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Sometimes the person who's been around
for a while gets the idea that they need advanced audio
training. Usually they're wrong - they need more complete basic
knowledge. This is because almost all of the great innovating
feats accomplished in recording are accomplished by applying BASIC
level knowledge to recording situations - usually the stuff that is
presented in the fist few weeks of a good basic recording
course. The professional engineers that are being written up in
national magazines know the basic knowledge so well that they can
think and innovate with it.
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In the present "buy it now and
learn it later" world we have many people that get into recording
and learn just enough to do the things they're interested in.
Many would be able to do much more, or do things much better, if they
had a better understanding of all of the basics in
recording.
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In 1996 I published a textbook, The
Multitrack Recording One-Lesson Text, which pretty much covered
the minimum you needed to know about in recording. It was the
textbook that students used during a 6-hour seminar in
recording. In 1998 I released our first interactive study
module, the Pro Audio Specialist Study Module. Our campus
Pro Audio Specialist course uses these materials.
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The materials and the study module are
designed to get the new person of the field "off and
running," but also to fill in gaps of missing information
for the person trying to get good by experience alone. Either
kind of reader will be learning a lot - 98% will be amazed by how much
is learned.
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In the beginning of next year (2002) we
will be releasing the study module's version 2.0. The 57 lessons
are set to be increased to 70. An instructional video on sound
elements will be included in the release. The module will have a
new section on hard-disk recording, mixing and mastering. Watch
for it's release, tentatively scheduled for February.
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