Keep Dreaming...

Another day of dreaming... We really should save for a Neve Console... until then... we continue.

A late session last night as Ace stopped through to record his vocal parts for the Tyborn track. We paused for about an hour between each take to talk about things completely unrelated, and allowing him to catch his breath, but the takes finished and this weekend we will move onto the mixing process.

Earlier in the evening, we had a discussion on the things that are still needed. And this weekend between mixing sessions we are giong back to construction to build some things to polish the sound. Once the ideas come to life we will test them and post some pictures.

Aside from myself, Luke, the others are heading back to school. So expect more akwardy worded updates from me in the future.

Vintage Bingeing

Last night Fallen stopped by and finished up mixing the Tyborn Jig record for them. From what I heard of it, it sounded pretty good. Can't wait for it to be pressed and on the move. After that we rerecorded the bass for the sample track using the direct line through the avalon vt737, and it sounds much better than before. Ace is coming through to record his vocals tonight, so our first full sample should be done by the weekend. Not only that, but before Fallen left he gave me all the tracks for the Tyborn album, so expect some remixes in the near future.

Today, as part of my normal routine, I spent quite a bit of time researching vintage mics and shopping for them online. I found more than a few that I would love to have. I think I am going to have to get a second job.

Expect to start seeing some sound clips starting this weekend.

Modified Atmosphere Packaging...

Where's the beef?  

It's been a slow week but I think it was much deserved. The studio is coming along nicely, the sounds are getting better, the new carpet smell is dissipating, and we've unfortunately discovered that one of our circulation vents blasts air into our studio directly from the bathroom. We'll leave it up to you to figure out how this was realized. Here's a hint, it involved farts. Not ours. 

We're looking forward to some recording. GaiDen's album is moving along nicely, the Tyborn track is being edited, and the final construction projects are being realized. Hopefully we'll have another band in for some free tracking in the next couple of weeks and samples will be posted. School is starting up again and the summer is winding down. Don't fret, those summers come as fast as they go and you can't stop Brick and Mortar. Well, maybe you can, if you ate something that didn't agree with you and ours is the only bathroom available.

Keep in Touch(Nice). 

Our First Experiment... Tyborn Jig

Last night was our first real experimentation recording a full band. Tyborn Jig, local Des Moines rock quartet, was kind enough to donate some time and willing to record an older song so that we could test room acoustics, mic placement and what little knowledge we have of all the things at hand.

So while David was eating dinner with his grand parents in Central Illinois and Christian was being a responsible adult looking at houses, I was guessing mic placement, and being slaughtered by Elliot's guitar amp in the booth room trying to adjust mics. Luckily the guys were really familiar with the song, and the entire recording process didn't take more than 2 hours once everything was set up. The entire process lasted just longer than Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Eegah.

Later tonight I am going to work on the mix, and hopefully we'll have a sound clip to upload tomorrow.

7/20/1969/8/14/2008...

The Eagle has landed. 

When Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon he said he shut one eye, put his thumb up, and blotted out the Earth. This didn't make him feel like a giant, he said it made him feel very, very small. A couple of years ago some of Neil Armstrong's hair was stolen by his barber. 

On to our own Apollo Mission. One of the final pieces has finally fallen into place. Today we received our DigiMax Microphone Pre extending our number of inputs to 16 with 12 mic inputs. Works great for recording the drums. 

One small step. Here's our first transmission. It can only get better. 

The Tortoise and the Hare...

Slow and steady. It's been quite a metamorphosis underground, but like cicadas every 13 years things have to break through the top soil. No glitz, but the bells and whistles necessary for what you need. Jagger was right.

We've had quite some success with the booth; a test today that left us smiling. Young Tripp came in and blew some minds. The guy lost his job this afternoon and came into the studio and dropped rhymes that most people only dream about. It's nice to record things that people were created to say.

Looking forward to more.