Jeff Strong

Jeff Strong is the Founder and President of REI Institute, which focuses on neuro-developmental disabilities.

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Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-26-2024
Understanding and diagnosing attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, begins with knowing the three types of ADHD and recognizing that they can be exhibited through secondary symptoms as well. To cope with ADHD, explore a number of treatment options and how you can approach them for better results.The three types of ADHDADHD looks different in almost everyone.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-14-2023
Woodworking brings together nature, humans, and technology to produce long-lasting pieces of functional art. A great woodworking project begins with knowing how to choose the right type and piece of wood. Then, following a step-by-step process helps you craft a successful piece every time.How to buy wood for woodworkingWhether you see woodworking as an art or a craft, your finished piece begins with a great piece of wood.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-25-2022
Becoming a great percussionist is more difficult than just hitting drums with sticks. Developing your own fluid and easy style on the drums involves practicing rudiments (sticking pattern exercises) in one of two ways: with a metronome or drumming at various tempos.Tuning your DrumsetRegardless of the size of a drum or what its drum head is made of, the fundamentals of getting a good sound out of a drum are the same.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-25-2022
Pro Tools is an audio and musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) recording program. Aside from recording audio and MIDI tracks, you can use Pro Tools to tweak your recordings to a high level of detail, clarity, and accuracy. It features some of the most powerful editing functions available.Pro Tools also offers excellent mixing capabilities that help you mix your tracks together, EQ (equalize) them, and apply effects.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-24-2022
Recording music at home means you play several roles — producer, mixer, and probably musician, too. Be sharp by knowing recording-studio lingo and how to get "your effects" by setting effects parameters for reverb and the compressor quickly and easily. © PrinceOfLove / Shutterstock.comWords to know as a music producerWhen you produce your own music at home, you need to know the language of the music-recording industry.
Article / Updated 03-17-2021
Congratulations! You have used your home recording studio and produced a final product. Now you have to work on getting people interested in buying your music. You’ve just gone from being a musician-composer-engineer-producer to being all those plus a record-company-owner-businessperson. (Exactly how hyphenated can a person get, anyway?
Article / Updated 03-17-2021
Writing automation for your home recording is easy— simply enable the parameter for which you want to write automation data, choose your automation mode, and then adjust the parameter as the session plays. The following sections detail this process.While automation is being written, it appears in your track as breakpoints with lines (ramps) between these points.
Article / Updated 03-17-2021
One of the best things about recording with MIDI (the Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is that, aside from being able to change the sound at any point without any compromises to the performance, you have immense control over nearly all aspects of your musical performance.In most newer sequencer programs, you have two main windows from which to do your editing.
Article / Updated 03-17-2021
In your home recording studio, besides a computer with enough speed and muscle, you need the appropriate hardware to transfer sound into and out of it. This requires a device called an audio interface. Audio interfaces are available with three types of connection methods: PCIe, Thunderbolt, and USB. Here’s a quick rundown on the three types: PCIe: PCIe interfaces are inserted into one of the PCIe slots located inside your desktop computer’s case.
Article / Updated 03-17-2021
If you’re going to record music using a digital recorder or mixer, you’re going to run into digital connectors (plugs and cables/cords). Digital audio equipment is a recent invention, and as such, no one standard has emerged. Because of this lack of standardization, a variety of digital connection methods are on the market, only a few (or one) of which may be on the equipment that you own or intend to purchase.