When someone sets out to do a recording, whether it is popular music, classical music, audiobook narration, audio drama, sound effects, etc. they usually say “What microphone should I use?” or perhaps “what kind of recorder should I use?.” Sometimes “What mixer?” I created a post about mics for spoken voice, but…
ACCREDITATION. HUH?
This is a second post about audio education. In it I will explain what accreditation means and help you decide what kind of post secondary school (beyond high school) you might want to consider. There are basically two kinds of post secondary schools one could attend to prepare for a career in audio: a trade…
WATCHA YOU GONNA LEARN ME ABOUT AUDIO?
This blog is about audio education, but can also be extended to other forms of applied art. I recently viewed a blog about audio education where the blogger posted the viewpoint that many audio education programs emphasize theory too much rather than “practical” or “hands on” skills. I am sensitive to this issue as I…
SIRI, WRITE ME A TUNE
This post is about computer music composition. I touched on one form of this in an earlier blog where I described using algorithmic techniques to aid sound design and composition, but I want to take a longer look at different kinds of computer music composition in this post. First, let’s discuss some forms of “computer…
AUDIO DOCS
Need to save a “dying” sound? Call a Doc! (Sound Doc that is . . .) I am going to start this post by talking about photography, another field in which I have worked. If a young student walked up to me and said “I want to be a professional photographer” I might say “Are…