Homing in on it!!!
The acoustic treatment from GIK Acoustics will be delivered on the 16th.
The Sound Anchor ADJ1 stands showed up from Vintage King (thanks to both outfits!) and I’ve got rough positioning done:
They’ll hold the Dynaudio LYD48’s from Sweetwater (more thanks to both of those outfits!).
Tomorrow… rug shopping.
Baby steps. The desk is assembled (without a hitch I might add, thanks Sterling Modular!!!)
And, The Whelping Box is officially an SSL shop.
Next up, sound attenuation courtesy of GIK Acoustics. (it’s ordered!!!)
Well, a little more anyway.
Almost done assembling the desk.
Finally, some long awaited progress on The Whelping Box Studio.
Paint, lights, and initial assembly of the desk.
Also picked up an SSL Nucleus yesterday!!!
Recorded at R’a’r Bar in Long Island City, and mixed by yours truly. Tons of fun to do and there’s another one in the works!!!
Holy smokes! One of the first thing’s I ever recorded in The (old) Kennel in Dumbo was this band called Remenitia. I was inexperienced, they were young and broke… it could have gone better. (I wish I could redo it for them).
Anyway, they kinda disappeared, I never got a CD and I occasionally do a search to see if I can find some audio evidence. Today I did!
Not sure all of these are my tracks from The Kennel, but some definitely are (Depression, Female Duty, and Role Model… I think – the others sound to good to have been me).
Ohh.. and some video:
War Dogs Live at Otto’s Shurnken Head.
Role Model Video (Maybe my audio?)
Ah memories.
It’s nice working with a budget, even a relatively small one.
Thanks to James over at GIK Acoustics for helping me design an acoustic treatment package for the new Whelping Box Studio.
I chose them based on a review in TapeOp and on their commitment to using materials that won’t kill me and my Clients.
Dealing with them has been great! And I’ll have a properly treated room to mix in… finally.
Well, the die is cast. This thing showed up earlier this week.
Many thanks to Ron and the gang at Sterling Modular for hooking me up with some B-stock to save some dough!!!
It will hold the patch bay on the right and the the converters, Rascal Audio Tone Box and maybe the API2500 on the left.
This image shows an Avid s3 in the center but I’ll be opting for an SSL Nucleus (series 1).
But first… room treatment. In the works.
It’s been a while since I’ve had an adequate space of my own in which to work. 15 years actually. Don’t get me wrong, I love working at other people’s shops and will continue to do so… but you know… sometimes you wanna sing in your underwear at 2 in the morning.
Last week we closed on a new home… with a finished basement. So I give you the first sneak peek at the new Whelping Box studio:
More to come…
Spent the day doing vocals at Ray Ketchem’s lovely studio again.
I’m not really a singer, but I have a pretty good high lonesome harmony shtick. And I got to do it all day today into this:
I’ve not spent any time in front of a real Neuman u47 (although Ray says he has one), but I’m not sure how much more vocal mic you could want. It was a real pleasure to yell at this thing all day.
And now I’m saving up… again.