Posts by Sam Fisher
Signal Flow Drills
The greatest advantage of SoundcheckPro is the ability to practice signal flow drills on your own time at home. You don’t need to think about the costs and space of hardware. Let alone having to investigate the proper ways of setting up an environment. SoundcheckPro presents you world-class environments that are ready to explore. SoundcheckPro…
Read MoreTeaching Signal Flow Over Zoom
Audio Engineering requires a strong “hands-on” emphasis on software and hardware technologies. Many hours are needed in order to fully grasp the concepts of physical environments. Access to recording studios or live-stages are a challenge for both educators & students. The recent pandemic has amplified this challenge globally! Social restrictions have drastically impacted the ability…
Read MoreAudio Educator Series : Matt Holmes
There has been an on-going discussion on the possibilities of changing the course of education while we have the opportunity. Many aspects of the student learning experience are being lost in these dialogs. Mainly, that “personal” is getting lost in the discussions about “personalized education” How “personal” can education be if the educator has…
Read MoreDemonstrating Channel & Monitor Path in SoundcheckPro
The “Split Console” feature inside of SoundcheckPro allows our advanced console to be used as both Channel & Monitor path, emulating the signal flow of working with an inline desk. Until we release an inline console this is the recommended method to demonstrate. The channel and monitor path are essential points for an audio engineer…
Read MoreEducator Series: Rory Walker
Rory Walker has been working in audio education for over 10 years (SAE,PointBlank), helping students learn their way around the studio on a variety of recording & mixing consoles. In our first educator series, Rory explains the essential use cases of the SoundcheckPro & VirtualStudio training software and why they are important for pro audio…
Read MoreRecommendations for Pro-Audio Courses this Fall 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”18546″ img_size=”large”][ultimate_spacer height=”10″][vc_column_text]Whether or not your program is intending on using Soundcheck, I wanted to offer up some tips and recommendations I’ve learned from hundreds of hours of conversations with educators since the onset of the pandemic. Where it stands now, social restrictions are unpredictable. There have been multiple occasions where I’d be…
Read MoreHow Soundcheck Differs from the Traditional DAW
For so long many engineers have grown more dependent on the DAW to do their work. The purpose of a traditional DAW is to achieve the best-crafted sound in the quickest time from infinite possibilities of tools etc. That is great for modern editing & production. However, that is not at all how…
Read MoreUsing SoundcheckPro in a Course
Making the transition to virtual training could make one hesitant. There are many questions and considerations that rightfully need to be examined prior to making the jump. Whether or not you are an educator or student, the idea of virtual in audio technology has been a blackhole of discussions since the dawn of digital. There…
Read MoreCase Study: Teaching Signal Flow with Virtual Simulations
Educating students on the topics of consoles, patchbays and signal flow presents it’s share of challenges. Most scenarios the teacher won’t have hardware in front of the class. For those that do, there isn’t the capacity for the students to practice leading up to their first studio labs. Students will follow along in lectures about…
Read MoreCovid Response: Pro Audio Education
Pro-Audio classrooms are empty during the pandemic as courses have been forced to transition to online platforms. COVID-19 Response: Pro Audio Education There has been a drastic change to the way educational programs operate across every possible industry. The sense of “hands-on” experience has drifted for many as classes are transferred online to platforms…
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