Scott Lee


Nice Mac Pro  

Yeah old school!

I personally go for lightly toasted italian with all the trimmings. 

I'm hungry. 

 

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun10/articles/porcupinetree.htm

This is that Steven Wilson fellow- quite an interesting little article

backwoods


http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun10/articles/porcupinetree.htm

This is that Steven Wilson fellow- quite an interesting little article

Yeah it's a fascinating read. One very interesting aspect is how the stuff comes together: elaborate demo, then some aspects replaced with material recorded in multiple studios, "assembled", mixed and mastered in Wilson's home studio, little or no outboard gear, no console, etc. When I first learned of his recording setup and methods I was kind of shocked.

And many nuggets of wisdom sprinkled throughout.

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
]

 

Yeah it's a fascinating read. One very interesting aspect is how the stuff comes together: elaborate demo, then some aspects replaced with material recorded in multiple studios, "assembled", mixed and mastered in Wilson's home studio, little or no outboard gear, no console, etc. When I first learned of his recording setup and methods I was kind of shocked.

And many nuggets of wisdom sprinkled throughout.

That's how we do our album now. Demo and pre production in my studio, record drums, guitars, bass and vocals here and there, in a multitrack studio for drums, a voice studio for guitars and vocals and a theater stage for grand piano and strings, and assemble and edit it all in Sonar. When all the edits are done and all the synth programming and sound design is done, we've gotten a world class mix engineer on board to finish it up. so far no subs are involved - but when I get rich from this, a high end 2.1 system is first on the list! I'm sick of my Samsons. they suck even with a sub!

Isn't it amazing what we can do these days?

Here I am on the road, w/ a little portable setup, writing, recording, sequencing, and trying my best to come up w/ decent and relatively flat rough mixes. My entire "studio" has to fit into a suitcase along with the rest of my stuff, clothes and all. It was re-assuring to have the opportunity to listen to those mixes on proper setups when we went back home and to discover that it lived up to my expectations, even better.

Some of that will of course be re-recorded in a real studio when we go back home, but some will most probably make its way on the album - more so than I would have originally expected. I can also imagine some of it being potentially good enough for "b-sides".  

It'd be fun for me to listen to the finished product and be able to remember that this particular part was recorded in a hotel room in Spain, that one here in Russia, and hopefully have that sounding good as a whole nevertheless.

Thanks for all the reference material!!

You see, my issue right now is that the house we are living in is also a boombox of its own sort. Being all wood and a fair bit of horsehair(yes, that stuff) plaster we keep the levels down here, All rooms have sort of crown moulding as well as the deep baseboards so it is a bit of a challenge. 

Can anyone suggest, say, a means of testing the acoustics in that room? I'm looking at a measurement mic for example...any ideas?

trimph1


Thanks for all the reference material!!

You see, my issue right now is that the house we are living in is also a boombox of its own sort. Being all wood and a fair bit of horsehair(yes, that stuff) plaster we keep the levels down here, All rooms have sort of crown moulding as well as the deep baseboards so it is a bit of a challenge. 

Can anyone suggest, say, a means of testing the acoustics in that room? I'm looking at a measurement mic for example...any ideas?

measurement mic:  Behringer ECM-8000 (I just sold mine on ebay a few months ago because I didn't need it any more).
 
for how to do the measurements, read thru this thread by bitflipper.  plenty of great info there on how to measure your room using SPAN and how to build DIY traps.
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?&m=1495170&mpage=1

Brandon Ryan [Cakewalk
]

May I also ask this? What is with the level of cynicism and mistrust that finds its way into just about everything here? Why is it curious that employees offer opinions and insights into what they think is important, or just cool/fun/etc,  in today's world of recording? It's a blog post. Some see evil machinations in everything. If anything it's only to call attention to the blog and inform about Cakewalk and recording in general. It's intended to be useful information for the reader, whether a SONAR user or not.

Yeah we're trying to sell subs so we pre-empted with a blog post about subs. C'mon - that's silly.

Actually Brandon, I was going to mention that I have about 10 subs sitting in the back of a van that need a home. I can offer a great price, just don't ask me where I got them. Anyone else interested, please PM me.
 
PS- I am kidding. Seriously, the blog is not the official word of Cakewalk. It's a place for employees to share ideas, tips, and thoughts with other folks. Mike T. believes in subs. That's his opinion. Others may not share that and are free to disagree or put forth better options. The Blog is meant to be fun and informative - anyone insinutating anything different is wrong.
 
BTW, I just posted a new thread about acoustic treatments. And before anyone asks - NO we are not selling acoustic panels or power tools.
 
On a related note, this bad boy could be had for the right price. PM me!
 
 

Stick that bad boy on Ebay ;)

Beagle

trimph1


Thanks for all the reference material!!

You see, my issue right now is that the house we are living in is also a boombox of its own sort. Being all wood and a fair bit of horsehair(yes, that stuff) plaster we keep the levels down here, All rooms have sort of crown moulding as well as the deep baseboards so it is a bit of a challenge. 

Can anyone suggest, say, a means of testing the acoustics in that room? I'm looking at a measurement mic for example...any ideas?

measurement mic:  Behringer ECM-8000 (I just sold mine on ebay a few months ago because I didn't need it any more).
 
for how to do the measurements, read thru this thread by bitflipper.  plenty of great info there on how to measure your room using SPAN and how to build DIY traps.
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?&m=1495170&mpage=1

Thanks heaps!!!