Hello Vincenzo If you are considering becoming an audio engineer then you should really find some other audio engineers to spend time with. Go to the studios they work in or to the gigs they are doing live sound at. Try to stay out of the way but do ask them to tell you what they are doing. Make sure not to make comments on there work unless they ask. Make sure to save questions for later if they are in the middle of listening. Also getting a analog recorder like one of the tascam portastudio's is also very helpful. It allows you to see the basics with switches knobs and buttons which is hard to grasp in software when you are just starting out. You should be able to pick up one of these units for very very cheep now.
As Tom said read Modern Recording Techniques. I read the 1st or 2nd addition 15 years ago. It's now in its' 7th addition. Take it a little piece at a time for there is a huge amount of information. Make sure that you get your hands on some gear and see how it reacts to situations. Don't be afraid to try things. Most importantly listen. Learn how to listen. Your ears are going to be the tool that you can't live with out. Learn how to use them. HTH --FC On May 16, 2011, at 5:12 AM, Vincenzo Rubano wrote: > Hi Tom, > well, before all, thanks for your reply... > I am going to study these books this summer... > I was thinking about protools certifications because I am just 17 years old, > and in future time I could consider working as an audio-engineer... > Thanks alot! > > Cheers, > Vincenzo. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "soundog" <stiles....@gmail.com> > To: "Pro Tools Accessibility" <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:47 PM > Subject: Re: three questions about audio, protools and blind people... > > > Ciao Vincenzo. I know 2 good books to begin with audio recording, but > don't know if they are in accessible form for you. One is "The > Recording Engineer's Handbook" by Bobby Owinski, and the other is > "Recording Techniques" by David Miles Huber. They are online at Mix > Bookshelf. > > If you're not looking for a job as audio engineer, don't worry about > ProTools certification - you just need training to learn to use the > program. > > Hope that helps. > > Tom > > On May 12, 2:14 pm, Vincenzo Rubano <vincenzorub...@email.it> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> well, I am going to ask you some strange questions... >> I am sorry if some of them might be o.t. questions, but I am really >> curious... I hope I could learn alot from your replies, so let's start... >> >> 1. This summer I am planning to study very hard protools and its wonderful >> features; but I have no knowleges about audio editing, mixing and mastering; >> is there any book (also in English) that explains how all-effects (reverb, >> overdrive, limiters, phaser, etc) work, how to pump-up bass, synth or drum >> tracks, how to set up a compressor properly, how to aggiust the track' >> volumes and other related things, and how to apply this knowleges in pro >> tools? Of course it should be an "accessible book", because I am blind and I >> could understand pictures that represents screenshots without >> text-descriptions... >> >> 2. What's about vocal tracks? Surfing the Internet, I understod that many >> people use Melodyne to aggiust vocal tracks. But what's about us? Is >> Melodyne accessibile with voiceover as a stand-alone program, as a plug-in >> for protools or as a "bridge" between Melodyne and Protools (rewiring >> Melodyne into protools)? If not, what do you use to get professional vocals >> or to create "poliphonic vocal tracks"? >> >> 3. I eard that exist some qualifications created by Avid to certificate the >> ability to use protools. Would it be possible for a blind person to get this >> qualifications (for instance the protools 101, 110)? If not, which are the >> problems for us to get this qualifications? >> >> I hope your replies could help me to get the results I would like to get >> (not to become an audio-engineer, but just to produce dance songs that >> sounds quite good)... >> >> Vincenzo. >
