Archive for April, 2007
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Easter Show A Hit
Back in March we blogged about an upcoming Easter show that 50 CRAS students and Live Sound Instructor Keith Morris were putting together for the Radiance Church. Well it was a smashing success and here is a movie showing the setup and all the gear involved. Some of the people in the pictures are CRAS [...]
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Over Your Head
photo caption: 8th cycle student Ryan Arakaki setting up mics in his advanced drum clinic
If you’re recording drums, the overhead mics you choose are critical when seeking the best possible rendition of the kit. The mics above the kit pictured here are the latest from Korby Audio and Mojave Audio. The KAT RED mic in [...]
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Tune In To The Audio Nowcast
Former CRAS student Andrew Schiavone is a fulltime engineer at CCI Digital in Burbank and after making some heavyweight audio friends put together a bi-weekly podcast titled the Audio Nowcast. The panel consists of: Martin Page (recording artist, songwriter, producer), Scott Gershin (sound designer at Soundelux), Bobby Summerfield (composer, engineer) Rob Arbittier (producer, composer, programmer) [...]
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
CRAS Samples V-DOSC
photo caption: Instructors Cory Patterson and Keith Morris with one of the L-Acoustics Kudo cabinets and SB-218 sub
L-Acoustics is a French company that revolutionized tour sound with their Line Array products. Their systems are ubiquitous in tour sound and install rigs including the Alladin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and the Hollywood Bowl. Recently, [...]
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
DDP vs. DAE
When you or a mastering studio sends a CD-DA to a manufacturing plant, the plant has two choices when it makes your CD. They can either play the CD in real time directly onto a glass master or onto their server, or rip the audio using Digital Audio Extraction (DAE). Each method has drawbacks. Real [...]
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
The World Loses an All-Star
photo caption: Ethan Willoughby mixing at the Record Plant
Audio engineer and CRAS grad Ethan Willoughby was killed by a drunk driver in Los Angeles on February 18. Willoughby graduated from the Conservatory in 1999 and went on to work under engineer Dave Pensado at the Enterprise in Burbank, CA. After 2 and 1/2 years, Willoughby [...]
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
1 Mic 2 Mic Red Mic Blue Mic
photo caption: Korby KAT RED and KAT BLUE microphones
Conservatory students and instructors recently got to hear the latest tube mics from Korby Audio in Nashville. Each of the mics is lit from the inside with either a Blue or Red LED. Korby’s facility is located at Blackbird studios in Berry Hill, one of the hottest [...]
