Category Archives: Audio Production

34 Facts and Features of Pro Tools 11

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Jeff DesLauriers

34 Facts and features of Pro Tools 11: Requires the iLok 2 (old turquoise color iLoks will not work). Will require 10.8 Mountain Lion. Old silver/blue face hardware, though ‘not officially supported’, will supposedly work. Won’t work with Core 2 Duo … Continue reading →

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Pro Tools 10 AAF/OMF Export/Import Tutorial

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Brian Jacoby

OMFI (Open Media Framework Interchange), OMF for short, and AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) are both professional file formats intended to interchange session information between audio and video applications. Along with Final Cut’s XML support, where there is a will, there … Continue reading →

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Putting the Master Mix Studio to the Test, Continued

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Brian Jacoby

Second Night of Tracking with Aimee Lee, Mitch Hare and Others in Master Mix Studio A This is the second part of a multi-part series. If you missed the first part of this series  last Monday, check out the first … Continue reading →

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Aimee Lee, Brian Jacoby, Put Master Mix Studio to the Test

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Brian Jacoby

Testing IPR’s New Master Mix Studio with a Live Recording Earlier this quarter I approached Mitch Hare, a friend and member of IPR’s faculty and curriculum team, about a session I wanted to setup over the break between quarters. I’d … Continue reading →

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Eight Great Pro Tools Plug-ins for the Mix Room

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Brian Jacoby

As recording or mixing engineers, or music producers, we’re always refining our toolsets. Over the years I’ve made the transition for mixing on large format consoles to mixing in the box. I’m a long-time Pro Tools user, so here’s a … Continue reading →

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Basic Tracks – Communist Daughter Records New Music @ IPR in Master Mix Studio

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Brian Jacoby

IPR’s Music Production Capstone hosted local favorites Communist Daughter, recording some basic tracks for their next single. Fresh off the road opening for Jason Isbell, the band was practiced and performing tight. “I’ve worked with them before, both in Master … Continue reading →

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Synthesis, Jazz and the Sampled Trumpet

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Brian Jacoby

If you dream of Moog and smokey jazz-halls, ambient, synthesis, drone, you have to check out what RPE Duo are making. Doctors Matt Postle (trumpet/synths) and Radek Rudnicki meld synthesis and heavily manipulated/sampled live trumpet to build some amazing soundscapes.

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Audio Production Lesson One: Kevin Bowe Says be “That Guy”

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Christian Groves

Audio Production and Music Business students’ first lesson at IPR often looks something like this “if somebody asks you whether you know how to do a specific type of project, you always say yes.” Fear is not an option in … Continue reading →

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IPR at NAB; Where Audio Production, Sound Design and Entertainment Business Meet

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Christian Groves

IPR offers cross discipline media arts education in the areas of audio production, sound design, video production, live sound, and music and entertainment business. So it makes sense that IPR was well represented at this year’s NAB show in Las … Continue reading →

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IPR’s Blogging with the Experts: Kevin Bowe

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Christian Groves

Are you interested in Audio Production, Music Business, or Sound Design? Are you interested in learning what IPR, The Institute of Production and Recording’s Instructors have to say about these matters? If yes, you’re in luck. New comers to IPR’s … Continue reading →

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