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VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5, 07/15/00       TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FEATURE ARTICLE

RID TO HOLD ONE WEEKEND RECORDING SEMINAR IN AUGUST
Recording Institute of Detroit holds Weekend Recording Seminar and Quik StudyTM classes to complete program certification for Pro Audio Specialist distance students.

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MICHIGAN MUSIC

EXCLUSIVE

GEORGE CLINTON INTERVIEW
George Clinton Speaks - Interview & Photos by PT Quinn
In an exclusive REQ interview with our Michigan Music editor, the Funk Guru announces plans to move back to Michigan.
Muruga Responds - Interview by Robert Dennis
Official Funk percussionist records with George after his recent Detroit appearance and explains some history of Funk recording in Michigan.
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HOME RECORDING FEATURE

UNDERSTANDING MIDI - Part 2
By Ken Lanyon
In part 2, Ken explains the MIDI messages.
Also:  UNDERSTANDING MIDI - Part 1 (General Concepts & Setup)
Subscribers: Get Started! Songwriting With Midi For Dummies

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WEB TRAINING

EXPANDED FREE REQ WEB TRAINING
REQ subscribers can now study the entire theory of a licensed audio course online for free.  Subscribers only need to register, keep us informed of e-mail changes and revisit our posted demonstration site each issue.  The theory content will be posted in 8 parts over a one year period.

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RECORDING TECHNIQUES

OBTAINING THE BEST QUALITY RECORDING
Report On Muruga Booker's Lecture to RID Classes
Top engineers work 1/3 as hard and get ten times the result.  A world class percussionist & drummer explains how the musicians affect recording quality. 

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MIXING & MASTERING TECHNIQUES

OBTAINING BASS CLARITY
By Bob Dennis
The bass range of frequencies and the "bass instruments" of kick drum and bass give the mixing engineer the most mixing challenges. This range is very important to many productions but a range that is hard to obtain clarity with in mixdown.  Bob explains how you do it.

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FOLLOW-UP NEWS

REQ EDITOR'S TOUR OF YAMAHA
If you have ever attended a major concert you probably have experienced the Yamaha sound.  There's also a good chance that you have experienced the Yamaha sound if you have ever watched television. Bob's gives us a report on new Yamaha products.

LINKS TO YAMAHA PRODUCTS

PM1D Digital Console

Yamaha AW4416 Workstation

Yamaha DME32 Digital Engine

INDUSTRY INFORMATION

SIXTEEN GOLD/PLATINUM AWARDS ROCK MID MICHIGAN
It's happening in Michigan but but echoing around the music world. He's been a musical force in rock for more than 25 years.    Writing hit songs, producing artists in the studio or performing as a master guitarist, he is known and respected by the entire music industry. 

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MOTOWN RECORDING HERITAGE

PART 1 - "LITTLE STEVIE" WONDER
Every week or two, 13 year old Stevie Wonder would wander in to the department and visit for about a half-hour. He would always be greeted by the boss or the shop foreman saying...

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Continuing Feature - Always Posted
Find out the roots of the Detroit recording scene and where our techniques and approaches were born.

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