Posts tagged: audio production

Audio Production

NAMM 2010!

February 3, 2010 NAMM 2010! There’s nothing like your first time. And this music conference is no exception. But first, how did I get here?... In October of 2009, at the AES conference in New York, I met Scott Simon - who is the New England representative for Waves Plug-in software.  We quickly became acquainted and continued our thoughts and conversations long after the event. Recently, Scott mentioned the NAMM show and if I was attending. As luck wo Read On...

Audio Production

Milestones - Week two and three of the three-track demos

May 8, 2009 In my last blog I wrote about the first week of recording The Lights Out for our three-track demo project. In that first week we got the drums and bass recorded and I was able to do a basic mix before heading into the studio for the next round.   We had put down some scratch guitars and now we had eight hours in Studio D for the real thing. First up was Rish playing a hollow body Gibson through a Marshall JCM 800. We put the amp in one of Read On...

Audio Production

Milestones: Week One of the 3 Track Demo Project

April 14, 2009 Six months have now passed since our class started the Audio Production course at CDIA, and it's amazing how fast the time has gone, not to mention how much we've learned.   The first few months of classes were great fun with a lot of information to soak up fast. In addition to the audio theory there are two amazing recording studios to learn to navigate, plenty of class labs to get us working on the types of projects we'd see in the worki Read On...

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Connecting the Masses

March 5, 2009 I am currently a student at CDIABU, and this will be my first blog with some of the experiences I have been through. I feel as though so far, CDIA is everything I expected and wanted out of a college. I am a month into the program and I am already learning, getting hands-on experience, and networking as much as possible. I am very thankful to be learning from industry professionals who have been through a lot of what I’m sure everyone will Read On...

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Pro Tools 8 is Among Us

March 2, 2009 One of the bigger stories in the pro audio world this year has been the long-awaited release of ProTools  8, the first major upgrade to Digi’s flagship software in years. At a recent Pro Tools User Group meet at Parsons Audio (www.paudio.com) I saw a demo of the new platform. I had seen the mag articles and accompanying screenshots of the new release, but seeing it in person I was struck by the sleek new UI and, honestly, how much it r Read On...