A truly visual way to see how sound effects matter
My Pursuit of the Perfect Sound with Martin Schleske
An inspiring clip that depicts how the “Father” fashions us to each have a unique sound / voice.
Symphony by Synchronization of 32 metronomes
An amazing parable on the 2 constituents of symphony (in its etymological sense): same heart (tempo) and a “flexible” common ground
THE PERFECT MIC – PART 5: A piece of sky – movement one
The famous song titled “A piece of Sky” sums up perfectly what it is to place a microphone properly: it is finding the angle, the position, that will reveal the glorious piece of sky you wanted and needed to see. “The piece of sky” being a unique “take” or view that truly translates and enhances […]
LAN makes 1Day 2016 happen!
On 3 June we were involved in a truly innovative event: 1Day 2016, George South Africa, involving 11 bands over a 24 hour time period. The brief was simple: – NO STAGE – NO MONITORS – NO BAND/AUDIENCE DIVIDE – NO SOUND CHECKS – NO STOPS BETWEEN BANDS To answers to all this requests we […]
EQ and MIX workshop by Timoteo Alicino, George, 4-5 November 2016
Hands-on training Especially suited for church volunteers DATE: 4-5 November Friday 18:00 – 20:00, Saturday 8:30 – 13:00 Learning is made extremely real for the students with tailor-made exercises with a supplied DAW software and studio productions* * each student will need to bring its own computer COST: R 550 FOR BOOKING* AND MORE INFO: […]
THE PERFECT MIC – PART 4: Tonic Tone
Listening is the most important aspect of sound engineering. It is the beginning and the end of all sound-related things, for all things we do should favour listening. Something that always keeps on surprising me is the reality that engineers often do not know what to listen for (maybe I will write something about that […]
And the winners are…
Here the names of our 20 winners! Congratulations, you have won a free on-line Sound Kitchen course. If you were not so fortunate, and would like to enroll, just click here If your name is listed below you watch out for an email containing steps to redeem your gift. Cliff Kibalama Riaan Kasselman Hendri Page […]
THE PERFECT MIC – PART 3: The Matching
Once we have narrowed down the options to a few, then your listening needs to guide you further. I learned a very fascinating way of matching sources to microphones from a great engineer called Michael Stavrou. It is a rather simple concept, based on establishing the hardness level a sound possesses. There is no hardness […]
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR ONLINE COURSE
Martin Strydom ★★★★★ Paddy Mallon – Dublin, Ireland ★★★★★ I am a long time amateur/semi-pro/hobbyist musician and for me the course was a really good “map” of the territory to be covered – concepts, equipment, and techniques. I completed it in about 3 weeks – too fast to assimilate all the great content. The course […]