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Have studio, You Travel
Contact me, David Brown at david@davidbrownsound.com or at 407-625-7198 for bookings, rates and availability. I’m in Winter Springs in the metro Orlando, Florida area.
Here’s What I Think You Should Do
Ok, there’s no such thing as a ‘one size fits all’ answer on to how to book or manage your CD project. Hold on a moment…let me check the Digidesign™ website……………………………… nope, no plug-in for that yet. But if you can’t afford to completely record and mix your CD at a real studio, there are some key parts of the project that you should consider a real room for. The most important one would be the drum tracks. A day or two in the proper room and you will be miles ahead. Heck, you probably won’t have to replace all the drums with samples! Wouldn’t that be nice? After a couple of days tracking drums then it’s back to your Pro Tools LE™ or M-Box™ for days and days of bass, guitar and vocal overdubs. If you can’t come back for guitar tracks, then maybe a few hours re-amping your guitar DI tracks through real tube amps. Ah, real drums with real guitars! Then, possibly a final mix in an accurate room. Never worked in an accurate room? You owe yourself if you haven’t. Read my blog on this subject. It will help your project.
Equipment List
CONSOLE- Euphonix CS2000 with CS3000 software upgrades, 56 channels, 16 channels of dynamics, MultiMax for 5.1 monitoring
MONITORING- ADAM S3-A’s (in the LCR positions) Genelec 1038’s in the soffits, Genelec 1030’s for rear (LS, RS positions), Genelec 1031’s for alternate rear (LS, RS positions) Genelec 7071 subwoofer (2), NS-10M’s powered by a Bryston 3BST, Auratone powered by a Bryston 2B, JBL 4011’s
RECORDERS- Pro Tools HD3 with two 192 Interfaces loaded with 24 channels of analog inputs and outputs, Tascam DV-RA1000, Tascam DA-45HR DAT, Tascam 122 MkIII cassette, Fostex E-2 30 IPS 2-track with Dolby A/SR
MIC PREAMPS- Euphonix (56), Massenberg 8302, Grace 801 (8), John Hardy M1 (6), Universal Audio 2-610, Avalon 737sp (2), Avalon AD 2022, A Designs Pacifica, TL Audio, Vintech Audio X73, Millennia TG-1
DYNAMICS- Euphonix ES 108A (16), Universal Audio 1176LN, UREI LA-4 (2) modified by Alactronics, Thermionic Culture Phoenix, DBX 160xt (5), TF Pro P8, Alan Smart C2, Empirical Labs EL7, Orban 424A, SPL Transient Designer, Symetrix 522
EFFECTS- t. c. electronic 6000, Lexicon PCM 80 (2), Yahama SPX900, Millennia NSEQ-2, “Live Chamber” medium and large
DIRECT INJECT- Millennia TG-1, Radial JD-7, Countryman Type 85, BSS AR-133 (2), Sescom DB-1
MICROPHONES- Neuman M 149, KM184 (2), Neumann KM86i, Manley Reference, Gefel UM 92, AKG 414B-ULS (4) modified by Audio Designs, Electrovoice RE 20, Audio-Technica AT 4033, Audio-Technica ATM25 (3), Sennheiser MD 421 (3), Josephson e22S, Shure SM57 (5), Shure 51, Shure SM81 (2), Schoeps CMC 5 w/MK4, Crown PZM 30RG (2), Royer 121, Royer SF-12, Coles 4038, AKG D112, DPA 4011 (2), Heil PR40, AKG 451 B (3), Sennheiser MKH 416, Beyerdynamic M422, Beyerdynamic MCE 86N, Shure SM7A, Earthworks T30K (2), Earthworks QTC-1 (2), Nady VHM-7, Yahama Subkick, Reem novelty mic
MISCELLANEOUS- Headphones by Fostex, AKG, Sennheiser, Sony and UltraPhones (12 pairs), Furman headphone system, Crown D75 (second headphone system), Tube Traps (8), Taytrix Stack-It Gobo system, Denon DN-C680 CD player with Benchmark DAC1, 7’ Screen with Sharp video projector, Sony UW-1800 Beta SP and Sony DSR 40 DV-CAM
INSTRUMENTS- Steinway B 7’ grand piano, Kurzweil PC2x, Roland 5080, Alesis D-5, Proteus 1, Proteus 3, Kontakt (software sampler), Impluse (software sampler), Line 6 Variax, Lakland bass, Martin Acoustic guitar, 1968 Ludwig drum kit, 1973 Slingerland drum kit, 2002 Gretsch drum kit, 2002 DW Exoctic Woods drum kit, 12 snare drums ranging from 1950’s Leedy Ludwig to DW Craviotto, various cymbals (Zildjian K’s, vintage A’s, K. Zildjian Constantinople, Paiste, etc.), miscellaneous percussion.
AMPLIFIERS- 1964 Fender Twin Reverb, 1964 Fender Vibro Champ, 1961 Ampeg B15N, 1996 Ampeg Super Jet, 2003 Bogner Shiva, Orange PPC412 cabinet, Dr. Z Carmen Ghia, Divided by 13 FTR37, Mesa Boogie Mark IV, Ashdown EVO 500, Bad Cat Hot Cat 30, Top Hat King Royale, Victoria 45410, Tech 21 Trademark 60