Today would have been day 3 of the Recording Boot Camp in Italy but the Volcano in Iceland canceled the flights of every single student. Of course this is a big pain for all involved, but at least I am trying to make the best of it hanging out with good friends here, doing some work with a few Italian artists and eating very well.

We are going to re-schedule the Boot Camp in Italy, probably for September. Since a couple of of the students are choosing to reschedule for my next Recording Boot Camp June 14-19, there will be some spaces available for the Italy Boot Camp when we put the new date on the books. Booking is still open for the Home Recording Boot Camp in LA June 14-19

If you do not follow Ronan’s Recording Show, just letting you know that there is a new video posted there about drum recording that you might be interested in.

http://ronansrecordingshow.com/2010/04/drum-recording-advice-miking-for-two-rock-drums-sets/

Ciao from Italy

The Lion of Saint Mark - Symbol of the Veneto

In this episode we take a look at the elusive art of mastering. This is not an instructional “how to master” video, but a non technical explanation of the process, and how the art of mastering audio has evolved over the years. What is it that all those guys like Bob Ludwig, Stephen Marcussen, Greg Calbi and Bob katz are actually doing? Get the part of the answer here.

I shot this really fast on a break in a studio in Italy with REALLY bad lighting. I will replace it with a better looking video when I get some time.

If you want to watch this on your ipod, download the m4v version

A lesson for beginners on understand DIs, Direct Boxes or Direct Inject boxes. Ever wonder what Direct boxes are used for? An explanation of what they do, how to connect them and use them in your home recording studio.

To watch on your ipod, download the m4v file

Information for beginners about Mic pres. What are they? Do you need one?  What does it do and advice about integrating an external microphone preamp. Also discussed are the benefits of using higher quality mic pres and why some one might choose Neve or API or Great River, etc over the pre in their audio interface.

To watch on your ipod, download the m4v file

Welcome to the adventure of Home Recoding. In these videos we will help you understand the basic building blocks of the recording studio and how they apply to your recordings.

I am working in Italy for 5 weeks. Producing 3 singles for various artists and also doing the Italian Villa Recording Boot Camp (which still has one space available) In addition to the work I am having a lot of fun enjoying the food, wine and Italian culture. I am doing a somewhat regular video diary of my time over here and posting them on youtube.com I am posting my 4th right now. The first few are mostly about having fun and food and such, but they are going to be more and more about recording stuff as the month progresses. Click on the video below to see the others and subscribe to the youtube channel for updates, because I will not post about them here too often.

Ciao

Ronan