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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Help some rad studios out after being wiped out by Hurricane Sandy
Click here to help donate: http://unfloodbkmusic.blogspot.com/
A word from the owners:
This year a group of us put together all our resources, quit our jobs and built two beautiful recording studios and 13 practice spaces. We believe in DIY so we planned and we built. We were up early, we were up late, we hung up drywall, endlessly, building. The toll it took on our bodies and lives was high, but in the end it was worth it. We had two studios built and working non-stop in tandem with other friends who wanted to Do It Themselves. We had 13 practice rooms that we made sure were nice, really nice, so people could create in an environment unlike any practice space any of us had ever been in. Everyone helped that occupied a space, and honestly... it was amazing. It was a massive space, 7000 Square Feet and Hurricane Sandy destroyed every inch of it. Walls were knocked over, doors snapped in half and all the gear in the entire building, erased and covered in a toxic sludge from the Gowanus Canal. But it was the people that made it amazing, not the walls or the gear and that is the reason I won't let this go. My friends, who I built this building with are too impressive for me to just let this go. We are going to make something else. I insist. I don't know what yet exactly, but it starts with first fulfilling our obligations to each other and everyone else who helped us build. So... for the first time in my life I am asking for help in the form of money. Please donate what you can to help us back on our feet, then I can assure you... we will do the rest.
Mike Law on behalf of John, Andrew, Paul, Andrew II, Jeremy and Dennis.
A word from the owners:
This year a group of us put together all our resources, quit our jobs and built two beautiful recording studios and 13 practice spaces. We believe in DIY so we planned and we built. We were up early, we were up late, we hung up drywall, endlessly, building. The toll it took on our bodies and lives was high, but in the end it was worth it. We had two studios built and working non-stop in tandem with other friends who wanted to Do It Themselves. We had 13 practice rooms that we made sure were nice, really nice, so people could create in an environment unlike any practice space any of us had ever been in. Everyone helped that occupied a space, and honestly... it was amazing. It was a massive space, 7000 Square Feet and Hurricane Sandy destroyed every inch of it. Walls were knocked over, doors snapped in half and all the gear in the entire building, erased and covered in a toxic sludge from the Gowanus Canal. But it was the people that made it amazing, not the walls or the gear and that is the reason I won't let this go. My friends, who I built this building with are too impressive for me to just let this go. We are going to make something else. I insist. I don't know what yet exactly, but it starts with first fulfilling our obligations to each other and everyone else who helped us build. So... for the first time in my life I am asking for help in the form of money. Please donate what you can to help us back on our feet, then I can assure you... we will do the rest.
Mike Law on behalf of John, Andrew, Paul, Andrew II, Jeremy and Dennis.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
New Upgrades for the Summer
We installed a vintage Neve 8038 a few weeks ago. It took only 7 days to fully wire and install the board. It was pretty insane, the console is 10.5ft wide and the frame is one piece. It took about 8 people, a giant forklift and a few hydralic jacks to get the console up 18ft in the air to the control room floor and over the railing. We also added a ton of outboard gear, mics and vintage amps. Go see our updated Gear List for more information.
seahorsesoundstudios.com/gear.html
Here are some pictures:
I had been swamped with mixing work and had just finished an album on this same Neve in Malibu a week prior.
I laughed hysterically as soon as I finished the wiring and tested everything. It all worked.... despite me being out of my mind exhausted during the install. The very next day after the install and wiring was finished, the studio got booked for 3 weeks. Close call, but everything went beyond smooth.
So far the board is loving the new control room and the monitoring has improved quite a bit. Also, oddly enough the control room now feels bigger and more spacious with the new desk.
I am going to miss my old console, even though I not going to sell it. I plan on using for a "studio B" at a later time. Luckily the week prior I had 2 great bands from Italy come to mix and even had a great LA rock band come track a full analog session on the 1" 16 track. I took my computer out of the studio for an entire week and it was great.
Pata and Samuel listening while I prep the tape machine for printing.
Pata and Samuel from Italy
Tape Machine is working hard this week.
Found a great vocal mic combo, I have been using a lot lately. Sounded great for this session. Later I ran the vocals thru the AKG bx20 spring reverb and emt plate for a huge vocal sound.
Here is an old Electro-Voice 635a and a Mojave Ma-301, straight from the board into the ATR in the background.
Check out Mojave's site for more info on the Ma-300. It is a killer mic!
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