Capturing Magic

Capturing Magic

by | Feb 2, 2016 | Bass, Drums, Guitars, Loops and Samples, Percussion, Studio Equipment, Studio Techniques, Stuff that really happened

When you really look at them and analyse why they work, a lot of classic songs and recordings of their success to a musical hook or a particular sound. From a music production point of view this can be called the capturing of magic. When the right player with a written instrument is recorded in the right environment with encouragement and inspiration then the chances of achieving some musical magic and some unique sounds are
greatly increased. It is part of the recording and production process to try to create his opportunities for recording musical magic important to ensure that instruments are in tune and the recording environment is always ready to capture the magic moment.

Old rack gear keeps breaking

Old rack gear keeps breaking

by | Jan 15, 2016 | Studio Equipment, Stuff that really happened

Sadly it turns out that most bits of rack equipment just don’t stand the test of time. I have been digging out some old bits of outboard to add them to the studio set up again only to find that one after the other they don’t work any more! It is probably battery power for the internal memories that has gone, which should be easy to fix with a bit of courage and a soldering iron, but its weird they all seemed to have failed at the same time.