Month: June 2019

I had an opportunity to learn drum miking techniques using a couple of different microphones both dynamic and, condenser and ribbon mics whilst ready to live track with loops. First important thing was to find an excellent position in the drum room to set the drum. Kick drum The first set of mics to be […]

This week I have had some reflection that we are in the modern age of music production and to become a creative professional I must have a collection of music production tools to choose from. Begin of the trimester I had my own preference DAW which is Pro tools. I have just discovered that after […]

On Friday this week (3), during our spare time, Roy, Dechlan, Tom and myself continued making progress on our band recording Drax project. With some organisation, we managed to get a large 4 hour session in the Neve so we could finally record the band’s drummer – so that’s what we did. THE DETAILS ~ […]

During class of AUD210 we had the opportunity to study and create Synths. In our first Synth session we discussed and learnt the basics of Synths and how to create different sounds and instruments from scratch. In our second session focusing around Synths we were tasked with creating our own Synth .The Synth that i […]

Today I had an opportunity to learn another DAW ( Apple Logic Pro X). On the surface, Avid Pro Tools and Apple Logic Pro X are very similar. They basically perform the same overall functions and are both very popular audio recording software options. When it comes to audio recording software, the market is flooded with endless choices. Generally, […]

TRACK TEARDOWN: JUSTIN BIEBER & BLOODPOP – FRIENDS This is a sonic teardown of Justin Bieber & Bloodpop’s, “Friends” Written By – BloodPop®, Justin Bieber, Julia Michaels & Justin Tranter Vocals – Justin Bieber Recording – Josh Gudwin Backing Vocals – BloodPop® & Julia Michaels Mixing – Mark “Spike” Stent Synthesizer – BloodPop® Bass – […]

CRITICAL & ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS I have learnt that it is vital to have critical and analytical skills to display quality listening. To analyse a piece a music requires a framework that would enable to break down the song such as EQ, Filtering, Spatial Effects, Panning, Reverb and Delay, Dynamics Processing , Stereo Image , Dramatic […]

A transition to a new a new studio in most cases is little tricky. For me having to learn new, large mixing consoles with knobs and faders gave me moment of anxiety. Signal flow is a very important part of learning how to run a Neve console together with a DAW. I was so excited […]

One thing I have learnt is to be well prepared when it comes to presentations for a project pitch. Over the weekend I did spend time preparing the powerpoint presentation and did some good research for out project. However I did discover that a group may have a pitch prepared but when you have no […]