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First up Collin kicked us off with his presentation on the Hit Makers, Max Martin and Dr. Luke.
As of February 2015 Max Martin had a total of 54 songs that reached the top 10. When Max met Dr. Luke at a party, Max decided to take Luke under his wing. Max was more of a melody genius and Luke had skills in making beats and was also a very talented with the guitar. Their first work together was with Kelly Clarkson on her first album. After going through their track record and seeing just how much these gentlemen have their hands on it comes as no surprise seeing their names on every new top hit being generated as we speak.
After Collin finished his presentation Jeff made his way up front and began shortly after setting up all of his field recording equipment. Field recording is what is being recorded in a separate space or outside. Jeff laid out the history behind some of the first field recordings like the first recording of the chirp of a bird. Microphones that are used in the field include shotgun, condenser, lav, dummy head, contact, hydrodone, and coil pickups. The shotgun microphone is basically like an audio spyglass that pics up exact spot of recording with a supercardioid polar pattern. Condenser microphones give out very high details. The lavaliere mic's are good for recording space or layering close ups. A dummy head is used for binaural recordings which represents what humans can hear. The contact microphone is used to capture the vibrations of whatever it is attached to. We were given examples of what a contact microphone sounds like. One of the examples was of ants walking on sugar and it was amazing to hear the detail of something so small. Hydrophones were next on the list. Hydrophones are microphones that can record underwater. Lastly was the coil pick up mic, which picks up the sound of electrical current. Not only did Jeff go through the mic's but the preamps as well.
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