Posts tagged with “recording” and “music”
Signal Chains (beta)
Matt and I have been working on Signal Chains for a few months, and are finally somewhat ready for the public to see it. I’m going to create a crisis here to make what we did seem so much cooler:
The Problem: Audio gear is expensive. Few brick and mortar stores carry expensive audio gear and will let you get your grubby little hands all over it before purchasing. Conversely, when people post audio samples online, you’re not always sure what is involved. Is it really that mic that sounds that way? Or is the preamp they’re using coloring the sound?
The Solution: Signal Chains is essentially a way for audio engineers (or those who call themselves audio engineers) to share their signal flows through audio samples, documenting each piece and process involved. It does this by providing a somewhat standardized method of doing so.
Coming soon… from the attic!
Forty-Five hours of recording in three day’s time at the residence of everyday/everynight in preparation for their next album, “Trust”. This was my nook for the weekend.
“Smile”
Disregarding audio quality, playing quality, singing quality, lyrical quality, and overall quality, I put this song together tonight.
Most of my gear is in several different places, so I’ve convinced myself it’s alright to make crummy recordings using the MacBook built-in microphone. The bass is the only exception, recorded straight through an FP10 pre, which I borrowed. Mixed in Ableton Live 7 without care. Enjoy.
Smile by Ross Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://rossisbrown.com.
everyday/everynight - Moon Phases
This has been finished for a while but just recently released. It’s the debut release of a band several friends are in, everyday/everynight, and it’s called Moon Phases. I recorded, mixed, mastered, and played bass on this thing. I also painted the first moon on the cover art. All tracking was done within three days at my house. Mixing and mastering was done at The Punch in Lenexa, KS.
The main challenge throughout the whole process was not an uncommon one: retaining the dynamics of the songs without isolating you to a quiet room and an awesome stereo system. It’s definitely on average “quieter” than a lot of albums, but we all agreed it was an appropriate album for that sort of thing.
Pick one of these up and support your local working band. * rimshot *