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Spoonbill and his toys
Brad Watts visited electronic maestro Spoonbill for Home Grown. Here’s a quick look at some of his nifty toys.
11, Oct 2009Brad Watts visited electronic maestro Spoonbill for Home Grown. Here’s a quick look at some of his nifty toys.
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MAKING THE CUT
Brendan Gallagher lands his first film-scoring gig and takes AT along for the ride.
MUSIC FROM THE CELLAR
Australian country music’s dynamic production duo, Rod and Jeff McCormack, invite us into the Music Cellar where many hits are penned, tracked, mixed and mastered.
MOOT OR MUTE?
Chris Vallejo sets up a band and tracks them to two-inch tape, and then repeats the performance on digital multitrack. It’s a mix competition with a twist… you be the judge.
Features
MAKING THE CUT
Brendan Gallagher lands his first film-scoring gig and takes AT along for the ride.
MUSIC FROM THE CELLAR
Australian country music’s dynamic production duo, Rod and Jeff McCormack, invite us into the Music Cellar where many hits are penned, tracked, mixed and mastered.
MOOT OR MUTE?
Chris Vallejo sets up a band and tracks them to two-inch [...]
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Studio Feature – Green Sound Music
Castle Cove
Tucked away in the leafy northern Sydney suburb of Castle Cove, former Split Enz drummer Mal Green has set up his ideal recording facility, Green Sound Music. The studio not only provides a great space to work in, it also sports a stupendously leafy vista, viewable directly from the control room.
The mainstays of the studio are the Soundcraft 6000 48-channel console, and two sets of Roland V-Drums, a setup Mal reckons provides not only the best drum sound any band could require, but also ensures that the drum sounds can be gained within minutes of setting up. While one kit remains in the main recording space, a second V-kit can be used upstairs if the main studio gets a bit overcrowded.
“As a drummer,” engineer/producer Mal Green explains, “I’ve found the best and the most practical way of recording drums was using Roland’s V-Drums. As you know, acoustic drums are a whole other ball game, but having the V-Drums suddenly means not having to worry about 16 channels of mics and all the cabling and outboard that goes with it. It makes it relatively simple really, only needing a couple of channels because of the MIDI aspect. Then once all the drums are ‘captured’, I record them down into individual audio tracks. I’ve just got the new TDW-1 upgrade for it, which has really improved the sensitivity and the dynamics, and also the sounds themselves.” According to Mal, the new sounds sit a lot better in the track.
Mr Green runs the show using a Mac Pro with Apogee converters, Apogee Symphony 32 card, and Cubase 4. He’s also hugely into his pair of Peach pre-amps – hand crafted by the enigmatic Dave Peach of Coogee. For monitoring, Mal’s happy with the slightly less enigmatic Yamaha NS-10s.
GreenSound Studio: 0434 933 794 or www.greensoundmusic.com.au
5, Oct 2009Castle Cove
Tucked away in the leafy northern Sydney suburb of Castle Cove, former Split Enz drummer Mal Green has set up his ideal recording facility, Green Sound Music. The studio not only provides a great space to work in, it also sports a stupendously leafy vista, viewable directly from the control room.
The mainstays of the [...]
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Studio Feature – The Attic
Alexandria, Sydney
Located upstairs at Studios 301 in Alexandria, Sydney, The Attic was set up as a partnership between Graham Thompson from Compass Brothers Records and Brent Clark in April this year: the concept being to offer access to quality production and mixdown facilities. Brent’s noticed many a project fall down at the last hurdle during mixing, simply because the artist couldn’t afford to do it in a studio with good monitoring and quality gear, or couldn’t afford the studio time necessary, not to mention hiring someone who could do the job well.
The idea was to combine the best of digital and analogue equipment to ensure a great result with no compromise in quality.
The studio has its own overdub booth next door, which is suitable for vocals and acoustic instruments. Obviously there’s a few perks being located in the same premises as 301: such as quality wiring and hot and cold running technical support. For larger sessions Brent can tie into the bigger rooms downstairs and record utilising those spaces, along with access to instruments like the grand piano and Hammond organ.
The outboard list is adequate to say the least, and includes an SPL 16-channel Mix Dream summing mixer, Focusrite and API preamps, the staple compression options such as three Distressors, a pair of dbx 160xs, and an 1176, all tied into a ProTools 8, HD2 Accel system running a bucketload of choice plug-ins, including an SSL Duende Card.
The Attic: 0417 675937 or brent_clark@netspace.net.au
5, Oct 2009Alexandria, Sydney
Located upstairs at Studios 301 in Alexandria, Sydney, The Attic was set up as a partnership between Graham Thompson from Compass Brothers Records and Brent Clark in April this year: the concept being to offer access to quality production and mixdown facilities. Brent’s noticed many a project fall down at the last hurdle during [...]
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