Visited a client in North West London who I have been working with for a long time to help him prepare more tracks for his upcoming live show with a new band. We transferred songs created in Logic Pro X as both MIDI and audio… Read More »Transferring MIDI song files from Logic to an FA06 keyboard
Visited Central London to spend the day with my client who was having problems with his Yamaha FX550s. Looked at the routing within his studio and tried to work out why he was getting terrible noise and distortion problems with the signal chain of guitar/bass… Read More »Diagnosing noise problems with Yamaha FX550 effects box
On-site visit to my client in South East London. Helped him download and install Auto-Tune Pro X which he had bought from Plugin Boutique. We had problems with some of the licenses not being registered to his Plugin Boutique account and with connecting to the… Read More »Installing Antares Auto-Tune Pro X
Connected with my breathwork teacher client in Spain who I helped with his Instagram Live setup last month. He had bought a new microphone and was having problems integrating it into his setup. I explained how phantom power works and how to balance signals using… Read More »Instagram Live Remote Support
On-site visit in North East London to a singer and multi-instrumentalist to help her make plans for her new studio setup based around Logic. Discussed acoustic panelling and what would be achievable in terms of noise isolation. Looked at her collection of microphones and we… Read More »Acoustic treatment consultancy
Connected remotely with a client in North London who was having problems recording his bass and guitar in Logic through some vintage (1990s) Yamaha FX550 effects boxes. Diagnosed some issues, but noise problems were still remaining. After conversation with the client, we decided his setup… Read More »Diagnosing issues with noise in vintage effects boxes
Below is a description of all the technical support and teaching work carried out by Paul from Audio Support this month. Went in to the hospital school in South East London to deliver a lesson to my Year 12 Student. Started a new project for… Read More »Diary – February 2023
Below is a description of all the Audio Support technical support and teaching work completed in January 2023. Remotely connected to a private studio in Spain. Helped the client with setting up his drum kit for recording in Cubase. Talked him through the connections between… Read More »Diary – January 2023
Connected remotely to a client in West London to help him set up Audio Movers software in Cubase. This would allow my client to connect remotely to another producer he wanted to work with collaboratively.
(This is an article I wrote in April 2022 as a response to a problem I was regularly seeing with my Logic Pro clients) Background Having provided technical support for Apple products for nearly 20 years, I’ve tracked their massive growth as a company. Initially… Read More »The Growing Problem of Music Software on Macs