Friday, October 19, 2007

Mixing of the "Houndz" Record Begins

All tracking has been completed, this week I started mixing...


Mixing the "Houndz" record is intense, due to the amount of instruments / tracks - Protools screen shots below:

Edit Window:



Mix Window:

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Drum Micing at Flashpoint - Studio 1

Drums were recorded for Digital Audio Workstation I at Flashpoint:






Kick - 421 with a Chandler LTD 1 Mic Pre/Eq
Snare - 57 with a Chandler LTD 1 Mic Pre/Eq
Toms - 421's with Api 512 Pre's/Avedis Eq's
Over Heads - Sound Deluxe 195's with Wunder Mic Pre's/Eq's

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Houndz Tracking Completed- The Final Overdubs: The Lakeside Choir from Evanston Illinois

Tracking 12 members of the Lakeside Choir, again at Gallery of Carpet Recording in Villa Park:

AT4051's in stereo - API 512 Mic Pre's




All Recorded Elements for the Houndz Tracking Session have been completed:

Drums 5 piece
Electric Bass
Rhythm Electric Guitar - 1
Rhythm Electric Guitar -2
Lead Electric Guitar
Synthesizer - Piano
Synthesizer - Strings
Trumpet
Trombone
Baritone Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Trumpet - 2
Lead Tenor Saxophone
Lead Vocal
Backing Vocals - 4 part
Choir - 12 members

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Flashpoint Music Control Room Is Online!

Control Surface: Digidesign
Mic Pre's: Chandler, Wunder, Great River, API and Helios
EQ's: Chandler, Wunder, Great River and Avadis
Compression: Chandler, Crane Song, Emperical Labs and Purple Audio
Monitors: Barefoot
Effects: Waves Bundle, TC M2000 and M3000's
Recorders: Protools HD and Alesis Masterlink