AA1 - Week 3 (2) - Studio 2

In this session of Audio Arts, we were introduced into the workings of studio 2. We were told the start up and shut down procedures of the studio, which was the mains power, the computer, the power for the racks, the amps, the ‘tools processor, the desk if its not already on, and finally the speakers. We were also given the start-up procedure which is often used in larger studios, which is DORA.

As part of this week’s assignment we had to spend 3 separate sessions in studio 2, although we were able to negotiate that we spend one 3 hour session in pairs, which was handy for me as I am working a lot of the time on weekends. Doug and I went into the studio, equipped with a bass and amp, a guitar, a crybaby and an amp modeller. We initially DI’d the guitar, looped an apple drum loop and laid down a rhythm guitar bed. After this we added a bass line. At the start we miced up the amp (in dead room) with a shure beta52, but due to the quality of the amp (or lack thereof) we decided to DI the bass as well. Using the ‘tools mixer we also added some effects such as EQ and compression to all the instruments.


The final audio sample is here

I believe this was a successful session and has given me a fairly good idea of how to run both pro tools and studio 2.