RecordProduction

2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey

March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

NOW JUST 2 PLACES REMAINING. Book NOW to be at the event! Recordproduction.com would like to invite you to a unique 2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey on the 27th & 28th March at Modern World Studios, UK, featuring the exciting new band Robot Disaster. The key aspects of the recording process will be covered including pre-production and session planning, studio set-up for tracking, mic placement, overdubs, mixing (both in-the box & using an SSL Duality desk), delivery, and archiving. This will also include effective use of studio tools: microphones, analogue & digital... [Read the full story]

Fran Ashcroft

Russell Cottier video with Fran Ashcroft

March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Based in the north of England near Liverpool Russell Cottier is specialising in rock and metal (but embracing all) genres, Russ talks on camera at his studio with Fran Ashcroft about his work. Russell has worked on tracks from Instant Agony, secondnature, Sly and Robbie, Don Carlos and Gold, Erol Holt, Lincoln Scott, Aston Barrett and many more . ’Generally I aim to produce modern punchy sounding records whist maintaining the real performance element.’ Cybaddiction Studios is Russell’s private studio based in Wirral near Liverpool, Chester and North Wales. With Pro Tools and... [Read the full story]

Compressor

The Compressor is on a Mission From God

March 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Compressor is on a Mission From God Jake: We’ll put the band back together, do a few gigs, we get some bread. Bang! Five thousand bucks. Elwood: Yeah, well, getting the band back together might not be that easy. Jake: What’re you talking about? Elwood: They split, they all took straight jobs. Jake: Yeah so you know where they are. You said you were gonna keep in touch with them Elwood: I got a coupla leads, a few phone numbers, but I mean, how many of them visited or even wrote you huh? Jake: They’re not the kinda guys who write letters. You were outside, I was inside, you... [Read the full story]

Ian Shepherd

Reasons to be cheerful about audio in 2010

January 13, 2010 · 6 Comments

Just a bit of fun – there’s a lot of doom and gloom around in some parts of the music industry, so here are some reasons that I see to be optimistic about music, recording, mixing and production as we start the New Year. Increasing bandwidth The mp3 is dead. Internet download speeds are increasing at a startling rate, and this means lossy audio compression will gradually become a thing of the past – higher bandwidth means there’s no need for it. Which is good news for audio, since as we all know, mp3 sucks. However, a major factor driving higher-quality audio codecs will... [Read the full story]

Ken Lewis

Vocal Comping – Video by Ken Lewis

December 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

Ken Lewis’ Vocal Comping Video is here! Ken is a top major label Mixer / Engineer / Producer / Musician with his own SSL Mix Room. Credits include 6 Grammy’s, 48 Gold and Platinum albums and singles, 28 #1 albums and singles, and 14 more Grammy nominations, so far. Check out Ken’s great ProtoolsMixing.com website! Read More →

Equipment

Prime Studios, Austria. Outboard gear video

December 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A big thanks to everyone at Prime Studios for the videos they’ve sent us. The main recording studio tour feature will be here soon. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this load of outboard equipment in the studio racks! Read More →

News

James Towler – Drum recording video

This is a 5 minute extract of the drum recording session with Grammy nominated and MPG winning engineer James Towler. This was filmed at the last drum recording masterclass. James takes a look at the ways to record live performances and uses his experience recording many Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood gigs over the last few years. Read More →

Phil Harding Video Interview Series – Parts 1 to 4

At last. We are delighted to feature the complete 4 part Phil Harding Video Interview series. On this page are the final two parts. It’s been nearly 9 years since our last interview with Phil so this time we once again met up at Strongroom Studios in London to chat about Phil’s career and to find out more about the behind the scenes antics... Read more of this article

The Compressor is on a Mission From God

NEW Yellow Shark Studios Video

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE HIGH REZ VIDEO After several years since shooting the last Yellow Shark Studios video we decided to update it with a new HD version. This video features studio owner Jeremy Drew talking about how the studio came about, how it got its unusual name and what they are best at. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE HIGH REZ VIDEO Special thanks... Read more of this article

2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey

Photo of the week – Ann Miniceli

This week we feature the gifted engineer Ann Miniceli – this photo was taken at the amazing Germano Studios in NYC. We expect to be featuring Ann in a video feature in the very near future. More photos are in the gallery here. Read More →

Russell Cottier video with Fran Ashcroft

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance.

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance. A man goes to the famous Lucas Carton restaurant in Paris with his girlfriend and orders the Rothschild 1928 Mouton. The waiter returns with a full bottle of wine, pours a small amount in the glass for tasting. The customer picks up the glass, smells the wine, and puts it down... Read more of this article

Photo of the Week – Real World Studios

This is a snap that we took of the amazing Big Room at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, UK. This has to be one of the largest control rooms on the planet, maybe there are larger, please comment back at the foot of this page is you know of a larger control room. Photo nerds info: Taken with Canon 5D and 15mm Sigma lens (yes, we have got better... Read more of this article

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