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week 2 - mics and decibels
The three main types of microphones are dynamic, condenser and ribbon. There are six common polar patterns which I have learned over the...
studio tech - week 1 (sound)
This week's lessons focused on the basics which are about sound waves, what are they constructed of and how do they actually produce the...
summary of learning outcomes
Week 1 - Identifying forms and layers (instrumentation) of a song and define the roles of the layers (rhythm, foundation, lead, fills &...
self reflection and peer reviews
Looking back at my own song at its beginning stage (first half of the semester), I feel that I could have been more easy on relying piano...
Update #13 - Final Mixing & Learning References
In mixing classes, we learned that the tools that we will be getting in touch with the most would be equalizers, compressor and...
Update #12 (Mixing #2)
I sent my tracks to several buses for layering of effects. For vocals, I sent them to a vocal bus which has DeEsser, Compressor, EQ...
Update #11 (Mixing #1)
I import the tracks using SHIFT + CMD + I. I created folder stacks by selecting a group of tracks that I want to categorise under an...
Update #10 (Producing #3)
The main focus of this week is fixing the vocal tracks of Chloe's song. The tracks are needed to be altered in terms of correct pitching,...
Update #9 (Producing #2)
This week, few of the main things learned are "bus" and aux tracks. The term "bus" is often used to describe an audio sub-group (to...
Update #8 (Producing #1)
The song which I am supposed to be producing requires drum tracks to be added. Therefore, the drums are recorded prior to the other...
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