Hey Everyone,

The studio is on Relevant.tv featuring “Cast Me Away – Live” by Intro To Sunshine.

These guys are incredible musicians and have a new EP release coming soon. Check them out on Myspace and Facebook and be sure to keep an eye out for their upcoming EP.

To see the video on Relevant.tv click the link below. Dropping a compliment about the studio and band on Relevant would be greatly appreciated!

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/media/rtv/watch/327/cast-me-away-live#dsq-comments

To hear more from Intro To Sunshine Live at North Avenue go to our Audio page!

Cheers,

Rob

Looking for deals on gear? Mercenary Audio has got some specials and packages you might want to look at on their website.

Mercenary ’s Workhorse OH package is one that caught my eye.

The package includes 1 Sebatron VMP-2000eVU and 2 Km-69’s for $3,000.00.

Not the lowest prices of the year but definitely low enough to get you thinking.

To check out more Mercenary Audio specials go to Mercenary Audio.

Cheers,

Rob

At the Studio some of my favorite mics to track with are my AEA R84 and Royer 121 Ribbon Microphones.

I happened to stumble upon this today and I found the conclusion to be pretty entertaining.

I hope you enjoy it!

Weird Ribbon Mic Tricks

By George Petersen

A ribbon mic in front of a kick drum is a recipe for disaster, as the drum’s enormous air pressure can instantly distort/destroy the mic’s sensitive ribbon. However, you can often get a huge — yet safe — kick sound by laying a ribbon mic on a pillow inside the drum, with the mic’s element pointing straight up toward the ceiling so the air flows across (and not into) the mic.

For guitar overdubs, try putting a ribbon (or other figure-8 mic) between two 4×12 cabinets that face each other. As the back side of a figure-8 mic is out-of-phase with the front, wire one of the 4×12s out-of-phase, experiment a bit with mic-to-cabinet distances and you’ve got a massive guitar sound like no other!

Please note that if hiring a microphone from Audio Analysis or AA Masters or Marcus Wilson Studio Hire that under no circumstance are you aloud to try this with any of our microphones, if you get the placement wrong you will destroy our microphone and you will be fined with the cost of replacing that microphone- not just the ribbon.

This article was found at www.audioanalysis.co.nz

Cheers,

Rob

At a quick glance, the Blue Yeti Multi-Pattern USB Condenser microphone looks like just another “podcast” mic. Take a deeper look and you’ll soon realize that it is the Bentley of USB microphones. Of coarse, It wouldn’t be in character for Blue to add anything less then stunning to their already incredible microphone line. Blue’s Yeti is the first THX certified microphone and showcases some impressive designs including: 3 premium 14mm tuned Condenser Capsules, a 4 Polar Pattern Selector (stereo, Cardioid, OMNI and Bidirectional), Zero Latency headphone output jack, a Mini USB jack and Mute, Master Volume and Mic Gain knobs.

The Yeti is said to retail for $149.99 MSRP debuting in early December and will be sold at the Apple Store, Guitar Center and other pro-audio and electronic stores.

For more info go to www.bluemic.com

Cheers,

Rob

We are offering discounted studio rates from $60/hour to $35/hour through Nov.14th – Jan.14th!

DETAILS:

- 6 hour minimum

- Includes all in house gear and equipment

- %50 of payment required before project staring date and following %50 due before project release

Call me or E-mail me if you have any questions!

Cheers,

Rob