Skills

May
13
D8 Skills #141 & D9 | Unit E | New Drum Kit Recording Technique

D8 Skills #141 & D9 | Unit E | New Drum Kit Recording Technique

Today, I asked one of my lecturers, Glenn, to show me how he records drum kits and he kindly spent
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Apr
27
D8 Skills #135 & D9 | MSMI

D8 Skills #135 & D9 | MSMI

I created the following music to match the image:
Apr
14
D8 Skills #129 | Researching Types of Compressors

D8 Skills #129 | Researching Types of Compressors

Today, I researched the different types of compressors: VCA Compressor: * Stands for 'Voltage-Controlled Amplifier' which is the component
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Apr
08
D8 Skills #121 | Making Tape Loop

D8 Skills #121 | Making Tape Loop

Today, I learned how tape stores information, how the machines operate, and how to make a drum loop. Tape stores
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Apr
06
D8 Skills #116 | Experimenting with Vocal Recording

D8 Skills #116 | Experimenting with Vocal Recording

After Session #7 with Andy [https://www.roolavito.com/d8-skills-115-andy-ford-session-7/], I went into another studio to do some experimenting. * I
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Apr
03
D8 Skills #111 & D9 | Unit E | MSMI

D8 Skills #111 & D9 | Unit E | MSMI

For the past few weeks, I've been creating music for a 1 minute video. Here it is: Having
Mar
27
D8 Skills #103 | Unit E | Drum Miking Techniques | Research

D8 Skills #103 | Unit E | Drum Miking Techniques | Research

I will be recording drums for Ground Floor (again) by Andy Ford soon, so decided to research methods. Things I
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Feb
01
D8 Skills #71 | Practising Headphone Mixes

D8 Skills #71 | Practising Headphone Mixes

Starting this Thursday, we will be assessed on our ability to use the patch bay. There will be two tasks
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Jan
30
D8 Skills #70 | How XLR Cables Cancel Noise

D8 Skills #70 | How XLR Cables Cancel Noise

Two days ago, we learned how XLR cables cancel out noise introduced in their path by a demonstration in Pro
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Jan
14
D8 Skills #60 | Learning about Multiband Compression for Mastering

D8 Skills #60 | Learning about Multiband Compression for Mastering

Today, I began learning how to use multiband compression for mastering. In the past, I've always just used