As revealed in my blog last month, Media Identity & Curation Part 1, I hold a very broad view of creative practice. My interests, activities and roles are diverse. I love life and the aesthetic of life. Whether it is a visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, gustatory or olfactory-based creations, I embrace them all. As my personal motto describes,...
Category: Industry
All things industry related – in general: how industries works, roles within certain industries, etc
Media Identity & Curation Part 1
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here for the previous blog. A creative practitioner As a creative practitioner I am conscious of the dynamic nature of creative endeavours. I am aware of the relationship between my self and my practice: my self informs my practice, and in turn, my practice informs my self...
Mixing Part 7 – Following a process….
Mixing This blog continues a series of blogs on Mixing (Page 2014). Developing a skillset by following a process (MIDAS 2014) I was presenting to a group of Bachelor of Audio Trimester 2 students, preparing for the mixing stage of their final creative productions. In reflection, I felt a similar sentiment as my blog last...
Mixing Part 6 – Effectively guiding Creative Artists through a process
(Solid State Logic SL4064G+ 2010) This blog post continues a series on Mixing Audio. Guiding Creative Artists: steps along a path As outlined in Mixing Part 2, Mixing Audio is a process (Page, 2011). To walk down any path, it is usual to be sequential in that process. If you want to get to z, it...
Signal Flow Part 2
As developed in last week’s Signal Flow Part 1 [June 2013], Audio Engineering is an enjoyable technical and creative pursuit. It is dependent upon the engineer understanding the fundamentals. Signal Flow is one of the core fundamentals. Understanding and practicing these three stages of Signal Flow until committed to muscle memory is essential to the development...
Signal Flow Part 1
The fundamentals of Audio Engineering Audio Engineering is dependent upon the key personnel – the engineers – understanding the fundamentals. Signal Flow is one of the core fundamentals of audio engineering. Irrespective of the studio console, an experienced engineer who understands signal flow will adapt very quickly to each and every studio environment, irrespective of...
Introduction to Audio Engineering
Welcome to Audio Engineering and the world of studios. A studio represents different things to different people. Some see it as a technical place to track and mix artists’ expression (Burgess 2014; Burgess 2013; Burgess 1997). Others see a studio as an instrument, in which to develop an artist’s ideas into something more, possibly fusing several musical...
Industry Protocol
Studio Practice A studio is used by many people, paying money for its’ use on an hourly basis. When a new user/customer (engineer, performer) walks through the studio door, they need to be able to commence their session fresh. It is considered professional practice therefore that each user ensures that the Studio is left in...
Industry Outline
Overview With technological and social change, the Audio Industry has developed exponentially since the 1970’s. This change includes the reduction in the number of corporate large format console studios and the increase of project and portable studios. Roles within the audio industry are therefore also developing with this change, spurred on by the cultural phenomenon of DIY....
Mixing Part 1
(Solid State Logic SL4064G+ 2010) This blog post commences a series on Mixing Audio. The Mixing Process Background As outlined in my Pre-Production Plan (Page, 2010) blog several months ago, lets return to the basics. It is the goal of the audio industry to facilitate to the realisation of recorded artefacts – recorded and then distributed...