Audio Production: Technical Processes

• Resources for Music and Other Audio Recording Processes, Techniques, and Explanations
• Audio Production Organizations and Societies
• Interviews with Music Industry Professionals
• Music Recording Process
• Audio Recording Studios (Internship Possibilities?)

Online Teaching Services / Subscriptions

• Lynda.com All kinds of media production and other stuff.
• The Production Academy Lots of videos on teaching live sound, especially for music. $29/month (2018). 30 day free trial for Soundgirls.org members.
• Sound Design Live - Tuning audio systems, how to make money as a sound engineer. It offers Soundgirls.org members:
  • Beginner: Get Started with Sound System Tuning is a free 40-part video series to get you up and running with your first measurements in Smaart or SATlive. It includes videos like How to build your own 2-channel audio analyzer for FREE and STOP Smaarting the Sound System.
  • Intermediate: Pro Audio Workshop: Seeing Sound is the world’s only self-paced online training in sound system tuning guaranteed to improve your confidence and consistency with the highest level of support in the industry. Its 57 video lessons walk you step-by-step through speaker placement, aim, EQ, and crossover alignment with real-world examples and assignments to quickly and effectively maximize your results in any room.
• Film Scoring
  • 7 Best Online Film Scoring Courses

Explanations of Technology

360 and VR Sound

• Ambisonics Explained: A Guide for Sound Engineers. On Waves.com, October10, 2017.

Audio Production for Cinema

• How Dolby Atmos In Cinemas Works & The History Of Dolby Surround Sound (2015).

Tutorials

Ear Training

• The Best Ear Training Apps for Engineers, Producers, and Recording Musicians by Wellington Gordon. Posted on Sonic Scoop, September 3, 2015. The recommendations are:
  • Improve Your Listening Skills by Auricula (Used in Communication Courses)
  • Studio Ears 2.0
  • Quiztones

Recording / Tracking

Microphones

Choosing the Right Mic

• Choosing the right vocal mic by Sweetwater Sound on Youtube. Compares Mojave Audio MA-301fet, AKG C414 XLS, and Shure SM7B.

Ribbon Mics

• How Stuff’s Made – Royer Ribbon Microphones on royerlabs Youtube channel (June 15, 2016). Clip from a 2009 episode of How Stuff's Made on Discovery Channel.

Wireless Mics

• Line 6 De-mystifying analog and digital wireless technology

Recording Techniques

Drums

• How to Mic a Drum Kit by Sweetwater Sound.
• Mixing Drums: Look at the Entire Kit by Joe Barresi for Waves. (July, 2018). Considers phase, panning, level, and parallel compression as the big issues.

Large Ensemble

• Recording an Orchestra using Royer ribbon microphones, with engineer Robert Friedrich on royerlabs Youtube channel. (Sept. 25, 2012).

Mobile & Phone

• The Hot New Hip-Hop Producer Who Does Everything on His iPhone by David Pierce for Wired Magazine. (April 14, 2017).

Mic Positions

• XY Coincidental Pair
• Blumlein Array
• ORTF
• NOS
• Mid-Side Arrangement

Recording Samples for Electronic Music production

• Searching for Sound: Listening to Bombay with Sandunes Describes the process of recording sound samples in India. Includes audio sample downloads. Posted on the Ableton blog (Dec. 16, 2016).

Legal Issues in Sampling

• Early Documentary about Sampling on YouTube. "Uploaded on Dec 23, 2011... documentary about sampling made by an Aussie T.V station back in 1988 before the laws we're changed to regulate the practice." Deals with plagiarism, copyright infringement, and artistic creativity. (Approx. 8 min.)
• Copyright Criminals. An episode of Independent Lens on PBS. Posted on YouTube. (Approx. 56 min.)

Signal Processing and Post Production

Individual processes

• Compression
• Delay
• Equalization
• Phase and Polarity
• Reverberation

Getting a Guitar Sound

• How to Get a Bigger Electric Guitar Sound Without Overpowering a Mix published on The Pro Audio Files Youtube channel Sept. 21, 2016. The page contains a link to download the audio files for practice. The song is Dare You to Move by Switchfoot.

Mixing

• Analog
  • Gain Staging
    • Gain Staging Like a Pro by Sweetwater (March 1, 2016).
• Digital
  • Stems for Mixing Practice and Assignments
    • Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio Additional Resources. There are more stems here than I have time to count. They cover a wide range of music styles. They are for educational purposes only and accompany the book Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior. (Second edition published 2019).

Mastering

• The Mastering Formula Video Tutorial from homemusicstudio1.com. May require registering for the site with an email address.

• Mastering Software

Software / Programs / Apps

• Soundleech Records audio from apps in your computer. Free.

Radio Production Resources

• AudioBlocks.com Royalty free music and sound effects for an inexpensive annual subscription.
• Music Radio Creative "You are the creator, we give you the tools. DJ drops, podcast intros, radio jingles, commercials and so much more..."

Television and Movie Sound

• April Tucker blog April holds both a Master’s Degree and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sound Recording, and has over 10 years experience in the field. April works primarily as a re-recording mixer and sound editor (based in Los Angeles), but also has experience as a music editor and mixer, and ADR and Foley engineer.
• Film and Game Scoring

Examples of Audio Production

Drama

• Live
• Studio

Music

News

PSAs