Recording Drums, Percussion - & Dealing with People Who Like to Hit Things 2 Here at The Coolest Studio in London Town - we get all types knock knock knocking at the door - little tiny people - long gangly ones, threadbare gypsies & be-suited impresarios - & the odd werewolf. One thing they all have in common - they come to SHStudios to sound good - & this is how we go about that particular science. Snare Drums The snare ...... is a drummers' signature - on the record "Burnin' Beat" you can immediatley tell who's taking a solo, as Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich are two top-of-the-game boys, who are not only phenomenal players - but also have a unique sound. Most session guys have a collection of snares for differing timbres & shades - & pre thinking a recording - begins with snare selection, as it's the one sound that will hit the listeners ear consistently throughout the recording - & from the centre of the audio...
Here at The Coolest Recording Space in London Town - we got all kinds of studio shazzle - mixers / compressors / eq's - but for audio capture, the most important thing aside for the mics - are mic preamplifiers. They come in all shapes & forms - from lovely vintage tube pre's that warm up the sound of an instrument or space to super fast solid state units that capture transient material (like metal drums or fast picked acoustic guitar) to transformer based pre's that you can distort at the input to add bloom & energy to an audio source. This is a Vortexion tube preamp as used by Joe Meek & the Who back in the 50's & 60's - beautiful for recording drums, guitars, vocals & ambient spaces with ribbon microphones. They were broadcast quality units that add a rich, fullness to the mic chain. You can also use them to pleasantly saturate vocals etc in post production. vortexion These Ampex 602 units came out of an old tape recorder...
Baba Ali New Music Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we do a Lot of editing, mixing , & producing for bands locally & across the globe! It's been nearly 2 years since I mixed Baba Ali's breakout single " House " - that got him 6 weeks of radio rotation & half a million spotify plays! Now we've done it again - Black & Blue is out today on the Zen FC label - already getting airtime. Baba has always had a fascination for classic funk & electronic music ( from Parliment Funkadelic to Grace Jones & All points in between) but his vocal melodies & lyrics come from the alt dance / rock scenes - and it works! What we end up with is a melting pot of musical forms that not only make you think - makes your body move too. So head over to your fave music platform ( Spotify - Amazon Music - Apple Music - Tidal - Deezer etc - or listen to it HERE ) & Put some Dance in your Pants! Mixed, Made & Produced w...
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