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What makes a good sound designer according to Michel Bordeleau
This past semester, we had the pleasure of inviting sound designer Michel Bordeleau to give a master class to our students. Son of one of the first Quebec editors at the NFB, Mr. Bordeleau started in the film industry at a very young age, making his first experiences...
How to prepare for a career in audio
How to prepare for a career in audio:an interview with Iain Booth. At Musitechnic, we call him the “Dean”! Iain Booth has been one of our teachers since 2009, and a proud alumnus since 1993. Primarily responsible for teaching Audio Mixing and Sound Recording classes,...
Distortion and timbral manipulation: 5 essential plugins
A perfect amplifier produces a signal of greater amplitude at its output, but of the same shape as the input signal. If the output signal does not have the same shape as the input signal, we say that there is distortion. This means that the audio system (the amplifier...
How to choose your first microphone ?
How to choose your first microphone?So you are looking to buy your first microphone. You have probably done some research already and, if you are a member of various Facebook pages or website chat rooms, then you have often seen the following. “What is the best mic...
Saturation vs Distorsion : Explications and Audio Examples
The saturation or more precisely the saturation of a magnetic tape (tape saturation) occurs when in the recording stage, the intensity of the sound signal (input voltage) is too high (hot). The original characteristics of the sound signal are then modified. A form of...
Explore modular synthesizers with VCV Rack software
Modular synthesizers have been popular for a few years now. This trend is not indifferent to the growing popularity of electronic music or electronic music. Not so long ago, the word synthesizer evoked an image of a case with various rotary knobs assembled to a...
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