Wow it’s been a while since I last posted anything on here, and wow what a time it’s been over the past month. I’ve done nearly all my uni work now, only have a presentation at 2pm on Wednesday and an exam next Wednesday. My presentation is for my Audio Group Project which has managed to spawn an indie record label, and a pretty decent band signed to it, and has also managed to get me to realise how much I enjoy audio work.

I’ve been filmed by a BBC documentary team as Chris Sands is a member of the band that MRM has signed. I’m hoping that the publicity will finally help Chrisy to get his music somewhere it deserves to be, and I’m hoping I can help him get it there. I have to admit while in the studio with the band, setting up solo was a pain in the ass, and not to mention the console in the control room wasn’t working properly, then the 003R wouldn’t work with my new G4 audio machine everything just seemed like it was falling apart. We managed to pull through though using a spare 002R and rigging the Mix A from the console through the talkback.

So far we’ve managed to record about 5 tracks to a point that they need vocals adding to them and then mixing properly. There will be more info on all of that on Ebullient’s new website, and the MRM website once I get around to designing them.

I’ve upgraded (many would say down graded) my recording studio since my last post also. I decided that having the latest and greatest isn’t always the best thing to have, therefore I have managed to reach my childhood dream of owning a full ProTools|Mix 24 TDM setup. So far this consists of 2x 888 DigiDesign interfaces, a MDD G4 Dual 1Ghz, Digidesign Mix Core card, and a few TDM plugs that I already had. I’m running the whole system with ProTools 6.4.1 TDM instead of ProTools 8 LE, so far I don’t actually miss anything from the new version with the exception of a few plugs, this just forces me to refine my recording technique so I don’t have to fix stuff afterwards.

I have a 1622 Digidesign interface being shipped over from the US hopefully this week, enough wood to build 3x 7U racks for all the ProTools setup, G4, and outboard gear I have, and with any luck I’ll have 2x DSP Farm cards, and a D24 card on the way to increase the power of the TDM setup. I still need to sort out a mixing desk but I’m running out of money now which sucks.

Well the development has kinda taken a back seat to all of this other stuff going on, and I’m sure it will for a little longer until I’m 100% finished with uni, and until I have spare time from recording.

I think that’s about it for now. Once the 2 new sites go live I’ll start updating this site more, I’ll have a lot more stuff to add on here as the summer comes and goes by.

Adam

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