The Roger Nichols Recording Method

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Course outline

1. Plan the session and learn the workspace
2. Noise, sound and recording formats
3. Create the microphone exercise
4. Record and compare microphone response
5. Compare Shabby Road microphone models
6. Trace the channel strip
7. Prepare the supplied recording session
8. Record the incomplete first drum take
9. Record and retain the complete second take
10. Gain structure and headphone balance
11. Overdub bass and organ together
12. Overdub stereo Rhodes
13. Overdub guitar and vocal
14. Punch in without pre-roll
15. Punch with pre-roll and post-roll
16. Quick Punch and recover the missed first note
17. Loop record, compare takes and build a comp
18. Mute percussion regions and preserve fills
19. Clean the sax and audition edit boundaries
20. Reveal the remaining mix tracks
21. Build the balance and stereo image
22. EQ balance and remove unnecessary low end
23. Compress the vocal gently
24. Build one shared reverb return
25. Refine balances with the one-dB test
26. Keep useful mix notes
27. Write and read fader automation
28. Edit automation breakpoints
29. Level vocal phrases throughout the song
30. Prepare the final mix range
31. Export and verify the finished file
32. Complete the training and explain the mix