Carl Beatty is Chief of Staff to the President of Berklee College of Music, and a Professor of Engineering and Production at the College. He is also a seasoned recording engineer with nearly three decades of studio experience. He has recorded sessions for artists such as Luther Vandross, Tom Jones, Billy Ocean, Aretha Franklin and George Benson, among many others.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses many aspects of the craft of engineering a recording session. He shares his opinions on what it takes to be a great engineer, how to set up a home studio, the digital-versus-analog debate, how to choose an engineer for a project, and how to make yourself the best studio engineer you can be. He also offers advice to students who want to study engineering, and to parents of students who are considering applying to Berklee College of Music.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses some of his personal favorite recordings from an engineering standpoint, and what makes them so exceptional.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, shares his thoughts on the art of engineering a recording to sound good everywhere – in cars, in mono, on tiny home speakers – and not just on your state-of-the-art reference system.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, shares some valuable advice on setting up and running a home studio – how to keep costs down, how to get the most out of what you buy, how to manage your time and workload, and more.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses what someone needs to become a good assistant engineer – and how to remain a good assistant engineer when you start thinking you know everything about recording.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, presents some criteria that an artist or producer should look for when deciding whether evaluating whether a given engineer is the right person for the project.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, advises parents of prospective students at Berklee College of Music in Berklee’s educational philosophy, and what Berklee prepares its graduates to do.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, gives advice to novice engineers on developing the listening, technical, and diplomatic skills that great engineers all possess.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses how the era of digital recording, with its presets, wizards and unlimited tracks, encourages novice engineers and producers to get lazy about capturing performances that are musical and tight enough for the final mix. He also describes how people who are serious about their recording careers can re-visit the studio techniques of the analog age to learn some recording best practices that work equally well in an analog studio as on a home ProTools setup.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses do-it-yourself recording sessions (engineered by the artist or producer) versus sessions engineered by a professional, and assesses the benefits of working with a professional engineer.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses the lesser sound quality of most MP3s as compared to compact disc, and whether this difference actually matters to consumers.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses some of the great engineers of the past, and how their overall styles differ from what younger engineers are learning to do today.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses how engineers and producers at Berklee are trained in the art of audio engineering, and assesses what an emphasis on technology (such as Pro Tools) takes away from such an education.
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses whether digital recordings can sound as good as analog, and what determines the quality of a good or bad digital recording. He also shares his thoughts on whether or not consumers care about sound quality.
