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The perfect Mike
Rating: 4.8 out of 5(52 ratings)
285 students

The perfect Mike

Explore the wonders of Microphones. For musicians, volunteers, professionals. For beginners and people with experience.
Created byTimoteo Alicino
Last updated 12/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • Be inspired like never before to pursuit great sound by using microphones
  • Find great sounds without the use of sound processing
  • Learn how to position a microphone for every instrument type
  • Discover the palette of tones a microphone has
  • Get to know the wonder of stereo techniques
  • Master the mystery of microphone "hardness"
  • Learn the 3 movements of microphone placement
  • Take your Live and Studio sound productions to another level

Course content

4 sections44 lectures4h 10m total length
  • Overture7:06
  • Two Questions6:50
  • Listen
  • Two analogies6:22
  • Picture this

Requirements

  • Great passion for music and sound (that is the first and main requirement)
  • Headphones or a stereo speaker system (preferably of good quality)
  • 2 microphones and preamps (a small mixer will do)
  • A DAW would be advisable for the assignments, but it is optional

Description

A lens to unseen sights, a palette to unpainted pictures a mike is the beginning of a journey of discovery that will lead you to hear the world anew.

Join Tim as he explores the wonders of mikes. The course is super practical with the majority of lectures devoted to specific instruments. With actionable knowledge and many experience-learnt lessons. Beside the instrument-specific techniques we will also cover 3 miking hows: how to choose, how to place and how to make things sound big and natural. 

The perfect mike doesn’t exist but the perfect match does.

The course will enable you to chose and use mikes like never before, making your live and studio productions came alive.

The numbers
39 + 5 (bonus) lectures
19 Assignments, to go over what you learn
3h 16m + 54m (bonus) of video lectures

Who this course is for:

  • The course is suitable for people with different knowledge and skill levels, ranging from people with no knowledge to people that work in this field.
  • Live sound engineers
  • Musicians who want to get a better tone for their instruments
  • Studio sound engineers
  • Sound volunteers in churches/school
  • People with some background knowledge that want to expand their understanding of sound engineering