Music Technology Forum: Week 5 - Disc Edits

This week in Music Technology Forum, we visited a local studio called "Disc Edits". Upon arrival, we were taken into the main editing room. We had a brief discussion about what Disc Edits has to offer in the music industry, including the history and the future for Disc Edits. They have many Disc Edit buildings which have different roles, including manufacturing CD's, editing mixes, mastering etc. We were told about the room itself, and how it was specially built. The whole room itself was seperate from the actual building to limit the amount of noise coming from outside, eg. cars, noise inside the building etc. There were 2 speakers on the wall, with carpet fitted in a certain place which the boomyness of the sound is limited. The walls were built with many angles so sound can be bounced around. The wall which separates the mixing room with the recording room has been built with: wall-space-glass-space-wall-space-glass-space-wall-space-glass. Ridiculous as it may seem, it works incredibly well to limit a lot of noise. After a long talk we walked around Disc Edits, checking out the various rooms. Finally, some members of the class brought along pieces they have mixed for advice on how to make certain areas sound better. We also looked at a external EQ device where lazy people can edit from their couch; and how CD's progressed from the early years til now. Very interesting stuff.
Overall I quite enjoyed Disc Edits.

Quote of the field trip:
Simon: "I wanna steal that sign [Gibson St] and put it on my guitar."
Group: "Ahahah!"