User:MaoZhengfu

If there is one thing that is most obvious about me, it's that I'm passionate about music and recording technology. I first began recording music in the 1980s, using a TASCAM Portastudio and a beat-up Shure SM58. By the 1990s, after interning at various recording studios in North Central Indiana and Southwestern Michigan, I began recording and mixing demos for regional artists in an ADAT-based project studio. I feel blessed to have worked with such a great number of talented (and patient) musicians during that time as I got my feet wet as a recording engineer. In 2003, I relocated from the Michiana area to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I continued working as a freelance recording engineer. I also completed a recording engineering course through the Audio Institute of America during that time. In 2007, I began working as a Sales Engineer for Sweetwater Sound; which was, suffice it to say, an immersive experience with regard to modern recording technology. Sweetwater’s employee accommodation pricing (and generous gifts from product vendors) also allowed me a cost-effective way to bring my studio into the 21st century. My current studio, which is located in an acoustically treated room, is centered around a Macintosh computer running a plethora of audio-based apps and plug-ins. My studio’s hardware setup consists of a humble collection of analog gear, which is piped into the Macintosh through Apogee converters. I monitor with JBL LSR 4300-series studio monitors. As a working professional in the recording industry, I'll be happy to contribute any "expert" information that I'm able to dredge up.