RID Prod School Index

BASIC RECORDING PRIMERS - Audio Specialists may skip to next section
Home Recording Primer #1	Basic studio setup techniques, including acoustics, microphone selection & placement.
Home Recording Primer #2	Basic control room techniques, including console routing & operation, sound checks, recorders.
Basic Recording Related Tip Articles	7 tip articles on micing approaches, microphone placement, console adjustments during recording, and sound checking for recording.
BASIC MIXING PRIMERS - PAS students may skip mix primer #1. All campus recording students may skip mix primer #1-2.
Signal Processing Primer	Definitions, parameters and operation of compression, gating, equalization and reverberation.
Static Mixing primer	Recommended method of completing a reference mix on a production.
Equalization Primer	Complete basic equalization guide while completing a reference mix.
Dynamics Processing Primer	Complete basic guide for compression, expansion and gating while completing a reference mix.
Basic Mixing Related Tip Articles	13 tip articles on monitoring, stereo, compression and guides to equalization for each octave.
BASIC PRODUCTION PRIMERS
Recording & Mixing The Drums	Complete sample guide for mic selection, mic placement, recording, equalization, and mixing of rock drums.
A Vocal Production Primer	Complete guide for recording and directing the performance of a vocalist.
Guitar Recording Primer	Complete guide for recording acoustic, and electric guitars.
Production Self-Evaluation	Guide evaluating the production aspects of a potential release to quality control it.
Related Production Tip Articles	7 tip articles on getting the sound and performance on drum, guitar and vocal tracks.
BASIC MARKETING & PROMOTION PRIMERS
Right Steps On The Road To A Hit	The approaches and actions needed, step by step, to release local recorded music product and attain a national release.
Record Promotion & Marketing Primer	Guide on successful test marketing of recorded music product and presentation to national record companies.
Related Promotion & Marketing Tip Articles	4 tip articles on radio promotion, sending submissions and national quality productions.