Ron Yates

Midwestern US

* I began in the early 1980s hosting a weekly classical music radio show during my career as a college professor at Texas A&M-Commerce. * This led to requests to record narrations for film and video projects and other presentations at the college. * When I joined the private sector in software marketing, I continued to narrate training and marketing videos created for internet distribution for such companies as Dassault Systemes, D P Technology, SolidWorks, WinTool, DATOS Computer AG, Verisurf. and others. I hold a Ph.D. in music from the University of California - Santa Barbara; and Bachelor and Master's degrees from California State University - Long Beach. I have 22 years teaching experience in higher education and 12 years in private business. I have given live spoken presentations to workshops and conventions to audiences numbering from 250 to over 5,000 and have been a music performer for over 50 years with regional groups for audiences in the hundreds to thousands. Microphones * ADK “Hamburg Edition” Large diaphragm studio condenser pressure gradient microphone with 1.0″ capsule (Primary choice for most projects) * Audio Technica MB4000C Wide-range condenser “Pencil Style” studio microphone with 0.3″ capsule * Samson C01U Large diaphragm USB condenser pressure gradient microphone with 1.0″ capsule (setup in my remote office and for "on the road") Hardware * Mackie Onyx Blackjack Mic Preamp and A/D converter * XENYX 1002FX mixer with Effects Processor * Sennheiser HD-202 Studio Headphones * SB-1270 24-Bit USB audio interface * Dell Inspiron 7010 Laptop 64-bit with 600GB Hard Drive Software * Windows 7 64-bit Premium Edition * Adobe Audition CS5 Recording Software * Adobe Soundbooth CS5 Recording Software * Audacity 1.2.6 Audio Editor & Recorder