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[Hog]

I'm trying to get a home studio set up on my PA using Adobe Audition 3.

Basically, I use a drum machine, Line 6 UX2 and microphone.

I'm needing someone to show me a bit about compression, mixing and preferably how to use Plugins (especially for making choirs and mega epic layering of vocals)

Would pay someone.

[Pint_paul]

sounds tempting but i generaly just click and hope.

[Jeid]

Internet and lots of reading/trial and error. You'll find good info at the Sneap forum on the Ultimate Metal boards. They're a bit unforgiving with n00bs, but if you do a lot reading before asking questions, they'll be generally helpful

[ca_gere]

I see a gap in the market. There must be someone out there with good enough skills to teach and what with everyone using software to make music nowadays, there would be money to be made. Get on it.

[RockAustin]

There are some basic rules to follow to get decent sounds for the different instruments you want to record. Trial and error is a good way to go but base it at least on a little knowledge by reading about the topic.

I'm a complete novice but I think stuff I do is passable.

Happy recording

[Hog]

Indeed there is a gap in the market.

I would be happy to treat it like guitar lessons i.e. pay for tuition.

If I had the time for trial and error that would be great but I work around 80 hours per week.

Would be really ideal if someone could just show me the basics behind vst plugins, compression, eq etc.

Anyone?

[ca_gere]

Originally Posted by Hog

Indeed there is a gap in the market.

I would be happy to treat it like guitar lessons i.e. pay for tuition.

If I had the time for trial and error that would be great but I work around 80 hours per week.

Would be really ideal if someone could just show me the basics behind vst plugins, compression, eq etc.

Anyone?

So would I actually. Last week it took me countless hours trying to figure out how to assign sliders and knobs on a midi controller to the controls of just one VST instrument and even after raking through pages on the internet it wasn't easy to find answers. Are there any MIDI/DAW experts that use this site?

[John W]

Quite a few people on here have done HNC sound production i think, Fraser Mac and Runcie off the top of my head, maybe try contacting them directly, they might be able to help you out.

I'm doing the HNC right now but i'm still a noob myself and wouldn't want to pass on any info that could be less than helpful.

[Adam Easy Wishes]

I've done it too, but I can't remember anything about how plugins work.

Hog - check out articles on Home: Sound On Sound music recording technology magazine for advice on compression, EQ and the like.

[soundian]

Originally Posted by Hog

Indeed there is a gap in the market.

I would be happy to treat it like guitar lessons i.e. pay for tuition.

If I had the time for trial and error that would be great but I work around 80 hours per week.

Would be really ideal if someone could just show me the basics behind vst plugins, compression, eq etc.

Anyone?

Setting up the software/hardware can be taught. More subjective stuff like EQ. compression etc is best learned by trial and error.

Take compression as an example. There are very few controls to learn the function of and there's plenty articles on the interweb to do that. There's also plenty of places that'll show you good starting points for particular instruments in particular genres. After that it's all subjective and depends very much on your source material and intended result.