Frankly Audio

As I stated in my initial post, I want to help get novices on their way to recording and mixing. Beside the fact that I love music and appreciate the bond that music creates between us all, I remember having been frustrated at the “teaching” style of others when I was trying to get some information and help. Right now you can use the comments section to contact me or click here. I will have a link on the right hand column shortly. I am looking to create a mailing list as well.

To help the novice as well as anyone looking to get into Quartz AudioMaster audio recording software, I have created a tutorial to get your feet wet. I’m sure there are things I’ve left out that you may want help with so feel free to email me or post a comment.

I  spent a an hour or so getting aquainted with Quartz AudioMaster (QAM) today and have to say I am very impressed. The interface is sleek and pleasing to the eye, the quality of performance is very good except for a lag between making manual adjustments to controls and the execution of the move by the program. You can use rubber band/envelopes to create value changes so in a worst case scenario, if you can’t execute and capture mix moves live, you’ll be able to input them manually.

You have a four track maximum with the freeware version of QAM. If you like it I strongly suggest paying for the program. It’s a great value. If you want to get something a little more ubiquitous, splurge on the Sony products. Those of you familiar with digital audio workstation (DAW) software probably noticed that I have nothing to say about ProTools. Here’s why; I’ve hardly ever used it. It’s expensive and has never offered anything that I couldn’t either do in ACID or VEGAS or live without. I understand it is the industry standard, but if you follow along here you will find concepts and information common to all audio recording environments. If someone wants to set me up with a free ProTools workstation… I’m all ears!

So here’s an introduction to Quartz AudioMaster software:

Quartz AudioMaster Tutorial-Introduction


Quartz AudioMaster User Guide