Kell Sound The art of recording

From Indian classical music, to beer stained bar cables, to mixing the first track for keith, this has been a busy week. And there are still 2 more sessions this week. Thats what I call fun! Can't wait for a day off though.

Just finished up the comps on the cello part and onto the final banjo parts, violin parts and vocal then its my favourite time of year. mix downs.

Got to love a highly productive day in the studio. Recorded and comped four song and did some quick mixes to listen to, then tracked bass on another two tracks. All you need is a work space with everything at your fingertips and some talent to record. Things were going so well that even a mis patched mic lead to some great takes of harmonica tracks through a "room" mic. Now hope the next two sessions go as smooth as this past one. Wednesday editing sessions and a cello session on Thursday. So many string sessions lately I am loving it.

It's been a little while since I have tracked an upright bass. But oh man am I looking forward to it. That sweet sweet full lush tone. I just need to find that sweet spot in my room, hit record and let it the tape run. Can't wait to get to mixing. I have done some pre mixes and they are sounding great. Demos soon I hope!

Up tuning and greasing. Two and a half hours to get sounds and track drums for four songs. It will be a quick one. Got to be quick this week though. Four sessions and an install. But I am still looking to get a live recording fit in this month so get back to me if you are playing a show and want to be recorded.

Oh also. What's with Pro Tools jumping to 10 so soon. Some neat features, but I am not going to part with my money for clip gain and some new plug in format until I get forced into it. To many backward compatibility issues with the new features. One day though I suppose.