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Recording Techniques Weekend Course
Course Overview
This course aims to help you to make informed decisions regarding the right microphones and techniques for various recording situations. It will also help to get the best from your equipment and acoustic spaces and ultimately improve you recordings.
Why would this course benefit you and your creative process?
This course will help you to understand why achieving a good recording can not only greatly improve how your tracks sound, but save you time and effort when it comes to the mixing and mastering stages.
Whilst a good mix can help a bad recording and good mastering can help a poor mix, your end result will never sound as good as a track that was simply well recorded in the first place.
Mixing a good recording is far easier than trying to hammer a bad one into shape; everything sounds right from the beginning and so needs less EQ and Compression to get to “that sound”
What will I get from this course?
Who should do this course?
Equipment Used
On day 1 you will be studying recording theory in a state of the art music technology classroom. Every student will have access to their own Apple Intel iMac computer. On day 2 you will be recording a full band (including drums) in a world class recording studio. You will also have access to an extensive microphone collection.
Recording Course Content.pdf
Pre-requisites
A basic understanding of music technology is desirable before taking this course. If in doubt you may wish to think about taking our 1-Day Introduction to Music Technology Course. This course is a great starting point if you are just starting out and are confused by the myriad of options on offer.
Course Price
£400
Duration
2-days: Saturday & Sunday 10am to 6pm
Class Size
To ensure that you receive maximum attention from Marcel we limit class size to 8 students
This course aims to help you to make informed decisions regarding the right microphones and techniques for various recording situations. It will also help to get the best from your equipment and acoustic spaces and ultimately improve you recordings.
Why would this course benefit you and your creative process?
This course will help you to understand why achieving a good recording can not only greatly improve how your tracks sound, but save you time and effort when it comes to the mixing and mastering stages.
Whilst a good mix can help a bad recording and good mastering can help a poor mix, your end result will never sound as good as a track that was simply well recorded in the first place.
Mixing a good recording is far easier than trying to hammer a bad one into shape; everything sounds right from the beginning and so needs less EQ and Compression to get to “that sound”
What will I get from this course?
- An insight into the recording process of one of the worlds top audio engineers.
- Detailed explanations about microphone types (dynamic, condenser, valve, ribbon etc...), polar patterns (omni, cardiod, fig of 8) , and how various stereo recording techniques will effect your recording.
- You will witness a recording session with a full band. Marcel will experiment with the various microphones and techniques you discussed in class so you can hear the results and understand how he achieved them. You will then be able to take that knowledge and apply it to your own recording situations.
- The opportunity to ask a leading sound engineer detailed questions about your own recording scenarios.
- A comprehensive Alchemea course book which includes explanations and photos of microphone positioning.
Who should do this course?
- Home recording enthusiasts.
- Singers, writers and composers, who record their own songs.
- Educators wishing to brush up on their recording skills.
- Bands recording their own songs at home or in their rehearsal spaces or project studios feeling they could get “more” from it, but don’t know how.
- Students on audio courses who would like an alternate engineers view on the recording process from their lectures.
- Professionals who would like to know how another professional gets his sound.
Equipment UsedOn day 1 you will be studying recording theory in a state of the art music technology classroom. Every student will have access to their own Apple Intel iMac computer. On day 2 you will be recording a full band (including drums) in a world class recording studio. You will also have access to an extensive microphone collection.
Recording Course Content.pdfPre-requisites
A basic understanding of music technology is desirable before taking this course. If in doubt you may wish to think about taking our 1-Day Introduction to Music Technology Course. This course is a great starting point if you are just starting out and are confused by the myriad of options on offer.
Course Price
£400
Duration
2-days: Saturday & Sunday 10am to 6pm
Class Size
To ensure that you receive maximum attention from Marcel we limit class size to 8 students