Hi Kevin,
Nice work - obviously I haven't read the thesis yet, but the tracks sound
good. Always nice to have an SSL to play around with!
I look forward to reading the work,
Brian.
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From: "Kevin Shaw" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 7:10 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: My Master's Project
Hi List,
At long last, I'm putting up some links to my Master's project regarding
ProTools Accessibility. Essentially, I spent last year examining the scope
of accessibility of Protools 8.0.4 with Voiceover. I recorded a five piece
rock band from toronto and mixed five songs as part of the professional
project that went along with my thesis.
For the gear heads out there, everything was tracked on an SSL AWS 900
console using the SSL preamps on everything. Drums were miked with 12 mics
from Shure, Rode, Sony and Schoeps. Guitars were miked up with mics from
Shure, Josephson, AKG, Blue and Sennheiser. Vocals were done on a Neumon
TLM 100. The unfortunate thing was that the band's singer got a hernia
right at the beginning of tracking. His surgery was scheduled for the
middle of mixing, so there wasn't time for him to get well enough to lay
down harmonies and BGs. So, all the vocals are largely one or two
takes—good enough for the project to be handed in on time. He is all
better.
Mixing took place on a Tascam 24 channel control surface. Sadly, it did
not allow for manipulation of the plug-ins, so there was a lot of
manipulation done with the keyboard.
The five songs were mastered at Silverbirch in Toronto, an excellent
mastering house if anyone's looking for one. ;)
Here is a link to my thesis.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9602421/Kevin%20Shaw%20-%20Voiceover%20in%20the%20Control%20Room%20Final.pdf
Here are links to 3 of the recordings:
Broken Fire:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9602421/4%20Broken%20Fire.mp3
Blue:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9602421/5%20Blue.mp3
WARNING! This song contains a face melting guitar solo.
Money's Worth:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9602421/3%20Money%27s%20Worth.mp3
Enjoy!
Kevin
