PURPOSE OF THE COURSE

To provide the basic and intermediate skills thus allowing the guitarist-producer to realize, even in her/his own home studio (starting from scratch) a finished and mastered musical product. As of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) we choose Logic Pro X for the completeness and quality of its supplied plugins and virtual instruments. The learning path will cover:

• DAW functionalities

• DAW signal processing “off the shelf” capabilities

• Audio engineering fundamentals (information that any sound engineer/producer must be aware of to finalize the products).

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COURSE METHOD

 

• Intentional focus on “hands on” practice (80%) over theory (20%)

• Workshops both in the studio and in control room

• Real production sessions

 

 

CONTENTS OF EDUCATIONAL COURSE

 

Modules and themes:

 

• Acoustic of closed rooms

• Production and set-up decisions in a recording session

• Analog/digital and digital/analog conversion

• Microphones and signal preamplification

• Use of equalizers (parametric/graphic/band-pass/filters)

• Use of dynamics processors (compressor/limiter/gate/expander)

• Use of modulation processors (flanger/chorus/ensemble/rotary/phaser)

• Use of delay based processors (delay/echo/reverb)

• Practical recording sessions

• Practical mixing sessions

• Practical mastering sessions

• Communication strategies and music marketing