Although sometimes there are bumps in the road with any install, it is important to stick it out and finish the job. In this newly upgraded Indiana music studio, designed by Eric Yoder, the client wanted a Network installed in his complex, so he is able to share files between his three computers running his music and t-shirt printing company.
One of the machines runs Final Cut Pro for doing video editing. Phil Veugeler was along to give a involved production lesson, as well as tricks for modern video production.
There were some problems getting the HD Pro Tools Accel system to fire up properly, but it was nothing Yoder couldn’t fix. At the end of the day, everything worked, and Phil and I grabbed some wings and a beer at Cigar’s and Stripes.
Home “dream” network install a complete success.
Maschine and Logic Pro to Produce masterpiece!
This week I have been creating a new piece of music for Jim Robertson. Looking for something new, I turned to the Maschine, which has been sitting under-used on the left side of the console, as I am always too pressed for time to learn new stuff.
DJ Mani
I felt now was the time, so I dabbled with NI Maschine and came up with a new approach to my production. I have to personally thank Manish for the inspiration and production tools, as i sit and bang out parts on his MIDI controller.
Thanks, bro!
This was Jim’s response to the track: “Mind blown! Don’t even know what to say E. Im sitting on a train in China smiling my ass off. You absolutely crushed this and if i could pick a “sound” going forward this is it.”
I’d say it was a successful day at Horse-Drawn…
Drumset, vocals, percussion, bass, acoustic, electric guitar, slide steel and mandolin
That was the magical combination the past few days at the front end of the Horse-Drawn complex. I have been recording Michele McGuire and her band this week, ready to release a new video and single, and full album to follow.
This project is a beautiful blend of country and folk sounds, in which we captured a natural live feel, while injecting some very cool colors into the mix. This is their second project, and they have a direct line on radio play when the project completes. You can find out more info on the first project, engineered and produced by Don Griffin.
Although their single, “One too Many” is a sharp combination of good songwriting and a crafty performance, I really like the tune “Rumble”, which I cannot stop singing out loud.
Steve had a specific drum sound in mind, so he brought in his own kit, and instructed me how to achieve the sound he wanted. I used mostly API mic pre’s for the task, and put the Focusrite mic pre’s to work on Michele’s sweet acoustic guitar.
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Big Gospel Drum Sounds
Last week I had so many comments and questions about the huge drum sound we got for last week’s Gospel projects at Horse-Drawn. We were simultaneously doing several albums, so we needed a simple setup with a few options for custom tailoring each song. For this, we used the Yamaha Maple Custom drumset, which is my favorite color – wood green!
Live Room with the Maple Custom Kit
We have power toms in all sizes from 8″ to 18″. We chose the 8×8″, 10×10″, 12×12″ and 14×14″ toms. The kick is a standard 16×22, but do to the high number of maple plies, it is one of the heaviest kick drums I have carried to gigs.
This was the mic line-up ( to answer everyone’s questions)
Kick – AKG D112, Snare top Shure sm57, Snare bottom and floor toms were Sennheiser 421′s, Rack toms were AKG C414XLII‘s, Overheads were an Audio Technica 825, Shure Beta 91 PZM mics also captured room and cymbal sounds, with a Lawson L47 crushed through a Distressor for the room sound. Everything was tracked through our Trident 65 Series mic pres and EQ’s. Massive.
Go Brian!
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Brian Pettis, Maritha Martin, Shanka Falls in the studio
We had a busy weekend at the studio this past weekend. Brian Pettis has been in tracking lead and background vocals for 3 different album projects. Brian is a master on the piano, and has repeatedly proven himself to be a skilled producer behind the glass.
Brian is able to get great performances from his artists, and the finished vocals sound amazing. I used a Neuman U47 to capture the vocals, and a focusrite class A preamp, with no eq and a Distressor for compression.
Earlier in the day, we recorded our acoustic grand piano in the live room. For this, I used 2 AKG 414′s and Shure Beta 91 pzm mics on the floor about 8 feet out with the lid open. Both of them through API mic pre’s with no compression.
As usual, everything was converted to digital using Apogee converters.
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