This is the blog of the recording of an album by the Detroit band PAS/CAL: http://pascalstudio.blogspot.com/ The music is sweet, rock and rollicking pop with all the right ingredients. The 2 ‘singles’ ‘What Happened to the Sands’ and ,’The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let’s Go)’ available for download from the band website (http://www.pascalgoespop.com/) sound [...]

Tapeop is a magazine and associated website (http://www.Tapeop.com) that was/is created by a dedicated group of recording professionals.  I have learned so much from this institution it’s not funny.  I was first introduced to the magazine in the year 2000 when I was given a copy of what looked like a ‘zine by my friend [...]

Came across this on the internet. It gives a short blurb about why analog multitrack tape recorders are still valid in this digital recording age (not that analog multitrack tape recorders need a reason to be valid). http://www.proaudioeurope.com/london/vintage/multitracks/index.html The ‘Why get one’, and ‘So what are the sonic advantages’ sections speak volumes to me and [...]

My friend and recording studio partner Jason plays in a punk rock cover band. www.grampapunk.com They are playing a show Saturday, Feb 11/06 at a rock club named Zaphod Beeblebrox If you live in the Ottawa region and like the classic you should check them out as they rock like only people who lived it [...]

Reel to reels in the movies… http://juanjorodriguez.eresmas.net/r2rinmovies/r2rmovies.htm thought I would share as this is an oddball, but enjoyable site, IMHO.   

One of the resources I use on the old interweeb is the web site of the venerable British mag ‘Sound on Sound’: http://www.soundonsound.com/ I had a subscription to the mag but I let it run out as I found i could get more info from their knowledge base as opposed to the mag.  They mainly [...]

The singer / songwriter I was recording last night had a tendency to tap his foot very loudly, or hit the mic stand with his guitar or body. The end result of which there was some nasty noises on the takes caused by the microphone being given short, sharp shocks. Overall the performer was really [...]

Here is an helpful / interesting thread on the tapeop.com message board. It’s pictures of diffrent peoples miking techniques for the drums. http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=31237 As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

So I have recently upgraded from a 1/2″ 8 track to a 1″ 16 track. While the 1/2″ treated me well for many a year and I loved the economy and methods of being limited to 8 tracks, an opportunity arose that i couldn’t refuse and I decide to take the plunge along with my [...]

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