The Practical Audio Recording Course - 8 week Outline The Practical Audio Recording Course Starts: Thurs June 14th 6-9PM • Learn Pro Recording Techniques from Studio Engineers • Learn How to Record Vocals, Drums and Guitars • Explore latest Software: Pro Tools HD, Sonar, Reason • Hands-On “Live Demos” in class • 8-weeks, 1 class per/week • Tuition $600, Payment plans available • Have a band?...Make Demos in class...Call Today! Parc Alumni Our Students Say.. Classes “Reflecting Your Ideas” Home | Facility | Samples | Media | Mastering | Classes | About Us | Links | Location Mirror Sound Studio 301 NE 191st St., Seattle, WA,98155 Email: info@mirrorsound.com 206.440.5889  Sound and Hearing Being your primary tool of recording, let’s learn all we can about using mikes: Dynamics, Condensers, Ribbons, PZMs, Polar Patterns, Brands and models. We see and hear the differences and discuss how to choose the right mic for any situation. Microphones Learning to use an equalizer (tone controls) may seem complicated until you learn the basic parameters and realize the similarities all Eqs share. Here we explore these studio signal processors and get you using them in class. Signal Processing One of the least understood pieces of studio equipment is the compressor/limiter. With the right info getting started can be easy and fun. You’ll experience analog as well as digital plug-in compressors limiters, gates and more. Signal Processing Pt 2 Digital Effects Midi Mixing Console / DAW Studio Session Procedures For the Full Course Syllabus: Click Here. Time: 1 evening per week for 8 weeks, 3 hours each class Note:  Allow for a possible 1-week recess during your class Text Book: David Huber's Modern Recording Techniques (7th edition) $50. Tuition: $600  (payment plan available) Call now to reserve your place for the PARC Program. ...more about our Recording Program - P.A.R.C. This 8-week program is a series of 8 classes featuring “hands-on” workshops focusing on today’s studio recording techniques, procedures, terminology and equipment. Designed primarily for musicians, artists and future sound engineers, PARC has also been popular with audiophiles, DJs and just about anyone interested in sound production and recording. This course is taught by owner/engineer Ken Fordyce at Mirror Sound Studio’s in Shoreline First offered in Seattle in 1998, this course  uniquely features a small class size (limited to 5 students per class), giving each student the maximum benefit of “Hands-On Training” time and individual attention. It’s our belief that using the equipment yourself and learning to make audio judgments with your own ears is the best experience you get when you’re starting out. Students are encouraged to submit for recording a (band or artist) demo to be recorded during class. A certificate is awarded to each student upon completion of the course. Midi changed recording forever with it’s amazing  powers. We’ll explore the gamut of today’s Midi. Writing and arranging music has never been easier if you enjoy using Midi sequencing and samplers. We’ll use Sonar X1 to get you started. The mix is where all of the studios’ resources are pulled together to arrive at a final sound for the song. You’ll see how the pros do it in a studio and you’ll see how you can do it on your computer as well. As we wrap up, we’ll discuss how to optimize work flow in any recording environment. How to equip a home studio, for various purposes and we’ll be mixing and mastering our student projects. We get started with basic concepts of audio like frequency response and dynamic range. We’ll also discuss audio terminology, student projects and get familiar with the all of the  equipment  in the studio we’ll be using. Reverb, Echo, Delays, Chorus and Flange effects are sometime the icing on the cake and other time the whole cake itself. Learn how and why they work and various ways to use them. We start with the basic parameters and then work into using effects in a mix.