Studio Technology with Phil Moffa (Butcha Sound)

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NYC-based audio engineer Phil Moffa has earned a god-tier reputation for producing, mixing, mastering, and collaborating with some of the biggest names and labels in house and techno, including Seth Troxler, Anthony Parasole, DVS1, and Hercules & Love Affair. Since 2004, Moffa has been a faculty member at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music in NY, teaching future generations of studio producers. His former students include Michael Keenan, AceMo, and Photay. His hardware-based studio, Butcha Sound in New York city, is home to some absolutely wild toys that help Phil achieve his distinct and exquisite sound, and now he wants to show you how it all works. In this five-day, intensive course on studio technology, Phil will guide you through the complete process of building and working in a hybrid analog & digital studio. Topics will include: mixing boards, patch bays, MIDI connections, outboard effects, synthesis, old school samplers, and more. Come dive into the wonderful world of hardware with one of the best engineers working today. 


Course streams October 12th-16th at 6:00 PM PT / 9 PM ET. Classes are recorded and uploaded daily.

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NOTE: This is an outdated product page. Please click HERE to access this course using our new platform, which offers a student-friendly experience and guided lesson format. Please disregard the purchase button on this page.

NYC-based audio engineer Phil Moffa has earned a god-tier reputation for producing, mixing, mastering, and collaborating with some of the biggest names and labels in house and techno, including Seth Troxler, Anthony Parasole, DVS1, and Hercules & Love Affair. Since 2004, Moffa has been a faculty member at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music in NY, teaching future generations of studio producers. His former students include Michael Keenan, AceMo, and Photay. His hardware-based studio, Butcha Sound in New York city, is home to some absolutely wild toys that help Phil achieve his distinct and exquisite sound, and now he wants to show you how it all works. In this five-day, intensive course on studio technology, Phil will guide you through the complete process of building and working in a hybrid analog & digital studio. Topics will include: mixing boards, patch bays, MIDI connections, outboard effects, synthesis, old school samplers, and more. Come dive into the wonderful world of hardware with one of the best engineers working today. 


Course streams October 12th-16th at 6:00 PM PT / 9 PM ET. Classes are recorded and uploaded daily.

Course Breakdown:

  • Mixing board 

    • Advantages of using a mixer

    • Channel strip explained

    • Sound designing, mixing, and recording with a board

    • Routing to and from gear, interface, and tape machine

  • Wiring and patch bay

    • Advantages of patch bay

    • Normalled/Half-normalled explained

    • Sketching out a bay for your setup

    • Balanced/Unbalanced

    • Wiring it up

  • MIDI connections and setup

    • MIDI Interface

    • Sync

    • Universal MIDI settings 

    • Getting various pieces of MIDI gear interconnected

  • Processing: effects and filters

    • Function of different outboard gear

    • Connecting effects processors 

    • Multi-tracking effects performances 

    • Overdub recording effects

  • Samplers/Sequencers/Synths

    • Octatrack

    • MPCs - different models pros & cons

    • Old school samplers 

    • Favorite synths

    • Integration with DAWs

About Phil Moffa:

Electronic musician, producer, and professor Phil Moffa is also the owner/operator of Butcha Sound Studios in New York City. Moffa has performed internationally for years and has contributed his talents to the creation of hundreds of records as recordist, producer, mixer, and mastering engineer. Moffa is one half of Lost Souls of Saturn with Seth Troxler. In 2019, they released their debut eponymous album on R&S Records to critical acclaim and installed their multimedia piece 'Transmission' in Basel, Switzerland and at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Phil also has collaborated with The Martinez Brothers, DJ Spider, and Anthony Parasole on several records. As a mix engineer, Moffa has worked with DVS1, !!! [Warp Records], Kool Keith, and Hercules & Love Affair, to name a few. Since 2004, Moffa has been a faculty member at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music, teaching future generations of studio producers. His former students include Michael Keenan, AceMo, and Photay. In addition to numerous musical endeavours, Moffa is also a multimedia and installation artist. In 2020, Phil started the Butcha Sound Records imprint to release original works of both his music and art. Moffa is a lifelong NYC resident and vinyl record collector.

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