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Showing posts with label Studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Studio. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Cover Art
This is the cover art for our upcoming release "Hell Lives" by Half-N-Half. Album is due to drop August 19th in MP3 format. CD release sometime this fall. Can any one guess the mythological connection?
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Peace, Jeffrey
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Half-N-Half upcoming Release
The album is now in post production. Looking at around the middle of August for full release. Slightly behind original release date but life does get in the way sometimes. These two songs are planned to "bookend" the record with "Hell Lives" opening and "Forever There" closing.
Thanks to all for your support.
Thanks to all for your support.
Half-N-Half
Peace, Jeffrey
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Studio
A long time and many paths traveled... We are back. We have a new release for you all to check out from our Vacaville California based band Half-N-Half. We hope you enjoy "Forever There".
http://www.reverbnation.com/pmphalfnhalf
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Studio
I have been traveling much of late but have finally settled at our family home in Vacaville CA. The Wheeler Ranch is a magical place of which I am sure I will comment upon more in the future. With a layover at Dark Hollow Studios in Medford OR last weekend, I was able to do some engineering and lay down some bass/drum tracks to a song I have been working on. "Robins and Crows" started as a vocal/acoustic guitar piece that I am now trying to take to the next level, so to speak.
I arrived at the ranch Monday afternoon and by Tuesday we were laying tracks with Half-N-Half and playing around with mic placement, gear and other such sundry "have to do's". Wednesday brought heavy rain that ruined any chance of recording out in the shop and has continued up to this writing. The metal roof of dads shop saw to that. In the mean time I have been working on my Mastering suite and acoustically treating the basement mix area in the family home.
Here are a few pics of our setup. It needs a little more refinement but overall, I am happy with the results to tape so far.
PsychoManifesto Music Production
I arrived at the ranch Monday afternoon and by Tuesday we were laying tracks with Half-N-Half and playing around with mic placement, gear and other such sundry "have to do's". Wednesday brought heavy rain that ruined any chance of recording out in the shop and has continued up to this writing. The metal roof of dads shop saw to that. In the mean time I have been working on my Mastering suite and acoustically treating the basement mix area in the family home.
Here are a few pics of our setup. It needs a little more refinement but overall, I am happy with the results to tape so far.
PsychoManifesto Music Production
Friday, February 7, 2014
Studio
Last weekend my close friends Bean and Hafjac came over and helped me rack up some old gear. Bean moved stuff around and Hafy manned the fillips tip screw driver. Best of all, they handled my "do it my way personality" pretty damn well. I thank you Brothers.
Some of the gear has not seen tron flow for over 10 years and i was hoping all the tubes would light up and... they did! Behringer tube pre's and compressor/gates will handle incoming signal duties. Not top of the line stuff by any stretch of the imagination but, when used properly they sound very good. In live settings they help control the bleed from other mic's. I am still far away from building my studio into one with true isolation so they help in that environment as well. At this point better gear would not produce better results.
I recently picked up some more microphones, stands, cables and tie-wraps. I found a 16x4 snake at a pawn shop on the cheap and picked up a reference mic at the same time. Now days instead of needing expensive outboard gear to shoot (measure frequency response) a room you can use a laptop, free software and some white noise (full spectrum noise). I will be shooting both the master studio and the tracking studio in preparation for some acoustical treatment.
I am mixing a new track for the Half-N-Half album titled "Dont" and am getting more excited every day to go back to the family ranch in Vacaville CA and record.
Eight years ago i was recording in here. Over the ensuing years i have continued to jam with close friends, build motorcycles here and store way to much crap. Thinning the crap out now and slowly bringing her back to the former status of "Studio".
PsychoManifesto Music Production.
Some of the gear has not seen tron flow for over 10 years and i was hoping all the tubes would light up and... they did! Behringer tube pre's and compressor/gates will handle incoming signal duties. Not top of the line stuff by any stretch of the imagination but, when used properly they sound very good. In live settings they help control the bleed from other mic's. I am still far away from building my studio into one with true isolation so they help in that environment as well. At this point better gear would not produce better results.
I recently picked up some more microphones, stands, cables and tie-wraps. I found a 16x4 snake at a pawn shop on the cheap and picked up a reference mic at the same time. Now days instead of needing expensive outboard gear to shoot (measure frequency response) a room you can use a laptop, free software and some white noise (full spectrum noise). I will be shooting both the master studio and the tracking studio in preparation for some acoustical treatment.
I am mixing a new track for the Half-N-Half album titled "Dont" and am getting more excited every day to go back to the family ranch in Vacaville CA and record.
PsychoManifesto Music Production.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Master
After much goings on... Things are starting to straighten out. With my computer in the offensive corner, it's fan noise is much louder... hmmm.... I listened to the masters completed so far and it seems that a little white noise in that corner is a good thing. Sudo bass trap? It is feasible. All i know is the bass is more vibrant in all the songs. The monitors are still to close to the wall however, the improvement in acoustics is undeniable.
Since the last shout out i had to rack up the the mic pre's and hook it all up. OCD is a dangerous disease.
Today was spent swishploping gear and modifying the desk (swishploping is a technical term for moving shit to a more convenient place although, not convenient for watching TV). I was also getting reflections from the left monitor due to the tower, printer, desk, and what not.
After all the measuring and sawing and stuff......
... ready for a re-fit.
I have some Half-N-Half to mix. Laid down some vocals to "Hell Lives" last week. Here's to a faster work flow.
PsychoManifesto Music Production
Since the last shout out i had to rack up the the mic pre's and hook it all up. OCD is a dangerous disease.
Today was spent swishploping gear and modifying the desk (swishploping is a technical term for moving shit to a more convenient place although, not convenient for watching TV). I was also getting reflections from the left monitor due to the tower, printer, desk, and what not.
After all the measuring and sawing and stuff......
... ready for a re-fit.
I have some Half-N-Half to mix. Laid down some vocals to "Hell Lives" last week. Here's to a faster work flow.
PsychoManifesto Music Production
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Beer and Black Mackie
Playing around with my new Mackie MR8's. My fav studio monitor for sure. They sound better than my Audix N-5's through a Spec 4. The sound stage at console distance is phenomenal. Of course...
BLACK SABBATH RULES!!!
PsychoManifesto
BLACK SABBATH RULES!!!
Charles channeling his inner OzzY
PsychoManifesto
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