Brightlight City

The final mix from the multitrack assignment (if you haven’t listened to it enough already!)
http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/3086918

Advanced Topics

Inverse Square Law
Stereo mic techniques

Digital Audio

More links to follow:
Dithering guide

Mastering

A webpage explaining and displaying the difference in mastering over the years.

http://www.261.gr/CD%20loudenss%20war.html

An interesting animated gif from wikipedia showing the difference in mastering over the decades of a beatles track

The Pleasurize Music Foundation seem to be campaigning for a change and are pushing their own new measurement which looks along the same lines to Bob Katz’s K-system

An interesting blog by Paul Lamere with loudness analysed through a range of music

This is demo of how you’d go about eqing & compressing some elements of a track using a UAD card.To watch/ hear a hi res version use this link instead

minimal recording techniques

http://www.discmakers.com/music/pse/2005/jarvis.asp

The legend who is Bob Katz has a webpage..he also has a highly recommended book which is stacked full of information on mastering and audio.

Also check out the UAD website which has some excellent videos on using specific plug ins, as well as recording, mixing  and mastering music.

Week 9

This is demo of how you’d go about eqing & compressing some elements of a track using a UAD card.To watch/ hear a hi res version use this link instead

Back up & burning..

Heres a pdf which explains how to backup your files, as well the procedure for burning an audio CD using waveburner. burning.pdf

Week 6 – Guitar

Heres an excellent article on guitar amp mic’ing with audio examples.

Please do spend some time reading – theres great articles at SOS with different engineers and producers, for  example Joe Baressi

and check out this article about Chris Tsangarides

I just stumbled across this site by Lee Scharma today , which makes an interesting read..

and also an interesting collection of articles in one place http://forkandnail.com/tutorials/

and don’t forget to spend more time in the studios!!! thats what its all about….

Week 6 – Drum Recording

Check out this cheeky link which has some solid guidance on drum mic’ing.

In fact they have an excellent collection of articles on numerous topics.

Heres a slightly flat but informative youtube video by Presonus (processors & interface manufacturers) on mic’ing up drums (P.S. Just because he EQ’s his individual drum mics like that, doens’t mean it will work for you..always use your ears!)

Sound on Sound‘s take on drum recording

Sound on Sound review of Samson Drum mics

Heres an interesting interview with Mick Glossop by recordproduction.com, (look for video feature)

Also check out  Tony Platt talking about recording AC/DC’s Back in Black

and theres 3 videos on Ken Scott mic’ing drums

In fact, why not waste the rest of the day, and watch 148 other fascinating FREE videos…

Week 5 – Microphones

This mixingstudio1.pdf should help you when setting up studio 1 for mixing.

Heres some more links which you may find useful

http://www.recording-microphones.co.uk/

Sontronics , they’ve also created a Mic Application guide (pdf)

SE Electronics

Sennheiser

Rode

AKG

DPA – Check out  the Application guides & “Mic University” on how to go about mic’ing various situations. Make sure you check out Microphone Technology Guide

Choosing & Using Microphones pdf from Audiotechnica – Lots of interesting info in this one…

Week 4 – Effects

A useful resource: http://www.wikirecording.org/Category:Tutorials

More links to follow