Classical Music Information & Reviews The History of Sound Recording Technology Beginner's Electronics: 10 Skills You Need to Know Advertisement Many of us have never even touched a soldering iron – but making things can feel incredibly rewarding. There are some key skills you need when tackling electronics projects – whether you plan on fixing broken devices or assembling Arduinos (our Arduino guide), the right skills make the difference between rage and elation. Breadboarding A breadboard allows the construction of a circuit, but without soldering. A breadboard allows the input of a DC current using the channels in the left and right sides of the board. I reviewed several YouTube tutorials, which covered basic breadboarding – and this is the best: Soldering Soldering irons run the gamut from expensive to cheap – I recommend this iron. One particular method from this tutorial that I don’t recommend: Flicking solder. Here’s a clip of using a metal “Brillo” pad (it’s not really a Brillo pad) to clean your soldering iron’s tip: Using a Multimeter Multimeters perform a number of tasks. Testing Batteries Using Hot Glue Guns
What Does It Take to Be a Recording Engineer? If you are wondering what it would take to break into the industry as a recording engineer, here's a list of skills that you can begin to develop to position yourself as a future top engineer. Notice that four of the skills are what I describe as "foundation skills," that is, they are likely to be required for any music industry job. The skills in the second group are termed "job specific skills" and relate specifically to your work in then recording studio. Foundation Skills 1. 2. 3. 4. Job-Specific Skills 5. 6. 7. Record Production is the Recording Studio and Music Production resource for Record Music Producers
Part 1 #3 How speakers make sound - Animagraffs Speakers (also called loudspeakers) push and pull surrounding air molecules in waves that the human ear interprets as sound. You could even say that hearing is movement detection. So what makes a speaker travel back and forth at just the right rate and distance, and how does that make sound? Our 3D animated infographics attract thousands of viewers. Part 1 #1
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