Recording Voiceover: The Spoken Word in Media

2015 | English | 266 pages | PDF | 14,13 MB

The only book on the market to specifically address its audience, Recording Voiceover is the comprehensive guide for engineers looking to understand the aspects of capturing the spoken word. Discussing all phases of the recording session, Recording Voiceover addresses everything from microphone recommendations for voice recording to pre-production considerations, including setting up the studio, working with and directing the voice talent, and strategies for reducing or eliminating distracting noise elements found in human speech. Recording Voiceover features in-depth, specific recommendations for recording radio and television commercials, corporate communications, documentaries, tracks for gaming and animation, radio drama, interviews and roundtable discussions. A discussion of the voice in film and television is also included.

Songwriting With Butter The Children TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | April 12 2015 | 743 MB

The SongCraft adventure series continues! They’re back at SxSW to attempt to compose and produce a song in a single day with indie band “Butter the Children”. Will they succeed? Watch and see! Guerrilla recording brings with it many challenges: Odd mic setups and less than optimal recording environments. Add on top of that the extreme pressure of actually composing a song in front of the cameras and you have all the ingredients for a major musical breakdown! That is, unless you have a room full of talented musicians, engineers and songwriters! And that’s the magic of this incredibly fun and informative SongCraft Series. It’s all about skill, passion and technique fusing together -like musical molecules- to generate something big… derived from a simple inspiration. And, all along the way, we learn all about songwriting, audio engineering and production. Everybody wins!

Mix Prep Bass and Drum Tracks in Cubase 8 TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | April 12 2015 | 392 MB

Great mixes begin with solid mix preparation. In this advanced Cubase course, producer Eyal Amir explains how he prepares, quantizes and warps his bass and drum tracks to ensure the tightest, best mixes possible. Check it out! When rhythm tracks are “locked in” you can feel it. It’s like two hearts beating as one! And when you spend a little more time doing some microscopic editing to get those tracks really synced, you’ll find that real production magic can occur. In this rhythm track mix prep course by famed Producer/Songwriter, Eyal Amir, you learn the tricks of the trade he uses to get a track ready for the final mix. This way a professional mixer can spend time mixing rather than editing!

Ozone 6.1 Explained TUTORiAL UPDATE

SYNTHiC4TE | April 12 2015 | 1.18 GB

THE CREATIVE MASTERING PLATFORM

The definitive Ozone 6 training series updated for v6.1! Mastering wiz Michael Costa returns with Ozone 6 Explained, covering the world-class Mastering software suite from iZotope in-depth, leaving no stone unturned. Learn these powerful sonic tools inside out, and make your next mastering job fun, creative and easy. Michael starts with an introduction and then gives you detailed videos covering the re-designed Ozone 6 User Interface, as well as the new Stand-Alone Version. Multi-Band Basics is then discussed showing you all you need to know to manipulate the multi-band features present in several of Ozone’s modules. Mid-Side Processing is then revealed and demonstrated, as well as I/O Options. Michael now breaks down all the individual Modules one by one, giving you full details and sonic examples for each, so you know exactly how to use them, and when.

Maitrisez Ableton Live 9 et Push v2014 FRENCH TUTORIAL

P2P | 11 APRIL 2015 | 3.8 GB

In this video training, you learn to master Ableton Live 9, the famous audio and MIDI sequencer that revolutionized musical creation in recent years. Throughout the course, you are accompanied by Sylvain Garcia, Ableton Certified Trainer and advanced user software for over 10 years. This specialist makes you enjoy all its expertise by developing the functionality of the latest version of Live. At the end of this course, you will be setting yourself an experienced user of Ableton Live 9.

Twilight Remix Start to Finish TUTORiAL

Team QUASAR | 11-22-2008 | 395.44 MB

Celebrated radio DJ and music supervisor Jason Bentley takes his audience to Critical Mass Studios in Santa Monica for an inside look at the process of remixing a piece of music. Follow along as producer Jason Bentley and composer Tobias Enhus transform Carter Burwell’s romantically lyrical arrangement of “Bella’s Lullaby,” from the score for the movie Twilight, into a beat-driven electronica piece. In this installment of Start to Finish, viewers will get an up-close look at the creative challenges involved in remixing this track, and tour the tools and techniques used at a high-end audio facility. Be sure to watch the final movie to hear the beautiful and haunting end result.

The Dos and Don’ts of Songwriting Collaboration TUTORiAL

P2P | 10 APRIL 2015 | 203 MB

Writing songs with a collaborator can be fulfilling—or potentially frustrating. Using these dos and don’ts from a professional songwriter, Cliff Goldmacher, you can reap all of the advantages of co-writing songs, while minimizing the pitfalls. Cliff explains the best practices for collaborating, such as discussing everything from the song’s eventual promotion to ownership percentages with your collaborator, as well as advice about delivering feedback without alienating your partner. Watch and find out how you can improve your chances of successful collaboration.