Telefunken AK-47 vs. Mojave Audio MA200 shootout..Files and comments to come over the weekend.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Shootout!
Telefunken AK-47 vs. Mojave Audio MA200 shootout..Files and comments to come over the weekend.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Reverb..
Anyone who has a suitable convolution reverb should check out the free Bricasti M7 impluses that Acousticas.net are giving away.
Sounding super (I've yet to hear the hardware, which I imagine is crazy good).
The Bricasti was reviewed recently in TapeOp.
Here's the download link - http://www.acousticas.net/World/IRs/AcousticasM7.zip
More on convolution reverbs soon.
Sounding super (I've yet to hear the hardware, which I imagine is crazy good).
The Bricasti was reviewed recently in TapeOp.
Here's the download link - http://www.acousticas.net/World/IRs/AcousticasM7.zip
More on convolution reverbs soon.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
My demo hell
Plugin demo, that is.
I tried out the SPL Transient Designer and TwinTube plugins recently.
Anyone who's used a Transient Designer will know what a useful little tool it is - it can really rescue a less than ideal source.
I've had good results with it in killing nasty boingy rings on close mic'ed drums and easing down the attack on a hammered acoustics.
It's also very cool for subtle changes that can bring a track a little more to life - a bit more attack on a bass or guitars, or whatever.
I also figured I'd give TwinTube a whirl.
I think I've mentioned before how much use I get out of the URS Saturation plugin - just the other day I used it to add some grind to a drum bus for the first time in ages.. great sound.
The TwinTube offers a single saturation sound, but luckily its one that compliments the URS plug quite nicely - a somewhat smoother sound overall, but still very much able to provide plenty of dirt.
At the moment it's sitting on a lead vocal for a song I'm mixing and I'm quite happy for it to be right up front.
The harmonics section is one of those features thats just begging to be abused.
While it can be handy for adding some life to dull instruments or synths that roll off everything above 2khz, the way it reacts with the saturation section (read : brings the crazy) is almost certainly going to be roundly abused in the next few days to make some fun sounds.
The 'hell' part of the demo experience is that I initially only bought Transient Designer after the demo period expired, but those clever Germans at SPL promptly dropped an extra 30-day trial of that and their EQ Ranger plugin (haven't tried it, the last thing I need is more EQ).
This fiendish ploy has most likely gotten them an extra sale :/
I tried out the SPL Transient Designer and TwinTube plugins recently.
Anyone who's used a Transient Designer will know what a useful little tool it is - it can really rescue a less than ideal source.
I've had good results with it in killing nasty boingy rings on close mic'ed drums and easing down the attack on a hammered acoustics.
It's also very cool for subtle changes that can bring a track a little more to life - a bit more attack on a bass or guitars, or whatever.
I also figured I'd give TwinTube a whirl.
I think I've mentioned before how much use I get out of the URS Saturation plugin - just the other day I used it to add some grind to a drum bus for the first time in ages.. great sound.
The TwinTube offers a single saturation sound, but luckily its one that compliments the URS plug quite nicely - a somewhat smoother sound overall, but still very much able to provide plenty of dirt.
At the moment it's sitting on a lead vocal for a song I'm mixing and I'm quite happy for it to be right up front.
The harmonics section is one of those features thats just begging to be abused.
While it can be handy for adding some life to dull instruments or synths that roll off everything above 2khz, the way it reacts with the saturation section (read : brings the crazy) is almost certainly going to be roundly abused in the next few days to make some fun sounds.
The 'hell' part of the demo experience is that I initially only bought Transient Designer after the demo period expired, but those clever Germans at SPL promptly dropped an extra 30-day trial of that and their EQ Ranger plugin (haven't tried it, the last thing I need is more EQ).
This fiendish ploy has most likely gotten them an extra sale :/
Friday, May 8, 2009
It Lives!
I'm back on the Blog Wagon, so to speak.
Just finished up a single/7" for Hired Hands with mastering by Richard down in Wav Mastering.
Had a lot of fun recording them in their rehearsal space (a large church hall), a lovely room with nice ambience. In fact, the room was like an extra member of the band - in a good way, luckily.
I even managed to take a pic during the live tracking part of the session, although most of the juicy stuff is obscured - nice big pic here.. PIC.
Drums are hidden between two down n' dirty gobos (tables covered in blankets) with the guitar amps either side (one, a Vox, is visible to the right).
Bass amp is behind the Mac, facing away from the drums.
Drums were SM7 on kick, U87 snare, Royers overhead all into API.
An ATI 8mx2 took care of the other mics - 441s on guitar, SM57 and some MXL mic on bass.
Clarinet, Sax and fiddle overdubs were Royers with a little bit of U87 here and there.
Vocals were mostly SM7.
The next week or so will be mixing the new Land Lovers record at home, with finishing touches back in Nutshed Studios where the album was tracked in a fun but intense 5 days in March.
12 hour days with recuperation via rum leaves little time for sleep :)
Just finished up a single/7" for Hired Hands with mastering by Richard down in Wav Mastering.
Had a lot of fun recording them in their rehearsal space (a large church hall), a lovely room with nice ambience. In fact, the room was like an extra member of the band - in a good way, luckily.
I even managed to take a pic during the live tracking part of the session, although most of the juicy stuff is obscured - nice big pic here.. PIC.
Drums are hidden between two down n' dirty gobos (tables covered in blankets) with the guitar amps either side (one, a Vox, is visible to the right).
Bass amp is behind the Mac, facing away from the drums.
Drums were SM7 on kick, U87 snare, Royers overhead all into API.
An ATI 8mx2 took care of the other mics - 441s on guitar, SM57 and some MXL mic on bass.
Clarinet, Sax and fiddle overdubs were Royers with a little bit of U87 here and there.
Vocals were mostly SM7.
The next week or so will be mixing the new Land Lovers record at home, with finishing touches back in Nutshed Studios where the album was tracked in a fun but intense 5 days in March.
12 hour days with recuperation via rum leaves little time for sleep :)
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