Welcome to Tracks, our monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new releases by artists across the musical spectrum, running down who’s using what gear where.
Welcome to Tracks, our monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new releases by artists across the musical spectrum, running down who’s using what gear where.
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Don McLean “Botanical Gardens”
Artist: Don McLean
Album: Botanical Gardens
Label: BMG
Produced by: Mike Severs
Engineered by: Jim Dineen
Mix Engineer: Mike Severs
Studio: Watershed Studio (Nashville, TN)
Mastered by: Mike Severs at Sunny’s Lab (Franklin, TN)
Equipment Notes: Avid Control 24 control surface; Neve, Trident and API mic pre amps; Focal studio monitors; Avid Pro Tools HD
Thievery Corporation “Treasures from the Temple”
Artist: Thievery Corporation
Album: Treasures from the Temple
Label: ESL Music
Produced by: Gianmaria Conti
Engineered by: Gianmaria Conti
Mix Engineer: Gianmaria Conti
Mastered by: Vlado Meller, mastering assistant Jeremy Lubsey
Equipment Notes: Avid Artist Mix, Pro Tools control surface, Tannoy monitors, Dynaudio AIR monitor series, Avid Pro Tools 11, Apollo 16 audio interface, BAE 1073, API 512c, Chandler TG2
Del the Funky Homosapien and Amp Live “Gate 13”
Artist: Del the Funky Homosapien and Amp Live
Album: Gate 13
Label: Gate 13 Records
Produced by: Amp Live
Engineered by: Ambrus Deak
Mix Engineer: Ambrus Deak
Studio: AMB Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered by: Ambrus Deak at AMB Mastering Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Equipment Notes: Sub Pac S2 and Genelec M040 monitors, produced/recorded in Ableton, mixed in Apple Logic Pro
Elle Belle “No Signal”
Artist: Elle Belle
Album: No Signal
Label: Little Record Company
Produced by: Christopher Pappas
Engineered by: Pierre de Reeder (at 64 Sound) and Christopher Pappas (home studio)
Mix Engineers: Kyle Fredrickson (“American Dreamer”), Mike Bloom (“No Signal,” “Nothing New Under the Sun”) and Elle Belle (all other tracks)
Studio: 64 Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered by: Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Equipment Notes: 1977 MCI 428b console. Pre’s: Neve 1272, Langevin AM16 and 5116, API 512 and 312, Avedis MA5, SSL 615E, Quad Eight MM71 and MM61. Compressors: UA 1176, UREI LA3A and LA2A, Quad 8 AM23, DBX 160 and 165. Mics: RCA 44BX, Neumann U47 and Fet47, AEA N8, Mojave MA200, Pearlman TM-1, Sen 421 and 441, RCA 88-A, AKG D12, Shure SM7, AKG 451, Oktava MK12. Studio monitors: Dynaudio BM5, Genelec 1031A, JBL 4341. Avid Pro Tools.
Photo by Casey Curry
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. “Glamping”
Artist: Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Album: Glamping
Label: Pledgemusic
Produced by: Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Engineered by: Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Mix Engineer: John Paterno
Studio: Stu-Stu-Studio (home studio), Velveteen Labs (Taylor Locke’s home studio), Salamander Sound
Mastered by: John Paterno at his home studio
Equipment Notes: Mackie HR-824 studio monitors, Avid Pro Tools, Avalon VT-737sp, UA UAD-Apollo
Wax Idols “Happy Ending”
Artist: Wax Idols
Album: Happy Ending
Label: Etruscan Gold Records
Produced by: Hether Fortune, Peter Lightning and Monte Vallier
Engineered by: Monte Vallier
Mix Engineer: Monte Vallier
Studio: Ruminator Audio (San Francisco, CA)
Equipment Notes: All basic live tracks (drums, bass, rhythm guitar) were recorded on tape to an Otari MX-70 1” 16 track using the mic pre’s on the Trident 80C console, with some additional outboard Millennia, Neve, and Neotek mic pre’s. Tracked with Distressors, Summits and Manley compressors. Tape was transferred to Avid Pro Tools HD5 using Lynx Aurora converters.
Exitmusic “The Recognitions”
Artist: Exitmusic
Album: The Recognitions
Label: Felte
Produced by: Devon Church, co-producer Aleksa Palladino
Engineered by: Devon Church
Mix Engineer: Devon Church
Studio: Various home studios in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by: Rafael Anton Irasarri at Black Knoll Studios
Equipment Notes: Apogee Duet, Universal Audio channel strip, Warm Audio 512 preamp, Speck preamp, UBK Fatso, Yamaha HS 80s monitors (modded by Zen Pro Audio), Apple Logic Pro
Luv Dot Gov “At Least We’ve Got This Madness”
Artist: Luv Dot Gov
Album: At Least We’ve Got This Madness
Label: Cigar City (Us)
Produced by: Graeme Young
Engineered by: Graeme Young, assistant engineer Andrew Johnstone
Mix Engineer: Graeme Young
Studio: Chamber Studio (Edinburgh, UK)
Mastered by: Stephen Foster at Chamber Studio (Edinburgh, UK)
Equipment Notes: Neve Console, Barefoot studio monitors, Avid Pro Tools
The Amorettes “Born to Break”
Artist: The Amorettes
Album: Born to Break
Label: Spv/Steamhammer
Produced by: Luke Morley
Engineered by: Nick Brine
Mix Engineer: Nick Brine
Studio: Rockfield Studios (Monmouth, Wales)
Mastered by: Pete Maher at Pete Maher Sound
Equipment Notes: MCI JH500 console. Studio monitors: KRK V8 Series 2, Yamaha NS10, JBL 4350 bi-amped with Crown PSA2 Power amp. Avid Pro Tools
The Claudettes “Scandal at the Gynmasium”
Artist: The Claudettes
Album: Dance Scandal at the Gymnasium
Label: Yellow Dog Records
Produced by: Mark Neill
Engineered by: Mark Neill
Mix Engineer: Mark Neill, with additional mixing at Lee Dyess studio
Studio: Soil of the South Productions (Valdosta, GA)
Mastered by: Lee Dyess
Equipment Notes: Vintage Studer console, KEF and Tannoy monitors. RADAR, with additional mixing on Steinberg Nuendo/Cubase/WaveLab
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