iSK Audio Engineering Course

Our slogan is "Let your ears decide" and we want to help you with that!

- Intro to the course

- How Audio Changed the World

- Studio Myths and Facts

Chapter 1 - Fundamentals

 1- Basic Recording Overview

 2- What is sound

 3- How does sound flow as electricity

 4- What is digital audio

 5- Describing factors of sound quality

 6- Distortion

 7- Signal to noise Ratio

 8- How sound waves interact

 9- Phase

10- Room Acoustics

11- Analog audio cables

12- Digital audio formats

13- Microphone types, Condenser, Dynamic, Ribbon

14- Microphone polar patterns

15- Understanding the inputs and outputs of an interface

16- Signal Routing

17- Sends and Returns

18- Interference and Hum

Chapter 2 - Gear

19- The recording chain

20- Source

21- What microphones do you need

22- Recording interface

23- Preamps

24- Convertors

25- Computer for audio recoding

26- The DAW

27- Using plugins in the DAW

28- Using 3rd party software in the DAW

29- Summing Audio

30- Monitoring 

31- Headphones for professional audio

32- Outboard effects

33- Recording Studio accessories

34- What instruments should you have in your recording studio

Chapter 3 - Recording

35- An overview of the recording process

36- Recording with Midi

37- Recording with line inputs

38- Stereo miking techniques

39- Recording instruments in the proper order

40- How to record vocals

41- How to record rap vocals

42- How to record acoustic guitar

43- How to record electric guitar and bass guitar

44- Recording Drums

45- Recording Drums with minimal microphones

46- Recording unusual or difficult instruments

47- Recording acoustic guitar with vocals

48- Recording a full

49- Recording an individual to produce a multitrack song

Chapter 4 - Mixing

50- Mixing and mastering overview

51- E.Q. Basics

52- Advanced E.Q. Techniques

53- Compression Basics

54- Parallel compression

55- Multiband compression

56- Advanced De-Essing

57- Mixing bass parts

58- Stereo spreading and panning

59- Reverb

60- Using Aux busses

61- Mixing Drums

62- Mixing instrumentals

63- Mixing Vocals- how to get more sparkle

64- In the box and out of the box summing

65- How to rap vocals to a backing track

66- My mixing workflow

67- Mastering for the home studio

Chapter 5- Tips, Tricks, and thoughts from                                   behind the desk

68- Preparing for a session

69- Vocal warm ups for a recording session

70- Tube vs solid state

71- Mixer monitor technique

72- Miking the amp vs DI

73- Recording space layout

74- Drums... Electric vs programmed, vs real

75- Hard drive management for producing music

76- Power conditioning

77- Mid range = Mud range

78- How to listen with maximum isolation

79- Gain stages

80- Room layout

81- Ear fatigue

82- Fidelity of analog gear

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Chapter 6- How To's

How to record a full band with less than $1000 worth of gear