Recreating ‘Don’t You Want Me’
This is a fantastically detailed demo of how ‘Don’t You Want Me’ by the Human League was created using the same gear…
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Vox Earworm – Gated Reverb
This is a fantastic overview of the sound of gated reverb and how it works, featuring some big names in music production!
EXAM QUESTIONS
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‘Hey Now’ – London Grammar (Q6/9MT003)
London Grammar – Hey Now (2014) This song uses a variety of different delay and reverb effects to create ambience. Evaluate: (20) Talking points: The interesting uses of delay on the guitars and drums in the introduction – can you give some parameter settings e.g. delay time / feedback / panning / filtering? Be specific…
‘On The Beach’ (Q5/9MT003)
Chris Rea: On The Beach (1985) and York: On The Beach (1997) Evaluate the production techniques used in each version of the song. Your response may consider the following production aspects: (15)
‘Pump It Up’ (Q5/9MT003)
Elvis Costello: Pump It Up (1978) and Rogue Traders: Voodoo Child (2005) Compare the production techniques used in each version of the song. Your response may consider the following production aspects: (15)
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Most recent courses for components 3 and 4
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07 Consumer audio formats
In this course you will find out about different formats consumers listen or have listened to audio on, starting with vinyl record and then focusing on tape, CD and digital audio files.
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06 Analogue and digital
In this course you will examine the difference between recording analogue and digital signals – and the benefits / drawbacks of both. You will consider how bit depth and sample rate influence the digital signal captured as part of the sampling process, and how computers use binary code to store data. You will compare different…
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05 Practical considerations – recording
In this course you will learn the importance of gain structure and how to use terms like headroom / signal to noise ratio correctly. You will look at stereo microphone techniques and consider the impact of mono compatibility on your mixes. You will look at effective microphone placement techniques and where to start in your…
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04 History of recording
In this course you will investigate the differences between the different recording eras, starting with direct to tape mono recording from 1930-1950, moving onto early multitrack recording in the 60s, large scale analogue multitrack recording in the late 60s to the 90s, digital recording and sequencing starting in the 80s and the DAW revolution.