Hi Guys,
My dad's always been a musician; mostly guitar. He's about 55, and has been playing since he was a teenager. When he was younger, he was in many bands and did a lot of touring. This is actually what caused my parents to get divorced.
Anyway, he's never had a chance to take advantage of modern computers in regards to recording. So I decided I wanted to get him into basic tracking, so he could at least have fun, and maybe make some cd's so he could hear himself play.
I helped him build a new PC, with an AMD Phenom II 965 (3.5ghz quad core), and an SSD with Windows 7.
For christmas I bought him an AVID m-box with ProTools 8 LE. I also got him a basic midi controller. He has a bunch of effects pedals, 3 amps (a marshall half stack, a small crate practice amp, and a nice Carvin 2x10). I still need to get him a decent mic for recording from the amps, but until then he can record direct.
Anyways, he's used physical mixers before, so he gets the 'virtual mixer' concept.
Do you guys know of any good videos, books, etc. that he could read / watch in his spare time that will help get him up to speed about various technologies and techniques? Any websites that are good for that?
He's pretty interested in becoming proficient at mixing, since he's always wanted to do it. Now that he's got everything he needs, he knows he can invest the time to learn the in's and out's of it.
Advice? It's hard for me to always be around so being his teacher isn't really an option.
My dad's always been a musician; mostly guitar. He's about 55, and has been playing since he was a teenager. When he was younger, he was in many bands and did a lot of touring. This is actually what caused my parents to get divorced.
Anyway, he's never had a chance to take advantage of modern computers in regards to recording. So I decided I wanted to get him into basic tracking, so he could at least have fun, and maybe make some cd's so he could hear himself play.
I helped him build a new PC, with an AMD Phenom II 965 (3.5ghz quad core), and an SSD with Windows 7.
For christmas I bought him an AVID m-box with ProTools 8 LE. I also got him a basic midi controller. He has a bunch of effects pedals, 3 amps (a marshall half stack, a small crate practice amp, and a nice Carvin 2x10). I still need to get him a decent mic for recording from the amps, but until then he can record direct.
Anyways, he's used physical mixers before, so he gets the 'virtual mixer' concept.
Do you guys know of any good videos, books, etc. that he could read / watch in his spare time that will help get him up to speed about various technologies and techniques? Any websites that are good for that?
He's pretty interested in becoming proficient at mixing, since he's always wanted to do it. Now that he's got everything he needs, he knows he can invest the time to learn the in's and out's of it.
Advice? It's hard for me to always be around so being his teacher isn't really an option.
