Beat Thang

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE

Instructor Profile: Reavis Mitchell All of our SAE instructors are industry professionals drawing from a vast range of diverse professional experiences, so it’s quite entertaining to hear their various stories of past or current projects. One such story comes from SAE Nashville Instructor Reavis Mitchell (pictured above), who played an integral role in designing, programming and building a mobile production machine called the “Beat Thang.”

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Sound Advice: EQ Tips & Tricks KD 1

SOUND ADVICE

  In the inaugural episode of SAE Institute and Sound School’s “Sound Advice,” SAE Atlanta‘s David Lopez instructs how to give your Kick Drums added distinction and depth in “Sound Advice: EQ Tips & Tricks for Kick Drum pt. I.” Check out the lesson on the SoundCloud player below:

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

 Student Spotlight: Reid Willis “Student Spotlight” is a recurring segment where we feature an SAE Institute student and some of the projects they’ve been working on. This week’s featured student is Reid Willis from SAE Atlanta.  Four bleak synthesizer tones descend in a chilly progression to open Radiohead’s Kid A, generating the unique atmosphere of an album that’s the aural equivalent of an animatronic hug: a pre-programmed electromechanical assurance that everything was, is and will continue to be all right. [...]

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Currently under construction in Canyon Lake, TX is Firefly Studios, the newest addition to the studios of SAE New York Graduates. Helmed by SAE graduates Kelleigh Drennon and Dan Flynn, the studio is set for a January 2014 open. Built on a large plot of land outside Austin, the studio will also house a Photography Studio, Concert Venue, and Apartment. “The goal of the studio is to make it so that an artist can come in, record an album, have [...]

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