Snapshots From The Studio:

Update: January 6th, 1998:
After a holiday break, we resume recording more of the acoustic tracks that will appear on the CD, all the while evaluating each song for possible 'over-dubs' of additional instruments. Since we already have a series of December, 1997 pictures covering this, below are some pictures and technical details for all the 'tech-types' online.
---Presented by the 'technical' guy in the band---

5 pictures from the January 6th update: Download time approx. 2 min at 28.8

Michael Wilk

MW at the recording console:

The Peavey AMR series 2400 recording console, with JLCooper 'Magi II' console automation system.

The upper speaker bridge houses the Urei 809 time aligned monitors, and pictured over the recording console is the Genelec 1030a near field monitoring system.

Computers are Compaq P166, 32mb memory, 2gb HD, running Cakewalk Pro Audio 6.0, and Digidesign Session8 wave editing software, with Music Quest 8PortSE Midi and SMPTE interface.
The microphones

Microphones in use at the studio:

Pictured left to right are the the Audio-Technica 4050, the Rode Classic, and the AKG 414 microphones.

In addition to the above we also use:
From Electrovoice: (5)EV408,(2)EV308,(4)EV757,(1)EV RE27
From Audio Technica: (2)AT4041, (2)AT4051, (2)AT4050
From Shure: (3)SM57, (3)SM58
Akai 24 Track Digital Recorder





The Akai ADAM 24 track digital recorder and meter bridge.

Effects rack upper

Primary processing rack (upper):

Panasonic SV3500 DAT Recorder
Apogee DA1000 Analog to Digital converters
Tascam DA30 DAT Recorder
Adams-Smith Zeta Three SMPTE Synchronizer/Generator
Furman power strip
(2) Neve Microphone pre-amps
Tascam 122 Cassette recorder (pictured to the right)
Effects rack lower



Primary processing rack (lower):

(2) Neve Microphone pre-amps (same as above)
Lexicon reverb PCM70
Yamaha Rev7 digital delay
(2) Tube Tech CL1B Compressors
Yamaha model 1500 digital delay
Lexicon reverb PCM60
(2) Furman Quad noise gates
(3) DBX 160x Compressors
DBX 'de-esser'

Studio wiring and equipment maintenance: Chris Bray
(special thanks from John & Michael)

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