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Home Recording Video Package (VHS)

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Overview

Ramp up your studio skills with this video foursome packed with useful knowledge!

The MVP Home Recording Video Package consists of 4 informative VHS volumes including: Getting Started, MIDI Made Easy, Sound Improvements, and the Complete Guide to Mixing. Together they comprise a thorough and enjoyable overview of what it takes to make pro quality recordings at home. Volume 1: Getting Started shows you how to set up and get the most out of the gear you have. Volume 2: MIDI Made Easy teaches you everything you need to set up and operate a MIDI studio. Volume 3: Sound Improvements shows you how to use various outboard gear. Volume 4: Complete Guide to Mixing shows you how to get a pro-sounding mix.

Instructor Dave "Rainman" Banta is a multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning engineer who has worked recordings with Sting, Coolio, Luther Vandross, Tina Turner, and many more artists.

Features

  • Volume 1 - Getting Started
  • Set up and work a home multitrack studio
  • Mic drums, bass, guitar, and vocals
  • Operate a multitrack tape recorder
  • Turn a closet into an isolation booth
  • Operate a mixing board
  • Create special effects
  • Use dbx noise reduction and more
  • Pick and use microphones and more
  • Volume 2 - MIDI Made Easy
  • Use controllers, sequencers, and sound modules
  • Hook up MIDI gear
  • Sequence a song
  • Edit sequences
  • Sample/edit samples
  • Use a sampler to improve performance
  • Create a drum loop
  • Use synthesizers
  • Deciding which setup is best for you and more
  • Volume 3 - Sound Improvements
  • Add channels to your current mixer
  • Use compressors and gates
  • Hook up and operate effect units (reverbs, echos, flangers, and harmony processors)
  • Use graphic EQs
  • Use aural exciters
  • Sync keyboards to tape and more
  • Volume 4 - Complete Guide to Mixing
  • Create a mix that sounds good on any system
  • Make synths and sound modules sound more like real instruments
  • Make effects (reverbs/delays etc.) sound natural
  • Add clarity to each individual instrument and give each one it's own space within the mix
  • Give maximum stereo width to your mixes
  • Add "pump" to your mix
  • Mix in your home, or anywhere and more
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