Current Developments

Soon enough my beloved Flux Bender will be back from its review with mix engineer, Ronan Chris Murphy, which will be featured on his youtube channel.  Then I can get to Mixing on a few pending projects.  Meanwhile, as I finished up the editing phase of an EP by the Gills, I thought of some last minute hammond organ parts that could fill out some of the tunes in key locations.  Sounds like the group is interested in doing this, so I'm really hoping we can pull it off.  All we need to do is find a hammond player and there are a couple people in mind.  If it doesn't work out, I might be able to pull it off myself.  There has been a few occasions where I've played the organ on tracks for people.  I'm not an organist and have limited keyboard abilities, although I can certainly find the right notes to make it work.  I always have a backup plan, but hopefully I won't need it.

In other news, I'm designing a stereo mic preamp (channel strip to be exact).  The goal is to make something that outperforms mic preamps in the $2000 price range.  Failure is not an option.  Upon success I plan to make several of these for the studio.  They will not be used solely for recording, but also for Mixing since there is an onboard equalizer.

Finally, the upstairs lounge area is now complete so now its time to start thinking about the next big studio improvement.  This next job will be a massive undertaking both financially and physically, so it may take some time before starting.  I would prefer to keep this one hush-hush till it gets underway.  Think big!