Tutorials

In addition to the tutorial videos featured below, every student at the Recording Connection can schedule live, individual tutorial sessions on anything in our curriculum they need help with, and as often as needed.

Dave Pensado Video Tutorials

Dave Pensado is a Grammy Award winning (for the 2008 Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains Album) mix engineer who recently partnered with the Recording Connection and shared his hundred plus Into the Lair tutorials with our Students.

iZotope RX3 Plugin Overview – Into The Lair #90

Dave’s Favorite McDSP Plugins – Into The Lair #89

Mixing Kick Drums – Into The Lair #88

Digital Clipping Is Your Friend! – Into The Lair #87

How To Mix Rock Guitars (and get them WIDE!) – Into The Lair #86

How To Maximize Your Bass Tracks – Into The Lair #86

Mixing Live Drums – Into The Lair #85

How To Fix Over De-Ess’d Vocals – Into The Lair #85

How to Mix Cymbals – Into The Lair #84

Get Great Vocal Reverbs Using 3 Mono Sources – Into The Lair #84

A New Idea for Vocal Delays – Into The Lair #83

Vocal EQ Techniques – Into The Lair #82

All About Audio Compression Ratios – Into The Lair #81

Keyboard Shortcuts You Need To Know – Into The Lair #78

Master Low End on Stereo Bass Tracks – Into The Lair #77

Get GIANT Synth Bass Tracks In Your Mixes – Into The Lair #76

Stereo Hi-Pass/Lo-Pass Filter Technique – Into The Lair #75

How To Create Reverb Effects from Delays – Into The Lair #74

Vocal Delay Effect Tricks and Tips – Into The Lair #73

Humanizing Digital Tracks – Into The Lair #72

How To Use Reference Mixes – Into The Lair #71

The Top 5 Things To Do Every Mix – Into The Lair #69

How To Mix A Song Based on It’s Style – Into The Lair #68

Audio Mix Trick Using a Signal Generator – Into The Lair #67

New Side Chain Compression Techniques – Into The Lair #66

Dissecting a Mix Pt. 1 – Into The Lair #64

Dissecting a Mix Pt. 2 – Into The Lair #65

Mixing Background Vocals – Into The Lair #63

Retaining Transients When Using Limiters – Into The Lair #62

Creating Vocal Delays Without Plug-ins or Hardware – Into The Lair #61

Mixing Vocals for Earth Wind & Fire – Into The Lair #60

Working With Low Frequencies – Into The Lair #59

Into The Lair #57 – Ear Training Part 1 [FULL]

Into The Lair #58 – Ear Training Part 2 [FULL]

Into The Lair #55 – 80’s Snare Drum Trick

Into The Lair #56 – Tracking Drums with Greg Wells and Ian MacGregor [FULL]

Top 10 Mix Mistakes (Part 1) – Into The Lair #54

Into The Lair #54 – Top 10 Mix Mistakes (Part 2)

Into The Lair # 53 – Advanced Parallel Compression Techniques

Into The Lair #52 – DBX 160 + Pultec Kick and Snare Parallel Compression Trick

Into The Lair #51 – Mixing Multiple Synthesizers (Similar Frequency Ranges)

Into The Lair #50 – Mixing Pro Lead Vocal Tracks

Into The Lair #49 – Manipulating Top End on Vocal Tracks

Into The Lair #48 – Enhancing Elements of a Mix

Into The Lair #47 – Creating LOUD tracks w/ EQ and Compression

Into The Lair #46 – How To Make Your Mixes LOUD!

Into The Lair #45 – Ozone 5 Advanced Overview with Dave Pensado

Into The Lair #44 – Various Types of Reverbs

Into The Lair #43 – Working With Multiple Instrument Tracks

Into The Lair #42 – Working with Bass and Kick Drums

How to Use Aux Sends While Mixing – Into The Lair #41

Into The Lair #40 – Creating Interesting Vocal Effects

Into The Lair #39 – Triggering Drum Effects Using Samples

Telefunken Mic Shootout (Part 1)

Telefunken Mic Shootout (Part 2)

Into The Lair #38 – Instrument Levels in a Mix

Into The Lair #37 – Using Pads While Mixing

Into The Lair #36 – Techniques for Mixing Synthesizers

Into The Lair #35 – Vocal Delay Techniques

Into The Lair #34 – Mid-Side EQ Technique

Into The Lair #32 – Vocal Mixing with EQ, Compression, and Effects Part 1

Into The Lair #33 – Vocal Mixing with EQ, Compression, and Effects Part 2

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Pro Tools Video Tutorials

Pro Tools is the industry standard DAW (digital audio workstation) developed by AVID. It works with both PC and MAC. If you want to be successful in music you need to know Pro Tools. The following Pro Tools tutorials will help you setup, run and use Pro Tools.

Using the Compressor/Limiter in PRO TOOLS

Using 7 Band EQ in PRO TOOLS

Using D-Verb Plugin in PRO TOOLS

Changing Track Color in Pro Tools

Introduction to Pro Tools: The Industry Standard for Music Production

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Logic Pro Video Tutorials

Logic Pro X is another popular DAW developed by Apple for use on MACs. Recently upgraded, Logic Pro X has become very robust and is the DAW of choice for track production by some. It’s low price and increased versatility contribute to its popularity.

How To Make A Dubstep Wobble in LOGIC PRO X

FREE Virtual Instrument For LOGIC PRO X

FREE EXS24 Patches LOGIC PRO X

FREE LOGIC PRO X Audio Effect

Sampling in LOGIC PRO X — Part 2: Transients

Sampling In LOGIC PRO X Part 1 Regions

Logic Remote App in Logic Pro X

Flex Pitch in Logic Pro X

Track Stacking in Logic Pro X

LOGIC PRO X – A First Look

Retro Synth in Logic Pro X

MIDI FX in Logic Pro X

LOGIC PRO X Drummer Part 2

LOGIC PRO X Drummer Part 1

LOGIC PRO X Creating Vocal Harmonies

LOGIC PRO X Bass Designer

Glitchy Piano Effect in LOGIC PRO X

Add Sub Bass To Your Kick Drum In LOGIC PRO X

Change Tempo Without Affecting Pitch In LOGIC PRO X

The Reverse Effect In LOGIC PRO X

Loops and More in LOGIC PRO X

Vocoding In LOGIC PRO X

Sidechain Compression in LOGIC PRO X

How to Add New Patches to the EXS24 in Logic Pro X

Key Commands in Logic Pro X

How to Keep Logic Pro X Running Smoothly

Introduction to Logic Pro X: A Powerful Tool for Track Production

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Ableton Video Tutorials

Ableton Live is a music production and performance software program who’s strength is in both MIDI based projects and live performance based projects.

Introduction to Ableton

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Reason Video Tutorials

Reason, from PropellerHeads bills itself as a music production software studio. It has an outstanding virtual patch bay. While primarily considered a consumer product, Reason does cross over into the professional world.

Introduction to Reason

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Audacity Video Tutorials

Audacity is an open-source multi-track audio editor for both Windows and MAC. While limited, it is very easy to use and can handle basic audio tasks well.

How to Export An Audio Mix In AUDACITY

Effects In AUDACITY Part 2

Effects in AUDACITY Part 1

How To Import .WAV Audio In AUDACITY

AUDACITY Layout Part 2

AUDACITY Layout Part 1

How to Download and Install AUDACITY

DAWS Compared: AUDACITY and GARAGEBAND

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Audio Engineering / Music Producing Curriculum Supplemental Video Tutorials

The following tutorials are supplemental lessons and exercises to our audio engineering and music production curriculum. They cover Equalization, Compression, Mixing, Effects and more.