First release with Claudia that was all my instrumentation! Took us a while to finally put together, but we made it 😀 “Alone” is a dramatic song with classical influences and modern production.
NEW RELEASE: “Alone” by Claudia Melo
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Here are some tunes I’ve had a hand in from arrangement, recording, mixing and/or mastering
NEW RELEASE: “Passenger Side” by Lucas Sanchez
We’ve been working on this for about three years! We tracked drums, guitars and bass about three years ago. Through many remote sessions, emails and masked visits, we got tracks filled up and mixed down! Mastered by Francci
Claudia Melo – Reflections
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I had the pleasure of recording two acoustic songs (Good One’s, Nobody’s Favorite) for Claudia’s new EP Reflections! Please give a listen here
https://music.apple.com/us/album/reflections-ep/1558397829
NEW MIX: LPC MUS37 GRP1 – Time Stolen
I’ve been taking a Music Business course this fall, for our group project we made a song together using a shared Google folder to transfer wav files that were recorded at everyone’s home to bring together onto my system. Each group had a manager, creators and Tech (me!). I would email rough MP3 mixes to the creators for review then revise as needed. We only had one major revision and it worked out very nicely! Utilizing my other instruments, I added P-Bass and programmed Drums for the arrangement. A combination of Neve 1073 and SSL 4000 Series emulations were used for tracking. I added three separate reverbs and delays to flavor things up in the mix as well, using techniques I recently learned from Chris Lord Alge. For mastering (HA! “Mastering…”) the chain I used was the Drawmer S73 processor for clarity, Focusrite Red EQ for more transparency, then finally just a tad of the Red 3 Compressor for a final “glue.”
Pretty amazing how technology can still bring us together during times like these.
Guitar/Vocals – Lucas Sanchez
Acoustic Guitar – Eric Sedillo
Vocals – Claudia Melo
Drums/Bass – Marc deVasconcelos
Gear Review: Mackie Big Knob Passive
My first gear review! Cross your fingers, let’s see how this goes…
If you’ve been thinking about getting this monitor controller for any number of reasons, I’d say do it! You might find yourself wondering how you got along without this device before. Besides switching between inputs and speakers it has some very useful functions.
At times in my small studio I leave the door open from the iso booth to communicate to the artist faster. The mute button is the quick way to make sure I didn’t leave the monitor volume up during recording eliminating any feedback to the active mic. We use headphones while tracking, then listen back through the monitors after numerous takes. Not many people listen back in Mono when mixing down, but it can be VERY useful for phase issues and making sure levels are in balance. This is a lost feature on many current recording interfaces and I’m really glad to see it available here. I’ll be honest, I do not currently use the Dim button but maybe in the future a use will surface. It does exactly what is says, lowering the signal -20db when activated. But also returns to the previous volume immediately when released. I’d rather just turn the knob, which I can access much easier now that it’s not confined to just the front of my interface.
Before I only had one set of 6.5″ near fields available for play back but they’re positioned for mixing while sitting down. Since I like to stand while working, my small satellite-style PA setup helped to expand the listening area as far field monitors. Now having the Big Knob connecting between the two is super easy. Not only can I now switch between my near and far field speakers, but also the inputs from my recording interface or the output of my DJ mixer for practicing on my turntables.
You’ll notice first thing there is some weight to it which is Mackie all the way. Solid and heavy in true “Built-Like-A-Tank” construction. Signals pass through with complete transparency and no coloration just like their mixers. The volume knob is just loose enough but stops or “sticks” where you leave it and is SUPER SMOOTH.
Like I said, if you’re on the fence make the jump! For a passive switch I’m not sure it can get any better than this when you compare feature for feature.
A big thank you goes to my friend Shawn who is always supportive in my pursuit of music 😀
Geek out on the Mackie website and owners manual links below