THE LIVING ROOM

STUDIO WAYNE YOUNG

AUDIO PRODUCER

#vwt13

Outline

• Who I Am?

• What to listen for?

• What you need?

•  Things to Consider?

Who I Am?

What To Listen For?

•  The DIY Aesthetic

•  Isolation

•  The Room

•  Choosing a DAW

Your Living Room •  You can record almost

ANYWHERE

•  Technology allows almost “perfect” conversion from source to destination

•  Isolation is KEY (reflection filter)

Your Living Room - ISOLATE

Things to Listen For

•  Computers / Laptops are LOUD

•  Lights have noise

•  Actually… everything makes noise

•  Reflections off various surfaces

What You Need

•  Voice – Microphone – Preamp / Interface – DAW - Speakers

The Recording Chain

Your Voice

•  Make as “faithful” of a recording as possible

•  Record “clean”

•  Dynamics are important

•  Listen don’t look

Microphone •  Condenser vs Dynamic

•  How much should I spend?

•  My Top Picks –

•  Shure SM57 / Shure SM7B ($)

•  RODE NT2 / AT4040 ($$)

•  Neumann U87 / Blue Baby Bottle ($$$)

Interface •  USB vs Firewire

•  Buy a Mac (for real, just give in)

•  Consdierations?

•  Number of USEABLE / USEFUL features

•  RESEARCH!!!

•  MBOX / Apogee Duet / Univeral Audio Apollo

Digital Audio Workstation

•  ProTools

•  Cubase

•  Logic (GarageBand Pro)

•  Reaper

•  Does it really matter?

DEMONSTRATION

Q & A

LET’S CONNECT.

WYoungProductions@me.com E-MAIL

THANK YOU.

#vwt13