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thomas_david

About Me

I am a life long student of audio but have a professional education from Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences *arguably the best Audio Engineering education on the planet..*. I am all about music for Motion Picture, DTS surround and plan to take my work in that direction..After returning from San Francisco and Phoenix I now work as a Creative Specialist for Apple Computer and setting up a pre production Music/Video editing lab *Electric Thought Process* here in Tucson, I also plan on applying my audio knowledge to my own personal projects and also producers, artists and directors that I choose to work with..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2004
Band Members: Thomas David (Vestax pdx2300 with pmc07 *TD modded fader* Boss RC20 Loopstation Digitech Delay, Boss dd3 Delay, Dunlop Crybaby Wah Pedal) Otari MTR 12 analog tape machine, MPC2000XL, Korg Trinity Plus, ProjectMIX I/O control surface/18-14 Interface, 2.0 dual core G5, Logic pro 7.1, 2 AMT8 MIDI interface's *16in, 16out* Pro Tools 7, Reason 3.0) Justin Marsh (Studio and Live Percussionist)
Influences:Bruce Lee, Albert Einstein, Tom Dowd, Les Paul, Rick Rubin, Rudy Van Gelder, Steve Jobs, Hélio Gracie, Yoda, DTS audio, 2 inch Tape, Non Linear DAW's, vocalists that DO NOT need pitch correction, Analog Tape Machines, Akai Samplers, 12 inch Records, everyone that has been there since day one (you know who you are), anyone who can show there sole through whatever creative outlet they choose and last but not least my family..
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Business Week: Apple Most Innovative Company for Third Year in a Row

For the third year in a row, the design-driven masters in Cupertino, Calif., lead the pack of creative firms on our list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Apple manages to dominate any would-b...
Posted by thomas_david on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:13:00 PST

thomas_david at NAB 2007

Apple as many people know that got a ear to the floor knowing that Apple is about to shake up the NAB conference this year, and I have been chosen as one of the Creative Specialists to be at the booth...
Posted by thomas_david on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:38:00 PST

R.I.P. Ahmet Ertegün

Ahmet Ertegün was a huge model for me, Below I've posted an L.A. Times article written by Robert Hilburn, which is a great tribute to Mr. Ertegün's legacy:The popular notion is that without Elvis Pres...
Posted by thomas_david on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:00:00 PST

Analog Synthesis at TapeOpCon2006

this along with Loops and Beats, Mixing in the Box, Advanced Surround and Logic were my favorite highlights of the TapeOpCon2006, I appreciate all the triple OG engineers and mad scientists that share...
Posted by thomas_david on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:14:00 PST

I now work for Apple..

you need a Logic, Final Cut or Pro Tools tutor? i can get you set up..you need a crazy hectic raid setup? i can get you set up...get at me..
Posted by thomas_david on Thu, 18 May 2006 01:42:00 PST

D was being hella serious with his...

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Posted by thomas_david on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:46:00 PST

These Songs Leads are made by SCRATCHING..

the songs you hear on my page are me limiting myself to use only my turntable and outboard pedals with post editing and primary tracking in Logic..I make this shit on the fly multitracking scratching ...
Posted by thomas_david on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:19:00 PST

Electric Thought Process gear list as of now

2.0ghz Dual Core Powermac G5 *M-audio Project Mix I/O Firewire Interface / Control Surface**KRK V8 series 2 active nearfield monitors*32inch Philips LCD *HDMI connection*2 Emagic AMT8 MIDI interfaces ...
Posted by thomas_david on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:19:00 PST

TapeOpCon 2006

will be in Tucson AZ, at the FOX theatre, im looking forward to the Mastering panel and Advanced Surround panel the most. Im very hype that this Conference is in my home town.....
Posted by thomas_david on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:42:00 PST