FIXED HINge: Production & Mixing

 

Welcome to our fixed hinge...It’s pretty great here

its A SPACIOUS small LIVE ROOM: 425 SQ ƒeet and it is a perfect place for me and all the musical nonsense I love to work on TO BE HOUSED IN.

we tracks lots of variables here, from live bands to classical piano music. A BEAUTIFUL 1963 LUGWIG DRUM KIT AND A tip top 1976 Yamaha u1 Piano greets you and it goes from there.

FRANKLY, It is my pride and joy in non human form. 

GEAR

WE HAVE A NICE SELECTION OF PREAMPS AND OUTBOARD GEAR (NEVE, API, STAM AUDIO, UNIVERSAL AUDIO) WITH A NICE VOCAL CHAIN THAT INCLUDES THE FLAVOURS OF 1176, LA2A, LA3A AND API 525.

MICROPHONE SELECTION I THINK WORKS GREAT HERE (VINTAGE Neumann:1971 U87 and 1973 m584), AEA RCA 44, TOWNSEND LAB SPHERE, PAIR OF ROYER R 121's, MULTIPLE TUBE MICS, AND MANY OTHERS FOR THE DRUMS AND GUITARS AND STRINGS AND THINGS.

MANY VINTAGE ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR OPTIONS EXIST, AND IM A LOVER OF MINI SYNTHS, SO LOTS OF THOSE plus a newly aquired mellotron.

I RECORD USING LOGIC X THROUGH UNIVERSAL AUDIO APOLLO CONVERTORS. I USE LOTS OF THE AMAZING UNIVERSAL AUDIO PLUGINS & ALSO LOVE THE SOUNDTOYS, IZOTOPE AND PLUGIN ALLIANCE PRODUCTS.

I MIX THINGS THROUGH A DANGEROUS 2 MIX SUMMING MIXER, WHICH MELDS THE DIGITAL AND ANALOG WORLDS in a nice way. 

MANY THANKS TO HHB CANADA, IZOTOPE AND UNIVERSAL AUDIO FOR THE AMAZING AND CONTINUED SUPPORT.

DISCLAIMER

I AM NOT A "REGULAR STUDIO" PER SAY, BUT I HAVE A STUDIO SPACE I LOVE. 

I HAVE PRODUCED AND RECORDED ON A BUNCH OF STUFF IN HERE AND BEFORE HERE IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE RIGHT BESIDE HERE

THE NAMES YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO I HAVE WORKED WITH ARE: KATHLEEN EDWARD, THE SKYDIGGERS, LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON (WHICH WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 POLARIS PRIZE), KALLE MATTSON (ALSO HIS SUMMERSETS PROEJCT), SUZie UNGERLEIDER, LITTLE SCREAM & KEN YATES. THERE ARE MANY MORE NAMES AND THEY ARE NO LESS EXCELLENT I ASSURE YOU. 

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A FEW TRACKS THAT MY BRAIN HAS BEEN A PART OF IN RECENT TIMES