Tuesday, October 23, 2007

The Microphone Man

As I mentioned yesterday, I went shopping. This is great, except that I bought a ton of diet soda and have been drinking it continuously for two days. So I haven't been able to fall asleep particularly well. This led to me sleeping in today and missing two hours of lecture, which turned out to be a relatively interesting guest speaker. Guy works for a microphone manufacturer and he came in to both pimp their products and discuss the finer points of micing. Which is the first time anyone's spoken to us for more than a few passing seconds about micing.

This is possibly the largest flaw of the school. They're going to try to cram everything about recording and mixing technique into the second half of the year, and that's just way too much information to absorb in such a short span of time. One of our teachers was even pretty shocked to realize that they hadn't broached the subject of micing yet, and that should tell you something.

Another side effect of the massive amounts of soda is that I'm playing a LOT of team fortress, and I'm getting better at it. Well, marginally better anyway. Top four or five on my team most rounds. I'll get there eventually.

That said, I'm going to play a little bit more then get some sleep. Peace, I'm out!

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