The last couple weeks has been a mixing whirlwind here with Radar Brothers. After repeated blows to Jim Putnam’s studio from the solar flares as well as the fallout from Mercury being in retrograde, the mixing sessions have been moved over here to company.

But before moving, we got down to some direction-setting tests on capturing an analog mix in the digital domain. (One of the casualties of the solar flares was the 1/2″ mixdown deck over there, so we needed a Plan B). Answer: Capturing the analog mix through Universal Audio 2192 running Pro Tools at 96k. Yes.

Digital vs. Analog

Each song has been mixed to both the 1/4″ 2-track as well as directly captured by a laptop using the UA 2192 converter at 96k. We have been comparing both mixes and for the most part we have been choosing the digital version. Since this was an analog recording, we didn’t feel the need for the extra analog goo that usually imparts a finishing touch on a mix. The full resolution sound of the 2192 has been very impressive.

Also noted is the Chameleon Labs 7720 Buss compressor. We’ve been using that for the 2-mix and it has also been shining like a bright new penny. Just lopping off a few dBs from the top and all is well.

Is that enough gearSpeak for you? If not, contact us. There’s plenty more where that came from.

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Music:
Let’s start with all the work we’ve been doing with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson…We’ve been tracking Miguel doing loads of strings and orchestra arrangements for upcoming albums by The Gaslamp Killer, Dark Angels (Deantoni Parks and Nicci Caspar), Dexter Story. Many exciting projects for Miguel (and us!) on the horizon this year as well.

On another note, we recently launched Miguel’s website as well (we wear many hats here). Miguel has played on over 300 albums for a wide range of artists and we attempted to capture that essence with his website. Check it out.

Next up is Joey Dosik. We’ve done a stack of all-analog tracks with Joey starting back in the late fall. The songs sound spot-on and are coming along great and we expect him to start rolling out these tunes in 7″ form (!) by this spring. More on that later.

The Star Maps record has been mastered by Mark Chalecki for release this coming spring. Another analog-recorded record done all here at company. Very happy with the way this one turned out.

Mixed a couple tracks for Damin Suarez and his band Go West Young Man. Sounding great and ready for early February mastering.

The Damselles & The TC4 were in for a few days tracking a new record with former Capitol Records engineer Paul Smith. We think it went well! Expect a new release in the coming year.

Marcel Camargo with Quartetto Fantastico.

Strange Parade debuted the other night. Brian Cleary, James Putnam, and Be Hussey trying out the new songs recorded here at company. More to come!

Radar Brothers spent an intense week here working on their new record. A new pop gem morphs into a psychedelic exploration!

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David Gamson will be writing in Studio B this month along with Stephen Becker, as they work on new Le Concorde material.