Studio Recording and Production.

The main feature of any recording studio is the mixing desk. On your first day you’ll be introduced to the desk, learing about the audio signal flow (capturing sound from an instrument sending it to the desk and DAW, and listening back), and get hands-on recording an acoustic guitar.

Building on your knowledge from day 1, you’ll mic up a full drum kit, learning about the various types of microphones and their properties. You’ll also look at recording levels and routing, and foldback and communication with your artisits/musicians during the recording session. Finally you’ll be introduced to overdubbing with bass guitar.

On day 3 you’ll continue with recording overdubs for guitar, keyboards and vocals. Once again thinking about the various microphone types and positioning and how that effects the audio captured. You’ll also listen thorugh what’s been recorded, and delve into sound refinement using the desk.

On day 4 you’ll be introduced to various techniques in audio editing and pre-production. Learning about editing and quantising, as well as adding compression and effects to your track.

On the final day you’ll bring everything you’ve learnt together and create a final track. You’ll learn basic mixing techniques such as EQ, compression, FX and adjusting balance, and finally how to bounce the mix.