The Origins of Sound Qualities - Essential Listening

Interactive WAV audio production course

1.3 gigabytes, embedded click-to-play WAV files

100 minutes of online videos

Take at your own pace

Nowadays, anyone can make a recording of music. The question is: does it sound the way you (the recordist) wanted it to sound? Reliably producing recordings of music that have the sound qualities desired can be a challenge due to the complexity of the process.

The signal path for a recording of music can include musicians, instruments, arrangements, audio devices, acoustics, formats, techniques, and calibers of such audio components. This results in an infinite number of interacting variables that can influence a recording's sound qualities. Subsequently, it can be difficult for recordists to pinpoint the cause of undesirable results let alone what to do about them. Internet misinformation and marketing hype can compound the problem.

To provide definitive answers, The Origins of Sound Qualities Interactive WAV Audio Production Course takes the logical approach: It separates the complete recording signal path into 11 categories of components that can affect the sound quality. Then competing formats, designs, techniques, and calibers of those components are accurately compared to each other using controlled, repeatable A/B WAV file comparisons.

The comparisons used a diverse selection of musical styles for sound sources, include sparse as well as complex mixes, and employed industry standard pieces of gear as audio quality benchmarks making the audio information relatable to most sound recordists.

By accurately revealing the complete signal pathpicture, this standalone, interactive course on the subject of audio production provides recordists with the reliable way to discover where and how elusive but sought after sound qualities are created. Such knowledge is your key to maximizing your ability to intentionally produce the desired end results when recording. Includes over 90 minutes of videos and more than a gigabyte of interactive WAV audio files.

The Origins of Sound Qualities - Interactive WAV Audio Production Course

1.3 gigabytes, 848 embedded, click-to-play WAV sound clips, 406 pages,

PDF in three parts. 100 minutes of online videos Download $89.95

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Video: Five Critical Differences And Benefits of The Origins of Sound Qualities - Interactive WAV Audio Production Course

Each of the 40 Modules has an accompanying video that provides an overview and additional information on the focus of study. Simply watch the video to familiarize yourself with the Module, then read all the text and listen to all the WAV clips of that Module in the PDF.

Free Examination Copy

The Examination Copy allows anyone involved in audio education to check out this unique educational resource at no cost. Get it and discover the type of comprehensive, accurate and beneficial content The Origins of Sound Qualities - Producer's Edition

can bring to your curriculum.

141 pages with over 150 WAV sound clips selected from the Producer's Edition.
400+ megabyte of WAV files linked to text
Everything from AAD / DDD 24 track mixes to home studio / world class studio
Plugins vs. the real thing
Includes all five playback system tests from the Producer's Edition
Musical arrangements, musicianship, and "pre-production"

While the Examination Copy is free, please refer fellow recordists and educators to this webpage to get their own copy by using the form below. You will need to confirm your email for security, Thank you!

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