Theremin

Video of Pamelia Kurstin playing a theremin. Not bad, but she's no Clara Rockmore.  If you've never attempted to play a theremin, I can tell you first hand that it's almost impossible.

So that's where all the tape machines are..

(inside jim hensen's studio complex)

Still Driving

This is what the past two days have looked like.

How We Roll: continued

One of my main gripes with this job (and there are a few) is the way we record. In the picture in the previous post, you can see a vocal booth in the background with an AKG C12 on a nice mic stand. From there it's going into an ssl j series and a bunch of outboard gear, and eventually you can listen on the augspurger mains, pro-ac's or ns10s. We'll call this a "real studio."

In the foreground is OUR vocal chain. U87ai going straight into an mbox. And we have a $200 pair of sennheiser headphones. At least it's a real room in this example. Just about every other time, I find myself having to decide which sounds better: a small untreated square room with bare walls or terrible ac hum and wind noise from a fan across the bed.

And what's worse is that there's nothing I can do about it because the talent just does not care about the sound. Which basically makes my job irrelevant. I can explain the situation and the acoustic problems that we'll have until I'm blue in the face, and they'll be duly noted and ignored.

Arghgghjhh

How We Roll

4:30 am. Flipmode Afterparty

Where do you go for flexfuel?