Resources
The tools, references, and organizations we use in the studio and teach in the program.
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From OC Recording
In the Studio with Asaf Fulks — The Book — our complete course text: audio engineering, Pro Tools, mixing, mastering, music business & contracts, and AI
StemDesk Plugins — the OCRCO plugin suite
IN THE STUDIO with Asaf Fulks (YouTube) — free video lessons and studio sessions
The OCRCO Audio Engineering School — learn one-on-one in a working studio
Studio Tools & Calculators
Delay Time Calculator — BPM to milliseconds (Nick Fever)
amroc Room Mode Calculator — find your room’s problem frequencies
Room EQ Wizard (REW) — free room measurement software
Arqen Acoustics 101 — room setup and speaker placement guide
Sengpiel Audio Calculators — every audio formula and converter on one page
Ear Training & Hearing Health
SoundGym — game-based ear training for engineers
TrainYourEars — EQ ear training software
MusiCares — the Recording Academy’s health resources for music people
NIOSH on Noise — the science of safe listening levels
DAWs & Software
Avid Pro Tools — the industry standard, and the DAW we teach
Steinberg WaveLab — mastering editor
Native Instruments — Maschine, Kontakt & Komplete
Plugins & Processing
StemDesk — the OCRCO plugin suite — EQ, dynamics, reverb, delay and mastering processors
FabFilter — surgical EQ, dynamics and limiting (Pro-Q, Pro-C, Pro-L)
iZotope — RX audio repair and Ozone mastering
Soundtoys — creative effects (EchoBoy, Decapitator)
Valhalla DSP — reverbs and delays, including the free Supermassive
Celemony Melodyne — pitch and time editing
Antares Auto-Tune — the standard for vocal tuning
Synchro Arts — VocAlign vocal and dialogue alignment
sonible — smart mixing tools (pure:level)
DMG Audio — Equilibrium EQ and precision processors
Audio Ease — Altiverb convolution reverb
Oeksound — Soothe2 resonance suppression
Massenburg DesignWorks — MDWEQ6 mastering-grade EQ
Steven Slate Audio — VSX headphone mixing system
Goodhertz — CanOpener and creative DSP
Universal Audio — UAD plugins and Apollo interfaces
Waves — mixing workhorses (CLA-76, CLA-2A)
Voxengo SPAN — free spectrum analyzer
Tokyo Dawn Labs — pro-grade free plugins
Free Pro Tools Plugins — curated AAX freebies (Production Expert)
Virtual Instruments & Synths
Xfer Records — Serum wavetable synth
Spectrasonics — Omnisphere
Arturia — V Collection synth recreations and controllers
Spitfire Audio — orchestral libraries and free LABS instruments
Modartt Pianoteq — physically modeled pianos
Audio Modeling — SWAM physically modeled winds and strings
Vital — free wavetable synth
Practice Multitracks
Cambridge-MT Multitrack Library — free raw multitracks to practice mixing
Telefunken Live Sessions — free multitrack downloads from world-class sessions
Samples & Sound Design
Splice — royalty-free samples, loops and presets
Freesound — free Creative Commons sound-effects library
Mastering & Delivery
Youlean Loudness Meter — free LUFS metering plugin
Loudness Penalty — preview how streaming normalization will adjust your master
Apple Digital Masters — Apple’s hi-res mastering program
Dolby Atmos Music — official tools and specs for immersive delivery
US ISRC — register the codes that identify your recordings
Podcasting & Game Audio
Apple Podcasts for Creators — submit and manage shows (Podcasts Connect)
Spotify for Creators — free podcast hosting and analytics
Buzzsprout — podcast hosting
Libsyn — podcast hosting and monetization
Audiokinetic Wwise — industry-standard game-audio middleware
FMOD — adaptive game-audio middleware
Remote Collaboration
Audiomovers — stream studio-quality audio to clients in real time
Source Elements — Source-Connect, the remote-session standard for post
Music Law & Copyright
U.S. Copyright Office — register your songs and your masters
The MLC — collect your streaming mechanical royalties
Songtrust — global publishing administration for songwriters
USPTO Trademarks — protect your artist and label names
Tracklib — clear samples legally
WhoSampled — research samples, covers and interpolations
Easy Song — license cover songs
Asaf Fulks Law — entertainment and IP counsel from the book’s author
Industry Organizations
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
The MIDI Association — the official home of the MIDI specification
DDEX — metadata and AI-disclosure standards for the music supply chain
American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
Distribution & Artist Platforms
Bandcamp — direct-to-fan sales and streaming
UnitedMasters — distribution with brand partnerships
Spotify for Artists — profiles, playlist pitching and Countdown Pages
Apple Music for Artists — profiles and analytics
AI for Music Production
Suno — AI music generation
Udio — AI music generation
Stable Audio — AI audio generation (Stability AI)
Moises — AI stem separation and practice tools
LANDR — AI mastering, distribution and samples
Content Credentials Verify — check a file’s AI provenance (C2PA)
Learning & Career
Tape Op Magazine — free subscription
Dan Worrall (YouTube) — the gold standard for technical audio education
DPA Mic University — deep-dive articles on microphone technique
musictheory.net — free interactive theory lessons and exercises
Gearspace — the audio engineering forum
Avid Training & Certification — the official Pro Tools credential path
SoundBetter — find paid mixing and production work
Every link on this page verified live — June 2026.