NYC Event: Kaleidoscope Sound Weekend Audio Intensive – March 3-5
Opportunity for higher education is knocking, at one of the NYC area’s elite studios.
Kaleidoscope Sound will be hosting a Weekend Audio Intensive from March 3-5 at their Union City, NJ facility. Home to an exquisite API Legacy Plus console and 600 square-foot live room in their Studio A, plus an SSL Matrix hybrid analog/digital set up in The Patio, the course will provide audio engineers with a wealth of information on tracking and mixing.
Attendees will get hands-on with Kaleidoscope’s majestic API Legacy Plus at the Weekend Audio Intensive.
Hands-on experience and complete interaction with the instructors will be emphasized at the intensive, which is being led by Kaleidoscope Sound founder Randy Crafton, and Kaleidoscope’s Chief Engineer Kyle Cassel as they run a recording and mix session top to bottom with “swamp jazz” guitar great Walter Parks (Richie Havens). Crafton has over 30,000 hours of studio experience to his credit.
Presented by Alto Music and SonicScoop, the Intensive costs $325 to attend, and is open to anyone who records music and wants to hone their skills, however some experience working in a DAW, recording and mixing is assumed.
For more information and to register, visit here. Course topics and additional information follow below.
Topics will include, but are not limited to:
- Signal flow
- Interfacing with artists and musicians
- Defining goals for sound and feel of session
- Micing techniques and approaches for drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals
- Mic shootouts for making choices
- Phase coherency
- Outboard gear and mic pre shootouts for making choices
- Use of EQ, Compression, and Reverb
- Organizing and keeping track of sessions in ProTools as they develop
- Comping and editing takes together
- Overdubs and production choices
- Mixing in the box
- Mixing on an API Legacy Plus console with all analog outboard gear
- Mixing on an SSL Matrix in a hybrid setup with ProTools, UAD, Waves, Slate Digital and more.
Sessions will meet at Kaleidoscope Sound, 514 Monastery Place, Union City, NJ on:
Friday March 3, 2017 from 5pm-9pm • Saturday March 4, 2017 from 11am-8pm • Sunday March 5, 2017 from 11am-6pm
Randy Crafton, owner, engineer and producer at Kaleidoscope Sound for the last 15 years will be the Pro Audio Coach, guiding attendees on how to avoid the pitfalls of capturing audio. Studio veteran and in-house engineer at Kaleidoscope, Kyle Cassel, will also be on hand to clarify, inform, and keep Randy on track.
Attendees will also get to keep the tracks that Walter has recorded over the weekend to experiment, practice, and create with (although Walter must approve any public usage).
Private rooms available Friday and Saturday night for $50 per night on a first come, first serve basis.
Get a preview of learning at Kaleidoscope with this video, featuring Randy Crafton and Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess:
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