August 2010
6 posts
and again....
oh he’s still not found that damn bypass, she’s singing half the national anthem now.
if i was being charitable I would say that adding an aggressive gate was not an unreasonable guess at how to solve a problem like a live mic in an environment like wembley, but to be honest, sitting by the mute would have been the less lazy option. that and a better choice of mic. one of those...
Pass me by...
I hate ragging on other sound engineers but when you hear fundamental mistakes like we just gritted our teeth and sat thru during the opening of the rugby challenge cup at wembley, you just have to sit back as an engineer and think “maybe I really over-complicated things today”
the poor girl trying to sing ‘abide with me’ fell victim to that simplest of errors - an overly...
recording a national treasure - a day with Prince...
there are certain key career defining moments in the life of any sound engineer: first paid gig; first major tour; first commercial album recording; first embarrassing electrocution; those sorts of things. and then there are the things that just make getting up in the morning a joy - new shows, new clients, favourite clients, fun projects, foley work (personal favourite) etc etc. and then there...
DAWs & the iPad - a love story
thanks to an astonishingly kind bit of birthday presenting, I’m now the very very happy owner of a shiny 32Gb iPad. almost the minute it was switched on it was being loaded with all manner of Apps for all sorts of things, mainly news and tech feeds„ some creative bits and bobs (as i fundamentally disagree with anyone who says the iPad is about consumption and not creation) and yes, a...