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The recording artist works at a comfortable, quiet, stress-reducing home
location with fully adjustable mikes (1), headphone personal volume
control (2), remote control fan (3), music stand (4), choice of
chairs/stools (5), and transparent curtains when doing a take (6). The artist selects what base tracks are to be heard in their personal headphones. The real-time sound of the artist is always included with adjustable level. A bathroom and dressing room are available to the artist. A relaxed, collaborative atmosphere is our style. Many artists prefer to record their voice and instrument tracks at once as their performance is very integrated. We use isolated microphones on voice and instrument to permit some mixing freedom. Large condenser studio mikes are our personal favorites but we also have Shure 57/58 "lead singer" mikes and lapel mikes as needed. You may also bring your own favorites. 48V Phantom power is available. We can record 12 microphones at once.
If you use a direct box or other electronics, they may be connected
directly to the computer. We specialize in providing
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Sound is recorded directly on a high speed but quiet computer system using an internal professional German Sound Interface with very high quality. Studio noise level is a low -48 dB. Even this is routinely removed in the software. Our style is to record pure sound at high but unclipped volume and add effects like reverb and equalization in the mixing process as desired. However, we can also add these effects in the mike pre-mixer if desired. The aim is to retain the power and nuance of the performance. |
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| Cakewalk Sonar software is used for capture of tracks and also selection of what tracks will appear in the performer's headphones during recording. Midi tracks and audio may be freely intermixed by the engineer or songwriter. Any song on the Internet may be downloaded directly as tracks. We specialize in unique arrangements of Midi songs. Standard lyrics can be found on the Internet and quickly printed. There is no limit to the number of tracks and re-takes that can be saved for mixing. Keyboards can be captured directly with MIDI. A small Yamaha PSR-295 48 key is available. Plug-in your keyboard directly to our computer via MIDI or USB 1/2 . |
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