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This is a compilation of the recording I made of the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra on 8 March 2014. As with my two previous recordings, I made a 5.1 surround sound recording. This time I placed the omnidirectional Schoeps mics in the front on extra tall boom stands and my AKG C214s in the rear facing the audience. I kept the Blue Reactor as my center channel. Honestly, I prefer my last setup, but this was all for experimentation's sake. I found that the Schoeps were a bit too dark to be the front mics and I had to compensate for that in the mixing stage. All recording, editing, mixing, and mastering was done by me. I recorded the concert using Pro Tools 11 (which I don't recommend due to its bugginess) and did everything else in Logic Pro X. Enjoy! ____Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Quinto Maganini (1897-1974), arr.) ____Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Étude No. 11, Douze études ____Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Selections from "Histoire du Tango" I. Bordel 1900 ____Kurt Weill (1900-1950): Threepenny Opera Suite (Karl Kramer, arr.) IV. Cannon-song ____Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789-1878): Three Little Pieces for Brass Quintet (Robert Nagel (1924-), arr.) III. Allegro grazioso ____Richard Strauss (1864-1941): Metamorphosen (Rudolf Leopold, arr.)

All recording, editing, mixing, and mastering was done by me. I recorded in Pro Tools 11 and did the rest in Logic Pro X. ___ John Palmer (1954-): Suite for Brass Quintet 1. I. Announcement 2. II. Meditation 3. III. Dance ___Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): String Quartet, Op. 51, No. 1 in C Minor 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Romanze: Poco adagio ___Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita (Serenade in B-Flat Major) for Winds, K. 361 6. I. Largo-Molto allegro 7. IV. Menuetto-Allegretto 8. VII. Finale. Molto allegro

This is a study in soundscapes that I submitted as my sound design project for the Fall 2013 quarter Sound Design for Film and Games class taught by Eric Kuehnl. The story: Deep in the forest, a wolf cries in the distance. Suddenly, other wolves answer its call. A kid, who somehow happens to be stuck in the aforementioned forest, realizes there is clear and present danger. He runs desperately through the woods as he tries to get away from the wolves. A storm brews overhead. Running out of breath, energy, and time, he trips through foliage as the wolves gain on him. Eventually, the wolves lose interest and the kid thinks he's okay. Suddenly, he is startled by owls. One in particular has a peculiar sound. The alarm rings and he wakes up. It was only a nightmare. The end.

My SFSU Advanced Audio Production class, taught by Michael S. Rosen, recorded the Jesse Levit Trio at Fantasy Studios in Berkley one weekend in October 2013. Not too long after that, I was asked to mix this song for the trio. Enjoy!

I composed this short piece of background music for a Foothill College sound design project. While the main bulk of the project was done using Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, I ended up using Logic for composing to keep the music and sound effects separate. This piece used both the Logic MIDI library and Kontakt 5 MIDI libraries for this instrumental. My inspiration came from two traditional Welsh folk songs that I felt would suit the project: "Dacw 'Nghariad" (There's My Love) and "Sosban Fach" (Little Saucepan.) So what was the project? A very small 1 minute video comprised of clips from the Hayao Miyazaki film "Howl's Moving Castle". As I have read the Diana Wynne Jones novel that was the basis of the film, I knew that one of the main characters came from Wales. Hence, my Welsh musical influence. Enjoy!

This is a just a snippet of four pieces from the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra's Baroque Chamber Concert I recorded earlier this month at the Palo Alto First Baptist Church. I used a 5.1 surround sound mic placement to get the fullest sound possible. All recording, mixing, and mastering was done by me. Enjoy! 1. Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612): Canzon Septimi Toni, No. 2 2. George Frederic Handel (1685-1759): Trio Sonata, Op. 2 No. 5, HWV 390: II. Allegro 3. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 443: I. Allegro 4. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuetto-Trio I-Polacca-Trio II

This was really fun to mix! I had lots of great acoustic instruments to work with: most exciting to play with were the banjo and accordion. :) I used Logic X and mostly UAD Teletronix and Pultec plug-ins to make this mix come alive. Enjoy! I got these tracks from Telefunken's website. This band beat out loads of other bands for the opportunity to record at TRI Studios in San Rafael, CA. Fair play to them and congratulations! Please support the band at http://merrygoldband.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/merrygoldband.

This mix was more of a challenge than I anticipated.  On the plus side, I did learn how to use Two-Stage Compression on the vocals, that bass frequencies can really mess up a mix, and that my car's speakers tell me the truth. During the remixing process, I earned my certification in Logic Pro 9 and learned to adapt to Logic Pro X.   Mixed from the multi-tracks provided by Cristina Vane via www.cambridge-mt.com. Please support the artist at https://soundcloud.com/cristinavane and https://www.facebook.com/cristina.vane.music