Artist Spotlight
Jamie Leger
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John Mayer meets John Legend meets Sublime (A fusion of Alternative/Pop Rock, Soul/Groove, and story-based lyrical content) Leger's unique flavor caters to a diversity of musical tastes. "Pop sensibilities…add to the sophisticated R&B / jazz infused …
 

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On a mixing board, panning is a knob that controls A signal’s output between two channels. For example: Spin the knob all the way to the left, you will only hear the signal from the left monitor or speaker. Set
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In a synthesizer, a patch of sounds is a set of programmed tones. Patches are triggered using midi keyboards or midi controllers, the tones of each patch can be altered by changing their preset parameters.
A patch bay is an Input/output wiring system that keeps cables and connections close together. Patch bays make rerouting, or changing the signal path more convenient and practical.
Phantom power is needed to use a condenser microphone, phantom power adds DC voltage.
Plugins are music software programs that add signal or effect processing applications to a digital audio workstation.
The direction a microphone is most receptive to.
Polyphony is a feature in a hardware or software synthesizer that can playback a number of notes at a time. (More than one)
Cloth or metallic screen placed on or near a condenser microphone. It is used to filter the pop and wind noises that occur when recording into a microphone.
A preamp is a hardware device or music software program that increases the quality of a signal from a microphone-level signal to a line-level signal.
The process of preparation prior to a recording session. These preparations include instrument selection, setting levels, and other track prep. Preproduction is developing the idea of what is going to be recorded, and planning out the way you are going
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In a recording studio, this means to record to CD or tape.