The Garden
Posted: February 4, 2012 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Meandering | Tags: charity ball, DA approval, the garden | Leave a comment »Our live-room-to-be ‘the Garden‘ was a DA approved extension from way back since before the studio was open. That DA is about to expire! We have our sights set on getting the ball rolling on the space this year but it’s not cheap. Time for a charity ball perhaps?
Piece of String
Posted: December 2, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Meandering | Tags: music production, project budget | Leave a comment »Every project we work on has a set of limitations and I’ve come to embrace this as a good thing. The biggest and most compromising however is of course budget. The question “how long does an album take to record” is not easily answered* and when you’re talking to a prospective client with a limited budget saying the wrong thing is usually the end of the conversation. Planning becomes a really big part of getting it right and if you know where your strengths and weaknesses are, don’t be afraid to ask for exactly what you think would suit you best. Continue reading “Piece of String” »
New Rates
Posted: October 22, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Studio | Tags: new rates, studio rates | Leave a comment »We’ve just launched our new studio rates. They’re more comprehensive and a lot more intuitive so should answer many questions that we’ve been asked a few times now…
Business Cards
Posted: September 22, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Meandering | Tags: business cards, DPM | Leave a comment »Okay so here are our new business cards as seen by my trusty iPhone and as printed by the kind folk at DPM.
Gear Development
Posted: September 14, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Gear | Tags: ivan richards, mono speaker, VU meter | Leave a comment »There is no end to the amount of gear we could use. The limitations are space and money. If I had things my way I would have racks of pre-amps and compressors and EQs all set up ready to patch in off a Neve or SSL console. Alas this is not quite the case. There are however definite advantages to working out what is truly beneficial to the studio in an exponential way. There might be several things that could really make a difference. Recent advancements here are a new amp and mono speaker, re-tuning the control room with some simple furniture adjustments and hooking up the Otari’s VU”s so we can monitor ‘power’. Simple obvious stuff that really helps.
In light of some of this new found fun stay tuned for some small but very useful product development from yours truly with a little help from our friend Ivan Richards. ETA 2013 so sit tight.
More of The Middle
Posted: September 10, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Recordings | Tags: circle, the middle | Leave a comment »Circle have been recording their album ‘The Middle’ in lots of 3-5 tracks in pre-production, demo, overdub style for the last three months. Here’s Part 2 of the making:
Enmore Audio Forum
Posted: August 18, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Meandering | Tags: audio forum, forum, studio forum | Leave a comment »Okay folks the Enmore Audio forum if officially up and running. Join the forum and feel free to suggest some topics. Sure, there’s no shortage of opinions in the music world and we want to hear some more.
Synth for Sale
Posted: July 26, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Gear | Tags: ebay, hartmann neuron, synth | 1 Comment »In 2006 I recorded EGBDF and I thought it was a masterpiece. Not everyone agreed. I still think it was a pretty good effort. Great songs and great sounds. Some (very minor) copyright infringements and a Hartmann Neuron Synthesizer. Sadly the Neuron had a bit of a rest and decided not to wake up again so I’m selling it on eBay. Here is the link. I loved this keyboard and I’ll probably want to buy it back one day but for now, we need the space and a project synth is the last thing I have time for. We’ll always have Opanoni’s EGBDF to remind us of the Neuron’s awesome power!
Work in Progress
Posted: July 22, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Recordings | Tags: circle, michael stavrou, stav, the middle | Leave a comment »Circle are recording their album The Middle here at Enmore Audio for obvious reasons. They’re documenting the process. Here is part one of the documentary. See if you can catch Michael Stavrou (Stav) carefully screwing in an omni capsule into our MK-012. We tracked the drums in the reception area of the studio.
Something with Numbers
Posted: July 8, 2011 | Author: radisafi | Filed under: Gear | Tags: 421, gear lust, mics | Leave a comment »If you asked me 10 years ago what 1176, 1073, 87, 58, 47 meant I wouldn’t have had a clue. Now, they conjure up all sorts of feelings and desires. Some based on knowledge and experience and some on myth and hearsay. Most studio folk are filled with gear lust. For now I’m content with the space being complete (well almost). We’re a new studio and so our mic collection is still pretty small at around a dozen mics. My goal is probably 100 or so and I don’t mind waiting 10 years to get there. On Sunday we’ll be recording some drums and Michael requested some 421′s for the toms. He was happy to work with everything else we have. At around $400 a pop, I wasn’t in any position to buy a pair at the moment so decided to look into hiring. Glad to say at $25 it was a relief and a bargain. They’re not as pretty as the picture I found on Google but they’ll work and we’ll have some pretty wicked sounding toms by the end of the day!
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