Abstract:
Fundamental acoustics are an important building block to any audio engineering application. This tutorial will review fundamental wave theory, reflections, absorption, diffraction, echoes, reverb, and standing waves. We will also review implications for listening locations, speaker placement, intelligibility, and the audible symptoms of various acoustic anomalies: comb filters, standing waves, sound field integration and accuracy. The tutorial will include case studies of principles in action: tuning a studio (absorption/diffusion/bass traps/EQ), speaker placement for live.
Remote mixing services available for any genre of music. Mobile recording services available. I can come to you in the Austin area, or have access to several professional studios in the Austin area. I have a lifetime of music experience, as well as hospitality management that informs how I treat and interact with my clients. YOUR vision is what is important. As a music fan first and foremost, I am all in when working on a project. I can offer any number of creative aspects to your project. If all you have is a song and need a backing arrangement, I can facilitate and work with you on realizing your vision. I play guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and have access to studio session players should your project need them.
A: As a recordist, it depends completely on project/budget/time constraints. Am able to move very quickly while tracking to get a session up and running. Prefer to have enough time to dial in sounds and really capture what the artist/s have envisioned for their project. Time permits. Some clients need a run and gun type situation where they only have enough money for a half day session and want 3 songs recorded. In these type of scenarios I default to what I know works for certain genre/band lineup setups. I do a lot of Live Mixing in Austin and try to bring some of that urgency to recording so the artist can get down to performance and not get bored or caught up in the technical aspect. As a mixer, I try and not get bogged down in the beginning of a mix and try and get to a good balance very quickly after the session is organized (prefer to organize session day before I mix it so I can come in to the mix fresh and in a more creative headspace). I am looking for emotional impact and intent early in a mix. As soon as I find and latch on to that, I run with it and try and not second guess my instincts. I try to spend less time "fixing" and more time "embellishing" the song. If I am dancing or singing the tune at any point, I know I am close and try and maintain that energy and not change directions. Forward momentum at all times. A typical mix (depending on length of song and track count) can be done in a day (8-10 hours) as long as there is not hours of housekeeping to do in the song. As I stated, if there is a monumental amount of organizing, vocal tuning, drum editing, etc. I prefer to come back to the mix fresh once those less creative tasks are out of the way. I become invested in anything I mix and will do as many revisions as the artist needs (within reason). The artist can expect a first mix anywhere from 1-3 days after file delivery depending on the size of the project.I also enjoy creating backing tracks for artists in need of accompaniment. I can work as co-producer or co-songwriter and collaborate with the songwriter to realize their song. I can record electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar as well as a wealth of soft synths at my disposal, and customized drum sequencing. If the artist is in need of a real drummer, I have contact with several of Austin's best session drummers and can record them at any of the studios I am associated with.
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