Fab Feb greetings to new and old friends of studioexpresso!
In the studio spotlight this February it’s Bay 7 Recording Studios in the
heart of Valley Village, California. This two-room tracking and mixing
facility hosts a slew of chart topping artists and producers and is
the
best-kept secret for vintage gear aficionados.
Give manager Jeff
Sheehan a call – he’ll be happy to give
you the grand tour!
In the meantime, take an express tour here!
New!
”Express Tour” of following
world-class studios available here: express
tour gallery!
Allaire
(Shokan, NY); Annex Digital (San Francisco/Menlo Park); Avatar Ent.
(NY); Cello (Hollywood, CA); Conway (Hollywood, CA);
NRG (North Hollywood, CA); Prairie Sun Recording Studios (Cotati,
CA); Royaltone (North Hollywood, CA); Skywalker Sound (San Rafael, CA);
Studio 880 (Oakland, CA); Studio
Atlantis (Hollywood, CA) and Glenwood Place (Burbank, CA).
Looking for producers/composers/arrangers/engineers
Please welcome (click on the
name for complete profile):
Brad Buxer,
keyboardist/producer/arranger/composer/engineer
Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan
Rogers Masson, producer/mixer
The
Crickets, PBS special “Jazz,” West Wings
Frank Roszak, producer/mixer
Bahamen,
Yussi, Doc Powell
We asked
few of our friends who attended the show - what’s Hot at NAMM 2002? Here’s
what they said:
”It goes without saying that a big highlight
at the show was Pro Tools|HD. Now the defacto standard for DAW
record production is finally available in an up to 192kHz version. Whether
the record companies care, and would add to their budgets to have their
new records produced in this format, is not widely known. Some other
cool stuff:
From Germany comes, Melodyne,
a software program that allows complete graphical control over recorded
monophonic melodies (like vocals or soloing instruments) just like a
sequencer/MIDI control of a synth. George Massenburg's GML 2020 is a single recording channel consisting
of on channel of three of his best-known products all in one box: the
8300 mic pre, the 8200 parametric equalizer and the 8900 dynamics controller.
Manley Labs has the SLAM, a tube-based stereo
optical leveling amp/compressor and peak limiter with optional 20-bit
A/D converter. Absynth is Native Instruments' latest virtual and standalone
wavetable synth that runs on MACs or PCs and Spektral Delay is Native's
first processor plug-in for their new HTDM|RTAS format.”
“I would have like to have seen more
of the Protools Plug ins for the new Protools HD system and more from
Native instruments software.” Ralph Sutton, producer/mixer/engineer
“A few things caught my attention:
for the guitar player…
smokey
amplifiers, an amp the size of a cigarette pack, but it sounds amazing!
and can drive a real speaker cabinet;
motion sound, the rotating speaker sound,
the mechanical way, this sounds great! not a simulator, the real thing;
ebow, the classic ebow has a new setting, harmonic
sustain, I think it's called, sounds terrific.
for drummers…
Whitney drums, have this funny fat look,
but allow much more volume (cu. ft.) so the sound is also bigger, Arbiter 'AT' Drums, Flats, these are the
opposite of the above, nothing but a head on a frame with a single tensioning
adjustment, but the sound was so big, from England
for engineers and such…
the re-issues of the RCA ribbons from
Audio Engineering Associates
looked great, I know Bruce Swedien has a couple; from Panasonic Pro,
AD96, DA96, the 96khz series of converters, I have heard nothing but
good stuff about these units, most seem to agree, for the price they
blow every thing else out of the water.”
"The one new gadget that impressed
me the most is the Universal Audio UAD-1, never before has a vintage
compressor like the LA2A or 1176 -or any piece of hardware for that
matter except for maybe the virus keys- been translated into software
so accurately. It blows Bombfactory out of the water, Universal Audio
definately raised the bar."
News – click here for details.
community calendar of news/events – bookmark it for monthly updates!
Mon Feb 25, MusiCares – honors Billy Joel, 2002 person of the Year,
Century Plaza Hotel, LA
Tue Feb 26, Grammy in the Schools,
USC campus with Super Panels
-- Jimmy Jam, Ron Fair, Robert Kraft, Ed Cherney, Steve Lukather, Jason
Bentley… this event is chaired by Grammy board member, Ralph Sutton.
Wed Feb 27 44th
Annual Grammy Awards, Staples Center, LA -- 44th GRAMMY Awards Nominee List
Live Music & Webcasts - hear new &
established singer/songwriters at Kulakswoodshed
Don’t forget to check the calendar for upcoming performances.
The cozy room sits about 50 at 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood.
(818-766-9913)
"On the Couch - The Living Room Sessions" rock The
Mint – Unsigned bands and guests every Tuesday at 8 PM - MIDNIGHT
6010 W. Pico Blvd. (1/2 block east of Crescent
Heights)Los Angeles
323-954-8241 dinner reservations
323-954-9630 show info
Congrats go to Matt Serletic, the new chairman at Virgin/EMI!! Serletic will be teamed up with EMI exec, Roy
Lott whose new title will be President/COO.
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My Chinese friend says last year was filled with uncertainty, characterized
by year of the Dragon. Feb 12,
2002
(Chinese calendar year 4699) marked the 1s day of the Year of the
Black Horse. A good year,
I’m told!
Celebrate V-Day…express your LOVE!
--
claris sayadian-dodge
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