Alex Alcocer home recording sessions
….I’ve been busy recording some acoustic songs for my good buddy Alex Alcocer with my recording setup I have at my disposal at home. It’s been super fun fleshing out tones and ideas for these songs keeping in mind the limitations of the acoustical space and attempting to use those limitations to suit the songs. … Read more
For Every Empire – Self-titled EP sessions
For Every Empire‘s debut self titled EP dropped this past Friday, January 27th. Produced, Engineered and Mixed by yours truly at Test Tube Audio and Mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders. Give a few tracks off it a listen and go show some support by buying the full thing for only $6 on itunes. … Read more
DIY Speaker Stands & QRD Diffusor
I had been meaning to build some custom speaker stands ever since I upgraded from my Mackie MR8′s to some passive B&W Matrix 805′s (with an Adcom GFA-555 amp). Finally got around to taking on the task after some brief research and debate over how I would design them and what materials I would construct … Read more
Ready the Messenger – Drum Tracking
Started tracking for Ready the Messenger’s debut EP on 5th October 2010 at the studio at the Art Institute of Austin. We put drums in the live room and I threw up some close mics, overheads and a Royer SF-24 in Mid-Side for a room mic. Spent a good 2-3 hours just setting up drums … Read more
DIY small diaphragm cardioid condenser microphones
I built these small diaphragm condenser mics as a project for an Electronics III class. The circuit layout and design of the microphones are based on DIY microphone projects by Scott Helmke (the “Alice” mic) and Stefan Avalos’ small cardioids. The circuit schematic used is based off the Schoeps circuit and requires 48V of Phantom … Read more
