After a 3 hour long drive up to Albany, NY I was able to pick up a new board for the studio. Being lost in Albany was not fun, but it was totally worth the trip. I brought home a Soundcraft Ghost. 

This is an amazing piece of gear with a little history to it. I won’t give it all away here though ;). I am also upgrading to protools 8. I figure PT is the way to go to cut expense and be more productive in sessions. 

Now I just need to book some bands…..

Now that I have had the time to work on a few projects, one really exciting project for a bunch of local guys that call themselves Post No Bills, I have decided to make some changes to the recording gear and methods. I was pushing an all analog recording environment, but its just proving to be too time consuming and not very cost effective. 

I am selling my HD24 and going with a full protools rig. I feel this will be better because I will have the ability to undo punches and much more easily setup various takes of the same song. The only thing thats a bummer is that I will be limited to 16 I/O channels for analog mixing. I dont think its that detrimental though, really we tracked their entire full length in around 16 tracks. I can also track and mix digital with 16 analog inserts. The possiblities are endless. I will need to rewire the board, -which I am also replacing- going with a TOFT ATB24 instead of the eurodesk. It was a cheap impulse buy that I know regret. 

Anyway enough rambling.  I will be adding the ability to schedule sessions on the site soon. I am finish up the PNB full length the working on a EP for “The Bonus Brothers”. After that I will be taking on projects so check back soon!

Well, I am working out the last of the acoustic treatments tonight for the live rooms. I am going to have my good friend come over and bang on some omnidirectional noise generating devices (drums) to see if I can’t terminate some standing waves that will affect the recordings.

Last 4 items on the list: lights, air circulator, studio desk,  and the bass closet.  Very close…

I am starting to book bands now so give me a call or shoot me an email to get some time locked in.

Well the studio opening party was awesome. I am working on getting this website up and running.  I need to design some graphics and stuff, try to get the awesome logo that my friends made for me, etc etc.  The first band is officially scheduled in 2 weeks so I need to wrap up all the loose ends around here.

Anyways, thanks to everyone who came out to make the night a huge success. I really had a blast.

So here is, Probably the most offensive piece of music I have ever heard