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Women in Audio Pt.III
This post isn’t actually about the band HAIM, to learn more about a group of sisters making music in a very successful rock band check...
jeffreyholdaway
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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Becoming a Bedroom Producer – Recording and Mixing Audio at Home
Do you want to make music at home? Do you have music running through your head at 2 am you simply must record? Do you want to to record...
jeffreyholdaway
Mar 29, 202110 min read
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Sound Artist: Sam Battle / Look Mum No Computer
If you are interested in synthesizers, or building instruments from electonics, its worth checking out the work of Sam Battle. Sam...
jeffreyholdaway
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Sound Artist: Petr Válek
Artist Petr Válek is based near his birthplace in Loučná nad Desnou, which lies in the border zone of the Sudetenland, about 250...
jeffreyholdaway
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Quick Instructions: 633 Mixer/Recorder
(the full instructions can be found at : https://www.sounddevices.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/633ug_eng.pdf ) #DigitalRecorder
jeffreyholdaway
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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Output your sound mix for Broadcast (in 2020)
Delivering the sound from your edit or mix can be a surprisingly confusing process. When delivering sound we need to think about the...
jeffreyholdaway
Sep 1, 20204 min read
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Using the 633 mixer / recorder
A link to the full manual can be found here.
jeffreyholdaway
Aug 5, 20201 min read
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Using the Radio Mics – Best Practice
I know its tempting to quickly grab a set of mic packs, throw it onto an actor, plug it into your mixer and hope for the best, but a...
jeffreyholdaway
Aug 5, 20201 min read
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Mid Side Stereo
Mid Side recording and mixing are really useful techniques to build environments within your audio productions. Put on your headphones...
jeffreyholdaway
May 28, 20201 min read
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Trailer Examples
Academy Award Winners Hollywood Action Contrast the music and mix in the trailer with the original song below…. listen at about 1:40 for...
jeffreyholdaway
Apr 20, 20201 min read
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Free plugins to Meter your Mixes.
TB Pro Audio produce two free plugins that I use on almost all my mixes, inserted on my Master Fader, to check against what my ears tell...
jeffreyholdaway
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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A Lolly Scramble of Effects
Audio engineers love collecting boxes, objects with dials, lights and knobs that transform your sound. There is a joy in plugging your...
jeffreyholdaway
Apr 6, 20204 min read
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More Free Effect plugins.
There are a whole pile of free effects out there to download to help you in your mixing. Here is a list of plugins I have tested and use...
jeffreyholdaway
Apr 5, 20201 min read
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Synchronizing – How to “Slate”
Often we record sound seperately to the camera. When we do there is an age old device for synchronizing the picture and sound together...
jeffreyholdaway
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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Iteration: Art is iterative.
There are two artists in my household. Alys Longley and myself. While working away on my course notes a voice wandered through the wall...
jeffreyholdaway
Mar 29, 20201 min read
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Protools Shortcuts
Note that you can enable ProTools shortcuts in other software, for example to enable them in Audition the instructions are here. Reaper...
jeffreyholdaway
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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Atmosphere Challenge
This is a voluntary task, I’m not assessing it, it’s just a beginning to inquiry: The world has changed, how has the sound of your city,...
jeffreyholdaway
Mar 26, 20201 min read
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2020
2020 is shaping up to be a year of significant events. It is already only three months into the year and the world finds itself...
jeffreyholdaway
Mar 24, 20201 min read
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