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Studio expansion news! Introducing the custom isolation booth

Heatwave soundtrack

I’m making good on my resolution to talk more and sleep less in 2018

Introducing the Orchard Recording Studio Podcast! Join me and a rotating cast of musicians and audio engineers as we discuss the most interesting (and often least obvious) aspects of music, sound and beyond. Episodes 1 and 2 are available now!

Get some rest, little mics

Just wrapped day 3 of recording a great band from Toronto-by-way-of-Brooklyn. Drums are in the bag, hence the resting mics.

Recording big (and I mean big) drums today

My go-to approach starts with a Glyn Johns. Then the 421s wind up on the vintage Slingerland toms. An EV of some kind ends on up on the matching snare. A D112 creeps into the 24" birch kick, and a wurst mic hovers over it. Then the room mics go up. Next thing you know it's spaghetti time at the input box. And the at patch bay, sending the operative signals through crunchy eight Tascam 388 channel strips and some compression.

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Rootbrew records a protest song for free!

Bands, be like Rootbrew. Write a protest song — or any song with a positive progressive message — and I will record you for free.