Hi Frank,
thanks for your suggestions...
Of course I'll start to look for an audio engineer available to allow to me to
stay with him and understand how he works, but I think that this could be
really hard.
In fact, I wonder if an audio-engineer would like that I could look at him and
ask him what he is doing...
> I am going to read the books that you suggested to me. I am lucky, because I
> could use garageband to accomplish at least to the basic-things...
I think I need in particular to learn how to listen to music carefully,
understanding what I should do to get a really great sound...
For instance, I started working on some projects in garageband, but they don't
sounds really good; I tryed to change lots of parameters (volume, compressor'
settings, filter' parameters, and much more), but I am not satisfied of the
work I made...
However, I hope one day I could solve all these problems, just to create my
songs as an hobby, or to edit audio-songs as an audio-engineer!
Cheers,
Vincenzo.
Il giorno 16/mag/2011, alle ore 16.22, Frank Carmickle ha scritto:
> 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" <[email protected]>
>> To: "Pro Tools Accessibility" <[email protected]>
>> 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 <[email protected]> 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.
>>
>
