Setting up a home studio just got a lot easier
"Designing Your Home Studio,” a fun-filled "How To” guide for setting up a home recording studio.
Are you planning on setting up a home studio but not sure if it’s something you can do yourself? Already have a home studio but not happy with the sounds that come out of it? "Designing Your Home Studio,” is here to help. GRAMMY© Award Winning Recording Engineer/Producer Francis Buckley unravels the tangled world of setting up a home studio and gets you closer to that "Hit Record” sound!
Regardless of your level of experience "Designing Your Home Studio,” shows you how to get the most out the room, your gear and your creative time! Designed to be both fun and informative, this High Definition DVD is an easy to follow, entertaining guide filled with solid information on setting up gear, placing speakers, using sound panels, bass traps and lots more. There’s even a "Quick Start” guide to get you to the information you need right away. Pop the DVD into your computer and there’s a handy "Tech” section with helpful information on different types of speakers, a wave- length chart to illustrate bottom end issues and sweep tones for checking the response of your room.
"Hit sounding records don’t just happen,” and that’s something Francis knows a lot about. With more than sixty albums to his credit, a Best Engineering GRAMMY© and numerous gold and platinum awards, Francis helps you design a room that makes it easier to get that "Hit Record” sound. Using minimal technical jargon, Francis and co-host Kristen Brockman take you step-by-step through the process of transforming an ordinary spare room into a viable recording environment.
"Designing Your Home Studio” is a must have for today’s recording musician.
Customer Testimonial
"This DVD is a must have for the home recording musician. Understanding simple solutions to basic sonic problems is the first step to creating that perfect mix. Francis makes this simple, fun and educational. I highly recommend it."
Dan Heck
Director of Education
Pinnacle College “Sound Master Recording Engineer” Program
Francis Buckley
With a background in music from childhood and recording experience extending back to the early 1970’s, Grammy Award winning Engineer/Producer Francis Buckley has been making records for over 20 years. His experience ranges from the groundbreaking punk act Black Flag’s first album "Damaged" in 1980, to winning the Engineering Grammy Award in 1996 for "Q’s Jook Joint" with Quincy Jones. Francis’contributions as engineer and mixer to such multi-platinum recordings as The Pointer Sisters’ "Breakout", Paula Abdul’s "Forever Your Girl", Wilson Phillips’ "Wilson Phillips", Alanis Morisette’s "Jagged Little Pill, Quincy Jones’ "Q’s Jook Joint," and many others, have helped to sell over 100 million-plus records worldwide.
Francis began producing while acting as chief engineer at W.E. Studios in Redondo Beach in 1979. In 1980 he became chief engineer for Unicorn Records and worked with many different acts including Black Flag. In 1981 he moved to MCA Music Publishing, beginning a 10 year stand as Director of Recording Services. It was at MCA that he met producer Glen Ballard, with whom he shared a 14 year partnership.
Now, aside from doing session work, Francis has been concentrating on the lost art of artist-development. Francis is working with singer/songwriters Noel, Tod McLeod and Michael Buckley, Lap-Pop Artist "Lo-Fi Sugar", Soul/Rock group "The Underground Railroad" and the funkiest thing to ever come out of Mexico "Pilaseca" as well as many Film, TV and Commercial spots.
Feature Films
"Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her", "City Of Angels", "The Wedding Singer", "Spawn", "Star Kid", "Pokemon 2000", "Pinocchio", "Jungle Book", "Tommy Boy", "Andre", "Lean On Me", "The Sluggers Wife", "Flashdance".
Coming soon, "The Furnace" main title, score and ADR, "Sweetwater" engineer and producer of song for film, "The Commune" engineer and producer of songs for film.
Television
"Amnesia" with Dennis Miller (NBC) main title, "Wendy Williams" (Fox) main title, "American Idol Ford Music Videos" (Fox) season 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, "K-Ville" (FOX), "The Riches" (FX), "Drive" (NBC), "Eyes" (ABC), "Summerland" (Fox)season 1 & 2, "Boomtown" (NBC), "Murder On Pleasent Drive" (Family), "The Goodbye Girl" (CBS), "Mad TV" (Fox), "Happily Ever After" (HBO) 2 seasons, "The Wall" (Showtime),""Shake, Rattle and Roll" (CBS), "In His Fathers Shoes" (Showtime), "Riot" (Showtime), "Live Through This" (MTV), "At Any Cost" (VH1), "Hendrix" (Showtime), "Queen of Swords" (KCOP) "Power Rangers Time Force", "Power Rangers Wild Force", "The Mon Colle Knights" (Fox Family)
Broadway
"It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues"
Original Cast Album "Live at Lincoln Center"