Home voice recording
- Course Code: MK607
- Dates: 17/11/24 - 08/12/24
- Time: 14:00 - 17:00
- Taught: Sun, Daytime
- Duration: 4 sessions (over 4 weeks)
- Location: Keeley Street
- Tutor: Max La Villa
Course Code: MK607
Duration: 4 sessions (over 4 weeks)
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What is the course about?
This course will cover how to use recording software to record voiceovers, podcasts, audio books etc. and use effects to enhance the recording and edit a final reel.
What will we cover?
• Technical aspects of vocal recording (mic selection/patterns/position)
• Using recording software to capture vocals (e.g. Audacity, Adobe Audition or GarageBand)
• Understanding industry standard file formats
• Basic editing to compile the best take of a vocal and place the voice over a backing track
• Using basic EQ, compression, ducking (sidechaining) and reverb
• Techniques for controlling sibilance, room acoustics and other artefacts that can ruin vocal recordings.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
• Know how to make the most of mic selection/patterns/position
• Use recording software to record and edit a voice reel
• Use essential techniques for editing vocals and blending backing tracks
• Apply basic EQ, compression, ducking (sidechaining ) and reverb to audio tracks
• Know how to control sibilance, room acoustics and other artefacts that affect home recording.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Those who are working in the industry are particularly welcome, but the course is open to anyone who wants to know how to record good-quality vocals at home.
This is an intermediate course aimed at those with some existing skills in audio software.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Tutor demonstration and explanation, class discussion, followed by practical work on individual projects. You will present work in progress and receive feedback and support from your tutor and peers.
You will work on individual Mac workstations running Logic or GarageBand, but you will be able to export your projects to run on other software, including on PCs You will make best progress if you can work on your projects between sessions.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
The equipment used and recommended is suitable for all types of audio recording and editing. Visit our Music technology: equipment advice page for more detailed information about hardware and software, so that you know what you might need to work on your projects at home. Ideally, you need access to a laptop or desktop, but it is also possible to use a tablet or iPad, although functions in apps are more limited.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
This course is aimed specifically at those wishing to learn how to make their own good quality voice recordings. You may also be interested in our wide range of Voice media courses, Presenting and business communication skills, or Writing courses.
Max’s musical training began in New York City where he was lucky enough to have major session musicians as neighbors in his building teaching him guitar as a child. By his early teens he was studying classical guitar, alongside theory and orchestration, at the High School of the Performing Arts. He relocated to Spain to further his classical guitar studies under the esteemed guitarist/ teacher Jose Tomas. While there Max ran a commercial recording studio, where he began immersing himself in the emerging digital technologies. After moving to London, he continued working as a session musician. He has recorded, toured and collaborated with artists including Kevin Ayers, Paul Weller, Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction), Jah Wobble, Carl Barat (Libertines) and Marc Almond. In 2011 he was commissioned to compose recitatives and an aria for a production of “The Coronation of Poppea” by the Théatre du Châtelet in Paris which centered around virtual instruments and sampling delivered by multiple computers live on stage with the players. Max continues working with artists of every genre in mixing, sound design, drum programming, bass and keyboards.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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- Vocal recording: production techniquesFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
