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We’re really excited about all the upgrades going on here at AtticBoy.com. We just moved from WordPress.com to our own server and are working on a total site redesign, so have a look around at some of the new stuff and check back soon for more!
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I’ve been doing a lot of live sound lately so I thought I’d talk about a few important comparisons between studio and live mixing. In many ways live is similar to studio mixing, but in some ways it is a lot different, particularly in smaller gigs where they don’t do a full sound check for [...]
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Thanks to skype, we got video conferencing set up now between the control room and the live room. Sorry for the bad pictures but check it out!
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Yeah, I said it. And I sometimes get flack for it, but the truth is, imho, the only thing that Pro-Tools has going for it is that it’s the industry standard. Here are the main reasons I prefer Reaper: – Even my biggest projects load in seconds – Uses less computer resources – Never crashes, [...]
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Since I talked about mixing in the last post, and I’ve been getting a lot of mastering work lately, I thought I would talk a little about mastering. Even more often than with mixing, people don’t know what mastering is or what the process entails. Some think mastering is just a process of limiting songs [...]
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While mixing may not be the most important part of the process, it is essential to creating a cohesive and complete song that has a life of it’s own. Sometimes mixing even gets overlooked or underestimated as a process, some assume it is simply a matter of getting the volume of each instrument right and [...]
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New single by Octopus Drummer featuring Elemint and Masa is out on iTunes, click here to download
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I am a big fan of podcasts, particularly those dealing with recording, and since I have been lazy about blogging lately, I thought I’d share some my favorites. The Home Recording Show – Ryan Canestro and Jon Tidey – Still running and filled with great info Pensado’s Place – Dave Pensado and Herb Trower – [...]
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If anyone has been wondering where I’ve been lately, I’ve been working hard on the new Elemint album, Brain Food. He flew into town back in August to record nonstop for one intense week. We finished the tracking and rough mixes just before he left. He went on to Indiana where he recorded a few [...]
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The new album by Elemint B. Fresh is here, check it out at brainfood.bandcamp.com Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Attic Boy. It sounds great and you’ll love it. So that’s what I’ve been working on for the past month, and I took a vacation to Myrtle Beach now I’m back and ready to get rockin [...]
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