itchie's pro studio diary 2012

[itchie]

just thought I would share some photos of my new studio recording endeavours with you guys

heres a main cluster of mics we have picked out for this session



first one to name all the mic's gets a free beer

[Russ]

Rode NT4(3rd from top left), Shure sm137/sm94(3rd from bottom right), AKG C4000 B(2nd from bottom left), Neumann TLM-193(top left)?

[itchie]

ill give you the top row

Neumann U87, Rode classic II, Rode NT4, Rode NT5

[nucjd]

Hey itchie. What preamps you running those mics into?

[itchie]

i know one of the nice ones was a avalon AD2022

ill get more specs when i go there tomorrow

[Russ]

Gah! So close. Great mic locker though man, i'll bet they sound really good on your kits. Nice choice for preamps too. $$$

[nucjd]

Ah, AD2022. Great transparent preamp. They use Cinemag transformers in their topology making for large amount of headroom and a super clean signal path. I would slap that on the overheads if it were me Keep the update coming.

[nucjd]

Next question. What AD/DA converter and DAW are they using?

[kennabis]

how about some photos of the room you're recording in?!?

and, a console shot!

rock steady itchie

[itchie]

pre amps / fx units comps etc

console / more preamps/ man in he's office

we use an older Roland console ..not sure of the model

[Russ]

Holy moly that's an epic setup! Must have set you back quite a good bit accumulating all of that. Thanks for posting it for me to gaze at.

[nucjd]

Hey itchie, since you are in Australia I would recommend a company over there. They are called Sebatron and they do high end all tube preamps. They are one of the best sounding pre's I have. Wicked fast transients and big full bottom end with all of the tube warmth. Very unusual for a tube preamp. I was just thinking about it when I was perusing the pics.

[itchie]

this isn't my setup but a good mate of mine with whom im recording for

[itchie]

Hey itchie, since you are in Australia I would recommend a company over there. They are called Sebatron and they do high end all tube preamps. They are one of the best sounding pre's I have. Wicked fast transients and big full bottom end with all of the tube warmth. Very unusual for a tube preamp. I was just thinking about it when I was perusing the pics.

ill have 5 of each kind Sir...

[itchie]

live room

[MR. G]

you play drums, too ?

[itchie]

what are you saying ?

you haven't seen my videos?

[nucjd]

Hey itchie what snare and hihat are you using in that pic?

[itchie]

the hats i believe is a shure pg81, surprisingly good sound

the snare is a sennheiser-md441 ..

kick sennheiser md421

[nucjd]

Hey itch. how has your venture turned out?

[itchie]

3 tracks done 9 to go .... Ended up switching to the aluminum snare for the heavier songs ....I like the 0 time constraint

[nucjd]

Thanks for the update. I totally agree about the time constraint. That is priceless.

[itchie]

its a nice zone to work in too

only issue is that i get to hear the songs only with a guitar track no vocals, no bass, no keys

so im in the dark alot of the time

[nucjd]

I hear ya. My bro will send over a lot of stem tracks which are rhythm guitar, bass and click track. So there will be gaps and breaks which will be for vocals, and lead guitars but I don't know that and as drummer I want to fill it in with something or go a different direction. I will be on the phone a lot with him trying to figure out which way to go.

[itchie]

Another three down , looks like an extremely eclectic mix of styles in this album