| Date |
Sat 07 Oct 07 |
| Artist |
Tom Cartledge (http://www.myspace.com/tomcartledge) |
| Engineer |
Pete Simpson (http://myurbanplayground.com) |
| Studio |
Control 24 @ SSR, |
| Tracks |
Lost Dog (working title only) Sneezing (working title only) |
| Instruments |
Guitar, vocals, percussion |
| Equipment |
Protools HD2 rig, Focusrite Control 24, Neve 1073DSD stereo mic-pre, TLAudio C1, Drawmer 1960 compressor, 2xAKG414B mics (stereo pair), AKG SolidTube valve mic. |
| Method |
Guitar. The electro-acoustic guitar was miked up using the AKG414s as a stereo pair and into the pre-amps of the TLAudio. Cardioid pattern was used with a 40Hz roll-off, one mic trained on the bridge and the other on the 12th fret of the guitar. A DI feed was also taken through the valve-stage of the Drawmer 1960 with no compression applied. [NB – only the valve pre-amp stages of the units were used here: no compression was applied at the recording stage.]
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| Effects used |
Minor EQ adjustments were made to make the 3 mics and the DI sit together cleanly. Two reverbs were used on the vocal (ambience and a delayed vocal plate), and two subtle tempo-synched delays filled out some of the space. |
Archive for » October, 2007 «
I’m happy that, now I’ve progressed through college, I’m deemed experienced and knowledgeable enough to be allowed to freely use the Einstein studio. We get the Big Toys now.
Although a little old and perhaps past its prime, the Amek Einstein is one of the most revered mixing desks in its class. We’re not talking Neves or SSLs here, but it is certainly one of the next ones down. Many famous tracks have been squeezed out of this monster. It’s all analogue and understandably intimidating with its 80 channels and scary patch-bay. For a while I’ve often wondered how engineers get “that sound”. Well this is it: analogue desks, valve compressors and pre-amps, Lexicon reverbs and 2-inch tape.
It’s lovely, and I’m only just getting my head round it….
Although it was a few years ago now, reading my journals has sparked off lots of good memories and sent me on a spree of research on the web about RMAS and where it stands today.
When I was there, I had the honour to serve alongside some very smart and wise people. And some biffs, too – we had to look after our platoon “floppy” – called for the eponymous acronym: FLOP (Fat Lazy Overseas Person). Usually fat sons of royalty from Arab countries. I personally shared a trench with the Crown Prince of Qatar on many an occasion. They were quite stoic about the whole Sandhurst thing – they were there as a kind of finishing school before they inherited. And we, soldiers training to be leaders of men, picked up the tab. There was sometimes a bit of resentment there, as they’d occasionally get preferential treatment.
But it’s not that many people who can say that they’ve kicked the arse of someone destined to be one of the richest men in the world…. 
My journals (in part) can be accessed from the link at the top of the page or here.