Last weekend Zed Marty visited me to do a studio tour here at Orthogonal Records. We talked about the acoustic design of control and recording room, the outboard gear, microphones, instruments and stuff and even a little bit about how I am using a touch screen to control Cubase. Most of all we had a … Continue reading Studio Tour
DIY LA2A vs. Plugin
As a follow-up to the LA2A comparison I did with Zed Marty, I did a more in-depth comparison of my DIY LA2A to a well known plugin, the TRacks White 2A. I am comparing snare drum, bass guitar, rythm guitar, lead guitar as well as vocals. Furthermore I've also got versions where the plugin signal … Continue reading DIY LA2A vs. Plugin
Stam SA76 vs. Klark Teknik 76-KT
The second video my friend Zed Marty and I did is a comparison of the extremely affordable Klark Teknik 76-KT with the Stam Audio SA76. Marty had prepared female vocals of the great Celina Seilinger taken from a Lewitt multitrack session. We talk a little bit about the compressors and then dive into the comparison. … Continue reading Stam SA76 vs. Klark Teknik 76-KT
DIY LA2A vs. Klark Teknik KT-2A
Last weekend my friend Zed Marty and I met at his studio and did a comparison of the very affordable Klark Teknik KT-2A with my self made P2P LA2A. Of course we also talked a little bit about the design of the LA2A and the internals and components of the DIY version. I always wanted … Continue reading DIY LA2A vs. Klark Teknik KT-2A
Al Schmitt On The Record
One of my presents last christmas was a very lovely book. Now it's not uncommon to get a book for christmas, especially when you're a heavy reader like I am. But this book here is something very special. It's a quasi-biography of sound engineering legend Al Schmitt. However, it's not only a biography in the … Continue reading Al Schmitt On The Record
DIY LA2A – some pics
As some of you already realized I started building my own gear recently. The first project I did was an LA2A with original point to point wiring. Martin Zobel, founder of analogvibes.com who is also a colleague on the german recording board recording.de got me to participate in this project. I have to say it … Continue reading DIY LA2A – some pics
[MIX] Sabbatical Hinter Dem Mond
Lately I was lucky to work with incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist Egoze Neurot on his latest song "Sabbatical Hinter Dem Mond". It's a german indie-pop song released under the pseudonym N[]SHOW. As always the artist and I collaborated a lot during the mixing process to obtain a result the artist is delighted with. Here's how the … Continue reading [MIX] Sabbatical Hinter Dem Mond
Google Translate Widget
Since wordpress now offers Google Translate as a widget I thought I could give that a try. I am already working on providing the sites content in a switchable bilingual format, namely english and german. However, this is obviously a lot of work and while I am still in the middle of translating everything the … Continue reading Google Translate Widget
Mixing Big Band Jazz
To challenge myself a little bit I decided to regularly start mixing genres I'm not so familiar with. One of these is jazz and blues performed by a big band. Although, I love big bands and already listened to Glenn Miller when I was a little boy, I've never mixed a big band recording myself … Continue reading Mixing Big Band Jazz
Brainworx bx_console SSL4k G
brainworx bx_console ssl 4000 at a closer look expecially regarding its touch capabilites
