Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Ensemble Recording
photo caption: Horn players waiting for the downbeat in the Cycle 7 scoring class
To be a well-rounded engineer, you should know how to record everything from screaming guitars to brass instruments and everything in between. Cycle 7 Post Production classes give students experience in recording dialog, sound effects, environmental sounds and soundtracks for film. For [...]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Mic’s Eye View
photo caption: Drummer Joe Morris (Esteban, Ray Riendeau, Sting) playing for the Cycle 10 Sink or Swim session
In Cycle 10, students get a chance to exercise their drum recording chops in the Conservatory’s D Room. In a recent session, mics from AEA, Avantone, Shure, Neumann, SE Electronics and Yamaha were used on drummer Joe Morris’ [...]
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Large Format Console Basics
photo caption: Cycle 4 students learning their way around a Neve VR large format console
Once you reach Cycle 4 at the Conservatory, a scant 20% into the program, you are ready to dive into large format console operation on one of the school’s two Neve VR consoles . The basics concepts of soloing, talkback, stereo [...]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Blue Blows Into Town
photo caption: (l to r) Eric Boyer from Blue tours Gilbert campus with Jayson Khademi of the Internship Dept.
The CRAS is big on building bridges between the school and the top manufacturers in the industry. One such company is Blue Mics, who’s products are in the mic lockers of both campuses. Each location has a [...]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
The Spaghetti Incident
photo caption: Students making patches for their 9th Cycle band clinic
When it comes to audio, signal flow is king. Conservatory students are schooled from day one on the importance of getting their ins and outs correctly patched, and then they put the concepts into practice in their clinics and personal projects in the school’s 8 [...]
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
In Sync
photo caption: 4th Cycle students learning the basics of synchronization with instructor/engineer Jeff Harris
Synchronization is one of those things that doesn’t get a lot of notice, until it goes wrong. Conservatory students start early in the 4th Cycle learning the basics of how to make digital and analog platforms run together without a hitch. Later [...]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Soldering Clinic
photo caption: Troubleshooting and Maintenance instructor Jim Bender teaching soldering basics
When it comes to audio, the Conservatory not only teaches how to operate the gear, but how to repair it as well. Students are given an under-the-hood look at studio and live sound operations in their Troubleshooting and Maintenance classes that give them the skills [...]
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Sink or Swim Sessions
photo caption: 8th cycle students setting up mics for their advanced drum clinic
When you get to the tail end of the on-campus portion of your Conservatory education, it’s all about getting ready for the real world of audio. The last three cycles expose students to what we call the “Sink or Swim” sessions. This means [...]
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Live Sound Recording
photo caption: Students record a live band in the Conservatory’s 6,000 sq. ft. live sound classroom
Today, 3rd Cycle students got a taste of surround recording in their Live Sound class. During the band clinic, Instructor Keith Morris set up the Trinnov SRP array that has been making its way around campus to give students experience [...]
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Students “Surrounded” By The Cutting Edge
photo caption: Students setting up the Trinnov SRP array and mapping out an ITU template on the floor of Studio D
Cycle 8 and Cycle 10 students recently recorded Sax and Percussion in surround with some of the latest gear from Trinnov and LatchLake. The Cycle 8 surround recording class used the Trinnov High Spatial Resolution [...]
