Audio Instructional Content

Building a Home Studio

Recording Home Studio  A quick guide outlining three options, ranging in price and sophistication, to help improve the quality of your recorded audio in your Home Studio. (Duderstadt Center (DC) Resource)

Basics of Home Recording: A Guide to Building and Using Your Home Studio  (Reverb Website) 

Mixing & Audio Workflows 

A little bit about Garageband This brief video provides instruction on how to use Garageband on the Macintosh. Using the help options, making a basic recording and editing with Garageband are all covered. (DC Resource)

Final Final v2 A creative audio post-production team shares online guides and tutorials including ProTools & Zoom Production and Multiple VOIP streams and ProTools. (Final Final v2 Twitter Site)

Music Tech Explained A series of instructional videos covering topics such as Logic Pro, Pro Tools and audio workflows.  In particular, check out “What is Zoom? How it Works especially with DAWs and Audio Collaboration.” (Music Tech Explained YouTube Channel)

Mix Breakdown with Multitracks Excellent YouTube tutorials with interactive instructional content about recording and mixing. (YouTube Video featuring Brad Wood)

Video Instructional Content

Video Techniques, Tools and Workflow

Pocket Production or: Things to Think About When Pointing a Camera This video series covers many aspects of video production 101, all while being focused on using your mobile device for these purposes. This includes lighting, framing, shot composition, working with audio, interviewing techniques, developing your story, and preparing to shoot. (DC Resource)

Capturing Mobile Devices in Quicktime A video for anyone looking to showcase a mobile app, or use a mobile device as an additional recording device for a production. Here we walk you through setting up your iPhone to capture in Quicktime player. (DC Resource) 

Instructional Content tools and Creation

Camtasia in a Moment A video showing how Camtasia is a fantastic tool for creating online content. It simultaneously captures a webcam, microphone and the desktop of the computer, ALL on separate layers, allowing for simple content creation. For those who have access to Camtasia, this guide breaks down how it works and how to use the guides located within Camtasia to create instructional content. (DC Resource) 

Aspect Ratios for Different Delivery Platforms 

Horizontal & Vertical Video Smartphones have revolutionized the way we do many things in our modern life. Among them is how we view media and other video content. Since many engage with their phones in the intended upright positions, many platforms and content producers have adopted vertical video to maximize screen space. But is vertical video right for everyone? To make an informed decision on whether or not it’s right for a project, we must first understand the differences. (DC Resource) 

Fixing ‘Vertical Video Syndrome’ in Final Cut Pro X Have you realized after the fact that you held your phone vertically (portrait mode), as opposed to horizontally (landscape mode)?  This video demonstrates ways to reduce the impact of “Vertical Video Syndrome” in your final production. This video utilizes Final Cut Pro X, but most video editing software can replicate the results (i.e. Adobe Premiere Pro). (DC Resource)

Elevating Video Conferencing Quality

Tested From Home: Using an iPhone or DSLR as Webcam   Are you dissatisfied with the video quality of your laptop's built-in webcam? This video shows you how improve the quality by using an iPhone, Canon DSLR or mirrorless camera, or camcorder, and the pros and cons of each. You can get great-looking video even without a capture card. (Adam Savage's Tested YouTube Channel)

Lighting Techniques

Take better indoor portraits with natural light A video series on using natural and indoor lighting to improve your photographs. (Digital Photography Review Website)

Lighting Techniques You Can Use While Making Movies At Home This video offers tips on how to light your scenes without access to fancy studio lights and expensive tools. (No Film School Website)

Online Events 

Practical Show Tech An online lecture showcasing content from vendors and professionals in media arts & technology. (Practical Show Tech Website)

Welcome To 1979 Events, Upcoming and Archived A series of live educational community events with “Q&A in Quarantine” topics covering “Working with a Producer” and “Live to Vinyl” among many other fascinating and relevant topics. (Welcome to 1979 Facebook Group)

Online Community Groups  

Classical Music Location Recording Public Group A group of recording professionals who record and produce orchestral and choral music. (Facebook Group)

Hey Audio Student Public Group (Facebook Group)

Official Audio Engineering Society Public Group (Facebook Group)