Beginners guide to setting up a project home recording studio - updated March 2014
Audio loudness and volume and loudness metering
Advantages & disadvantages of digital and analogue Which is better and how can we compare them?
Soundcard and sequencer interconnections
Latency in audio production systems
Caching, streaming & buffering
Setting up a mixer input channel Signal flow / mic and line and dynamic range / signal to noise explained
Record mode Split desk signal flow diagram
Master module Signal flow diagram
Axillaries Split desk signal flow diagram
Amplitude & frequency examples
Microphone polar pattern diagrams
Why are their so many types of interconnection?
Different types of audio signal
Mic, phono & pickup level audio signals
Headphone & speaker level audio signals
Common audio leads & their uses
Computer audo interface device protocols
Latency in audio production systems
Digital audio synchronisation (word clock etc)
Microphone recording - the 5 factors
Differentiating microphone pre-amplifiers
Microphone types
Microphone handling, power and interconnection
Microphone polar pattern diagrams
Connecting a capacitor microphone
Connecting a dynamic microphone
Connecting a ribbon microphones
8 essential tutorials from Ben & Tina Henderson
Tutorial 7 - Volume production
Time domain effects explained Delay lines, tape delay & phasing, flanging, chorus, ADT etc
Tape delay part 1 - concepts and interconnection
Tape delay part 2 - the five parameters
Compression and limiting (comprehensive guide)
Room acoustics Understanding and solving problems
Timecode & synchronisation SMPTE & MTC in sound & film/video production
Vintage and contemporary equipment discussed.
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