Recording student training resources for Audio Technology
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FIRST YEAR AUDIO CLASS DOCUMENTS.....
CLICK HERE to get your free dropbox account for sharing your audio project files for class. (Use your MCC student email address for the account signup.)
- MCC Music Industry Careers, Audio Technology degree plan
- MUSC1327, Audio Engineering 1 syllabus addendum
- Audio Engineering 1 Fall assignment due dates
- MUSC2427, Audio Engineering 2 syllabus addendum
- Audio Engineering 2 Sp assignment due dates
- MUSI 2389 special topics contract
- Performance Review form
- Student responsibility form (fill out each semester)
- Where to get cheap textbooks.....
FREE AUDIO EDITORS FOR YOU TO USE
SECOND YEAR AUDIO CLASS DOCUMENTS.....
CLICK HERE to get your free dropbox account for sharing your audio project files for class. (Use your MCC student email address for the account signup.)
- MUSC2447, Audio Engineering 3 syllabus addendum
- MUSC2448, Audio Engineering 4 syllabus addendum
- MUSC2286, Internship Recording Arts syllabus addendum
- Student responsibility form (fill out each semester)
- MCC Music Industry Careers, Audio Technology degree plan
- Performance Review form
- Fall projects, Audio Engineering 3
- Spring projects, Audio Engineering 4
- Audio Project Log
- Ralph's revised Audio Project Log
- Live Recording Instructions and Policy
MCC STUDIO DOCUMENTS, INFO AND FORMS.....
- CLICK HERE to get your free dropbox account for sharing your audio project files for class. (Use your MCC student email address for the account signup.)
- Console setup guide.....
- Mcc session planner / floor planner form
- Control room patchbays
- Toft Console Manual
- Simplified Toft Console Operation Manual
- Toft console recall sheet
- Talent Release Form Example
ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND GUIDES to help you.....
( You don't have to waste hours trolling the web for worthwhile content, I already have! Here you go, ENJOY! )
RECORDING STUDIO and SESSIONS TRAINING MATERIALS:
- Basic recording techniques training videos
- Great article on session planning
- Alan Parsons art and science of sound recording
- Pensado's place
- Howard Massey, Behind the Glass video
- Silencing Sibilance
INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT STUDIOS AND RECORDING:
(SOME OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE, NETFLIX, HULU, AMAZON. Search for them on the different providers)
- Sound City
- Good Ol’ Freda
- The Wrecking Crew
- Muscle Shoals
- Twenty Feet from stardom
- Focus rite // the story of the Focusrite console
- Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways
VIDEOS OF INTERESTING RECORDING SESSIONS:
- Shania Twain - Today - Recording Session
- Lionel Richie - Endless Love - Recording Session
- 1965 tape recording session, The Seekers
INTERVIEWS WITH THE GREATEST AUDIO ENGINEERS:
- Geoff Emerick, Beatles recording engineer pt. 1
- Geoff Emerick, Beatles recording engineer pt. 2
- Geoff Emerick, Beatles recording engineer pt. 3
- Great interview with one of the most influential audio engineers of all time, Bruce Swedien (PDF download)
ELECTRONICS INFO.....
- Video, How to use a Volt-Ohm meter
- Another video on multimeters
- How to measure Voltage, Resistance and Current with a meter
- How to Make Your Own Microphone Cables (Soldering 101)
- Soldering tutorial
- Symetrix CableWiring TipSheet
- Understanding impedance workshop
UNDERSTANDING COMPRESSION
- A comprehensive guide to compression and compressors.
- Understanding Audio Compressors and Audio Compression
- Dynamics processing, the Rane papers.....
MASTERING info - UNDERSTANDING VOLUME AND LOUDNESS
- Great articles and tips for mastering
- Understanding loudness, hearing, and volume
- An Integrated Approach to Metering, Monitoring, and Leveling Practices
- How loud should you get in Mastering?
IMPORTANT AUDIO ENGINEERING TOPICS.....
- Making a good listening area in your control room
- Controlling reflected and standing waves in your listening area
- Hearing is Believing, Small Mixing & Mastering Room
- All about diffusion
- The Basics, Bass traps, Diffusion, Panels
- Room dimension ratios for best sound spreadsheet
- Watch these great videos about setting up your own recording space, from D.W. Fearn.....
- Sound physics explained, lots of cool stuff here
- Science, music, and your brain.....
- Here is a great link to understanding Sound and Music acoustics.....
- Unique sound devices and instruments
- Understanding how a studio patchbay works
- Everything you need to know about sound system interconnection
AND OF COURSE, HERE IS SOME JUST PLAIN COOL AUDIO STUFF.....
SUGGESTED LIBRARY OF THE GREAT AUDIO RECORDINGS: Listen to these, and use them as a reference to compare and improve your sounds and studio decisions.
COPYRIGHTS, MUSIC LICENSING, SONGWRITING, MUSIC BUSINESS INFO Find out who owns a copyright, how to copyright your music, and loads of other music business help.....
THE MOTHERLODE OF COOL LINKS and great resources for all things music and audio.....
Exactly what does an audio engineer actually do?
Second year audio class.....
My favorite outboard audio processors.....
For that really big snare sound.....
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