Sennheiser Webinar: Recording Acoustic Instruments & Modern Compression Tactics, Thursday May 3rd

Sennheiser is hosting the second in its series of Recording Sound Academy webinars this Thursday, May 3rd.

Karl Richardson is on deck for the Sennheiser RSA on Thursday, May 3rd.

This month’s webinar focuses on “Recording Acoustic Instruments and Modern Compression Tactics,” and will be hosted by Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Karl Richardson.

Karl Richardson has recorded and produced nineteen number one records and has nine GRAMMY Award nominations. He has won GRAMMYs for “Producer of the Year” and “Al-bum of the Year,” with a long list of top credits that include artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton and Grand Funk Railroad.

This webinar is open to RSA members, with registration available at this link. Membership costs $129 (promotional discounts are available through Sennheiser authorized retailers) and includes all live and archived webi-nars, access to blogs, tutuorial videos, CuBase 5LE mixing software, plus raw tracks that the member create a final mix and upload to receive a personal review by one of the RSA’s award winning engineers. The best submitted mix will win a Neumann U 87 Ai microphone ($4200 value).

Here are the full coordinates on Karl Richardson’s webinar:

Topic/Host
”Recording acoustic instruments and modern compression tactics,” hosted by Karl Richardson, Grammy-winning producer/engineer (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton)

When:
Thursday, May 3rd at 3:30 p.m. EDT

Attendees will learn:
•    How to use compression in a modern context
•    Tips on recording live acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitar
•    How to decide what to bring to the front of the mix and how to highlight important passages within a song

To register for this Online RSA, or learn about other upcoming webinars that will be taking place, please visit http://www.sennheiserusa.com/RSA.

As reported on SonicScoop last month, according to Sennheiser, the Online Recording Sound Acaemy was created to support aspiring producers and engineers. The program borrows instructional elements from Sennheiser’s on-site Recording Sound Academy seminars, such as valuable tips and instruction on microphone selection and placement, recording and mixing techniques.

The RSA webinars — which run between April and October — feature instruction by accomplished producers and engineers on a variety of recording topics, and also feature a thorough Q&A session with the instructor.

Upcoming dates and topics include:

•    June 13: Recording Vocals
Hosted by Tom Young, GRAMMY award-winning engineer

•    July 17: Mixing
Hosted by Tim Palmer, GRAMMY-nominated producer/mixer

•    August 13: Re-Mixing, Beats and Percussive Rhythms
Hosted by: Cool & Dre, production/songwriting team

•    September 12: Reverb, Spectral Energy and Human Positional Perception
Hosted by: Greg Lukens, engineer and founder of Audio Fabricators

•    October 25: Engineer’s Roundtable: Award-winning Engineers Discuss Recording Tips, Tricks and Trends
Moderated by: Al Schmitt, 21-time GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer

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