Posts Tagged ‘recording studio’

New All Wood Rack Case

Posted: March 21, 2018 in Gear, Tricks of the Trade
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My eyes aren’t what they used to be, and I’ve been wanting to get a couple of my favorite preamps (the ones with tiny knobs) up higher and closer where I can tweak them easily. I didn’t want to buy a new desk, so I needed an 8U short rack (12 inches deep only). Poking around online I came across Nice-Racks, which is basically a guy who makes gorgeous all-wood racks in a workshop at home. They are made to order, very reasonably priced, with lots of wood finish options. I chose maple to match my desk. I ordered through PayPal, and the rack arrived in about two weeks. It sits perfectly on my desk. Absolutely  beautiful. I recommend this guy without any reservations!

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All wood, 12in. deep 8U Rack from Nice-Racks

Recording Sarah McCutchan

Posted: July 15, 2012 in Recent Projects
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My niece Sarah McCutchan was in town last week to attend a music camp for teenagers at Trevecca University. She would be with us for a day and a half before leaving to go to the camp. She indicated interest in recording a few songs. I didn’t know what to expect.

I had her tune my guitar and warm up her voice. Sounded pretty go so far. She knew how to tune the guitar! And her voice sounded promising.

Tuning and Warming Up

I set up a matched stereo pair of MikTek C5 small condenser microphones in an ORTF (near coincident) arrangement and had her track the guitar parts first. The goal was quantity, not quality – so we mostly just ran through the 7 songs quickly, using first takes. We only had about 6 hours to do the whole project!

Then it was into the vocal booth. No pitch problems! A strong voice, though. The best arrangement seemed to be the Neumann TLM103 through the Universal Audio 610 MKII  channel strip. Since there wasn’t much time for tweaking, this tube mic pre and compressor/limiter would help control her peaks (with just a tiny bit of limiting only).

The result was wonderful. Plenty of small errors due to the fast pace and no retakes. But lovely. Here’s a sample, posted by her father on SoundCloud. The other songs should be accessible there as well. Enjoy!