Join Shelly Yakus, a renowned audio engineer, mixer and one of the premier experts in digital and analog recording for the launching of THE ENGINEER SESSIONS, MAY 23, Thursday @4pm eastern. He will be teaching his first LIVE intimate virtual Master Class on How To Set Up Your existing or new Home Studio for your sound, where he will be sharing tips and tricks that are only known to industry insiders. Is your listening environment set up for you to make the right production and mix decisions. Shelly co-designed, equipped and operated the industry leading A&M Records music recording studios in Los Angeles. He was previously Vice President of the Record Plant recording studios, New York, Vice President of A&M studios and rebuilt AfterMaster studios, Los Angeles. Post Master class you will be fluent in how to get your best sounds at home or in the studio so your final product will compete with the best of the best. Learn to set up your studio for production, mixing, mastering so the listener can hear your music the way you intended it. With these easy techniques save yourself time and money and create a quicker path to a great product. Yes, he has mixed some of the greatest in rock and roll but his secret sauces can be applied to any type of music genre. Hear are some of the HOW TO’s he will share, which has helped him to create great sounding records over the course of his career:
Tune your room for an accurate listening environment for recording, mixing and production
Solve inherent acoustic problems which are in every home studio
Affordable acoustic treatment for your space
Set your speakers up beyond the controls in the back
Set up a subwoofer to complement your speakers
Multiple speaker technique
Know where to place the instruments and or amp in the room
Mic location techniques, positioning and best choice of microphones
Placement of room mic’s to improve your sound
Optimizing direct boxes
Use of pads
Know when your mix and production are done and is it time to stop
Shelly is widely considered one of the best engineers, mixers, sound and studio designers in the music industry. He has engineered and mixed recordings for some of the world’s best known artists including John Lennon, Lou Reed, The Band, Patti Smith, Grand Funk, Stevie Nicks, Alice Cooper, Van Morrison, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chick Corea, Tom Petty, The Band, Dire Straits, Blue Oyster Cult (mixed the actual "more cowbell" moment), Warren Zevon, Bob Seger, Don Henley, U2 and Madonna and so many more.
P.S. Music that Shelly has engineered and mixed has grossed over a billion dollars in world wide sales. So he must know something about something. A great final product is your only credit. This is an intimate experience and there are limited spots. Corona intro price $99