Posted on Feb 10 2008 03:31 PM
"Cool pics! What is the name of the studio you recorded at?"
It's one of 2 studios at the Nova Scotia Community College for the Recording Arts program. The campus is a brand new facility this year. Our engineer, Rob, is a student at the College (and long time friend). This is the bigger of the 2 studios, which was much better for a live drum sound as the room sound plays into the recordings. The other studio's rooms are completely dead, so it's good for other stuff (modern rock). Rob did the sessions for a school project, so there was no charge! He's been recording for quite a while, so we didn't run into any problems. Great guy and great studio to work in.
"Uber-modern recording studio. Did they even have any analog gear?"
Nope, other than a couple of tube compressors (hhb Classic 60). They sure have a pile of mics. I think they set up about 17 mics (for his project) , but we'll only end up using the room mics (and maybe bass drum mic) for the drum mix. My Fender Vibrosonic was miked with an SM-57, and a large condeser room mic. The bass was miked with a large condensor and DI-ed.
The studio is running a Pro Tools System that is nice and fast.
We certainly were not dissapointed that it wasn't an analogue studio (we new that from the start). I think it's more important for the engineer to know how to use the gear to capture the bands sound. I can't tell if something was recorded in analog or digitally anymore (there was indeed a time). Especially if the engineer is good (as are the sounds he's recording..crap in/crap out).
Plus those 2" tape costs are no longer a factor (I remember spending big bucks on reels of that stuff, back in the day). I wonder if Rick's gonna master the comp digitally, or through a bunch of tube gear? The "Charlie Can Surf" comp sure sounded good whatever way it was done
I'm planning to go back to do some other stuff there. It's only 5 minutes from my place!
Rev
IPoA (In Praise of Analog):
The last studio we were in, St Cecilia's (in Dec) ran a Pro Tools System, but we ended up using a some really vintage nice tube mics. The room mic we set up was a $40,000 large condesor stereo tube mic. Wish I could remember the make (they are no longer in production). We were looking for that Norman Petty sound, and this mic had it in spades. The engineer/studio owner had a hell of a collection of vintage tube mics from his days with RCA and others in the 1970-1980's.
This is probably the best mic I've ever heard in my life. Plus he is probably the best enginner/producer I'll ever work with
Here's a pic of the mic and the control room. I'll email him to find out what the mic was. we recorded 4 tracks here for a 45rpm coming out this Summer or Fall.
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