For this week’s tutorial, the main focus was to try and finalize some specific learning outcomes for my project. The two that sprung to my mind initially was that I wanted to improve my use and knowledge of outboard hardware during recording and mixing as well as improving my overall work flow for the project. For my third learning outcome, I then decided that I wanted to improve my vocal production. This learning outcome is quite an important one for this project due to the fact that I’m working with a solo artist and his vocals will play quite a key part in the finished EP. Finally, for my fourth learning outcome, I decided that I really wanted to look at the mastering process and apply these methods and approaches to the EP, especially because I will be mastering it myself.

Myself and Ben then discussed the ways in how I would go about achieving these learning outcomes and monitoring them throughout my project. A lot of my research is going to involve researching other general and genre specific producers in the industry and looking at what skills and techniques they employ in their work. I can then use this research and utilize the techniques in my own work and see how effective and beneficial they are in my recording sessions.