For decades, the only way to create music that sounded professional was in a physical studio that’s equipped with all the industry-standard technology. Luckily for amateurs who don’t have access to a professional studio or who simply can’t afford to book the number of sessions it would take to make any significant progress on their …
The role of the sound designer is multifaceted and highly specialized, and to the outsider looking in, it might seem like a completely foreign skill requiring indecipherable calculations. Fortunately, this isn’t the case. Countless individuals have started their career in sound design by enrolling in a creative arts college and completing a film and sound …
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Many people dream of becoming a sound designer, but far fewer understand how to actually get there. While there are no hard and fast rules for how to break into the field of sound design, there are still some ways to get there that are more likely to bring success. The question that many aspiring …
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Ever wonder how to take an idea and make it into a fully produced piece of music? There are the steps of music production to take into consideration when writing. To the outsider, the process of producing a professional quality piece of music might seem enigmatic and overwhelming. How does a music producer take raw …
Video editors and motion graphic specialists are becoming increasingly valuable in the modern digital age. The blogs and written articles of yesteryear are now being replaced by video content in most corners of the web. The result of this booming growth in advanced media is the constant need for more professionals who know their way …
Movies are more complex than they might first appear. At any given moment, there are countless individual elements occurring simultaneously, both visually and audibly, to create the final version that the audience experiences. To the untrained ear, most of these nuances simply go unnoticed and become part of the overall facade. In fact, sound design …
It might seem like the path to becoming a music producer is mysterious and only for the lucky few. From the outside, music producers can appear to have special knowledge and skills that they were simply born with, or born into, for those who come from extremely musical and industry-connected families. It’s the reason why …
Can you remember the last time you had a true cinematic experience at the movie theater? Going out to the cinema is a classic pastime and even something some hold so dear that they consider it a passion. Unless you have the resources to put together your own private screening room, the cinema is indisputably …
Are you a film buff that enjoys the sound effects and music that accompanies a film? Want to put your passion to work as a career? Then becoming a sound designer in film, television and multimedia may be the right career path for you. So, what exactly is sound design? What is Sound Design? Sound …
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Anyone who wants to forge a career as an audio technician needs to become intimately familiar with the various elements of sound reinforcement systems. This conglomeration of amplifiers, signal processors, microphones, and everywhere in between gives live audio engineers the power and control to do amazing things that thousands of fans get to hear, feel, …
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