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Here's what you'll learn
Packed with eight modules, this course guarantees to transform your home recordings.
- Module 1 - Introduction: A brief history lesson on the evolution of home studio recording as well as discovering the basic flow of audio from start to finish along with understanding the equipment you need.
- Module 2 - Equipping your studio: In this module, we'll reveal EXACTLY what you need in your Home or Project Studio. With so many brands and options, this module will lead you step-by-step through how to make gear choices that make all the difference. Difficult questions are answered like what hardware and software you will need, is software or hardware better? As well as understanding how to use controllers such as controllers and surfaces.
- Module 3 - What is sound: Here, complex terminology is broken down into understandable terms. This is like having months of college tuition at your fingertips! Here you will understand the characteristics of sound, understanding levels, frequencies, decibels, SPL, Hz and much more complex terms such as the physics of sound within a space.
- Module 4 - Recording: Now that we've mastered what sound is, we can go about the process of tracking performances and getting clean takes through gain staging, microphones choices and placement. An all-encompassing module, here it will go into detail about what microphone types there are, what microphone type to use, how to record everything from vocals, guitars, drums, acoustic guitars and much more. In addition, you will also learn how to avoid typical problems associated with recording such as proximity effect, plosives, sibilance, phase and more.
- Module 5 - Effects: Discover the palette of effects available to you, how they work and most importantly how to use them in a mix. From dynamic effects like compression, limiters & gates, to traditional effects like delays & reverbs...this module is a must.
- Module 6 - Mixing: Watch as a fly on the wall as David Willis mixes what has been recorded from scratch. Here, he'll show you the mixdown process, stereo and frequency balancing, mixing styles, genre-specific tips and tricks in the mixing process, automation and much more.
- Module 7 - Mastering: Adding the finishing touches, you'll understand how to master your track. This track goes into detail on the loudness war, the background of mastering as well as all the technical terminology and processes you will need.
- Module 8 - Distributing your music: Now that you have a perfectly crafted song you need to archive it properly...but more importantly share it with the world. Discover the right formats and how to share your masterpiece on Apple Music, Spotify & all the others.
Meet your new tutor
Since 1995 ProAudioEXP has been creating courses with the vision to inform and guide you through every aspect of music production and the equipment involved in a fun and engaging way, ending the tyranny of boring instruction booklets. To aid in this, the courses are taught by company founder and veteran audio engineer David Wills. David will draw on his experience and years of service in the industry, engineering for artists such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins and many more to take you through the steps of setting up the perfect home recording environment.
This course provides a cohesive set of steps taught by an industry pro that are easy to follow so that you can go through every aspect without the need for hopping between different tutorials taught by different people, all at different skill levels with often contradictory information. ProAudioEXP has released over 70 courses, endorsed by some of the biggest brands available so why compromise on your knowledge.
Delve into your home recording process
In this course David takes you through the aspects involved in getting the best sound possible from your home studio in fantastic detail so you can fully get to grips with how even the smallest, details all add up. Lessons will cover hardware vs. software, characteristics of sound, recording, effects, mixing and everything in between. By the end of the course your knowledge of home recording will be upgraded to the next level so you can start implementing your new skills straight away.
This hands-on video tutorial lasts for over seven hours, across multiple lessons and modules so you can dip in and out of whatever part you want to focus on. There are also a collection of lessons included in the course that takes a deep dive into how to distribute your music and share it with the world.
Lessons you can keep coming back to
One of the many benefits of a course with ProAudioEXP is the opportunity to keep coming back to your course as and when you please, forever! Life often gets in the way of your progress in many different aspects of work or pleasure, but that's okay as with the ProAudioEXP course there is no subscription fee, no further purchase needed and no hassle involved. Once you have your course it's yours to use and view at your own pace, so if you're learning for a hobby and don't have the time to fully invest, or just want the ability to absorb the information you have learned in the previous lesson, ProAudioEXP has created the course for you.
Features
- Comprehensive course on how to get the best home recording studio set up
- Hosted by industry professional David Wills (Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston)
- Over seven hours of high quality video content
- Learn everything from a brief history of recording to mixing and mastering
- Perfect for beginners and pros wanting to learn all about live sound engineering
- Lifetime access through the ProAudioEXP website
Specifications
- Delivery Format: Email voucher code
- Product Code: 1338-1015