of my classmates, Darnell, to record his reggae band... Read More >>

Chapter 9 Session 11 - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2015-09-06

So, now as I am starting to play around with Pro Tools, Edwin has begun to show me some plugins as I am doing some mixing... Read More >>

Chapters 7 & 8 Sessions 9 &10 - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2015-09-06

So, in Chapter 7, Edwin and I talked more about micing and which methods he really likes to use.  Since he really likes the drum kit and I don't know much about how to mic a drum kit, he gave me some really helpful tips on how to mic a particular drum set... Read More >>

Chapter 6 Mic Placement Sessions 7 & 8 - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2015-08-08

This week in the studio I focused on mic placement and talked a little bit about what some of the best micing techniques are for particular setups... Read More >>

Chapter 5 Microphones 6th Session - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2015-08-08

Another great session where Edwin and I got to talk about different mics and I had a chance to balance the sounds of my first demo track... Read More >>

Chapter 4 Connectors 4th & 5th Sessions - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2015-07-23

I finally had a chance to blend a mix and it was fantastic!  I was in the studio Monday and Tuesday this week going over chapters 3 and 4 learning about digital audio formats, quantization errors, sampling rates, and ADCs, bit depth and how that is related to amplitude, the Nyquist Theorem... Read More >>

Chapter 3 3rd lesson 3rd session - Posted by Kristin Staub on 2015-07-19

Third session and still going strong!  Today I had a chance to sit in on another full session, but this time with a different artist... Read More >>