New gear, new times!!

Recording music in the HD era

I would like to announce the addition of an Lynx Aurora 16 Analog-to-Digital Converter to the studio's equipment roster. This is one of the best sounding converters in the industry and along with the new MacPro Quad Core Nehalem, allow the studio to perform seamlessly on High Definition formats!!

New web site up!!

The new web site is up and it looks SWEET!!

I would like to thank the people that helped make it happen:

Graphic Design by KRDG - My great friend Laura, whom I've known since we were 5, and her husband Emi.

Photos by Parana Films - A.k.a my older brother Sebastian.

Models - Sandra, Cherri, Jamie and Tony.

Programming by Ezekiel Victor - Brilliant programmer and piano virtuoso.

Recent Releases

Don't forget to check these out!!

> Ezekiel Victor - Color Picture
> Veronica Bianqui - Live+In-Studio
> Palenke Soultribe - Oro

Upcoming Releases

Coming soon fresh from the Sound Spot Oven:

• THE REACTIVES - A hard rock power trio that will blow you away with thudering guitars, grooving bass lines and some raw nasty drums. Coming soon Spring 2009
  
• CHRISTOPH BULL - The story of a broken heart mixed with some soulful piano. Bull is a true musical genius. Coming soon Summer 2009
• VERONICA BIANQUI - A live in studio performance by the beautifully talented Ms. Bianqui and friends. Coming soon Summer 2009
• MANWHORE - A mix of hilarious and explicit rock. It doesn't get any more raw. Coming soon Summer 2009

Stay tuned!

V.O.Z. (working name) Rocking album!!

I confess: I have been bad at keeping up with my blog. It is mostly because it's been non-stop. If you have session pics from Sound Spot send them my way and I'll post them, I promise.

Here's some pics from the V.O.Z. (working name) sessions. In the pics you can see the guys honing in on the perfect sound. We put a lot of attention on guitars and finally arrived at a sweet stereo image. We had a Fender Deville isolated in a reverberant room and miked with the Cascade Fathead II ribbon mic running through an Avalon 737sp with some EQ. Then we setup a Marshall amp in the live room and miked it close with a Senheiser 421 and far with an Audio-Technica 4050, both running through the Neve 1272. The result is some really focus driving crunch and lots of space. Bass is a given at Sound Spot. I have yet to see someone prefer their own bass rig to mine. As usual we used my Marcus Miller Fender Jazz Bass and my Mesa-Boogie cab; killer tone!

When this power trio comes out you got to get your hands on a copy!!

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Check out this cool video of the Glass Plastiks recording at the Studio!!

Check Out the Glass Plastiks blog!!

They do give me a very good review. I love these guys! Check it Out!!

The Glass Plastiks Part III

Chris is back from his touring duties and finally we got a chance to lay down the guitars for the Glass Plastiks up-coming record. Don't let the looks fool you, this kid is full of rage when it gets to playing that thing. This guy has a hard-core mean in-your-face tone; full of angst and fury. It doesn't take him more than a take to have everyone in the control room at awe.

We had two amps set up: a Mesa-boogie in the booth and a Fender Twin Reverb in the room. We pretty much settled for the latter for the most part. I set up two of the new broadband absorbers on the sides to get a more focused sound on the close mics. I miked the front with a Royer R-121 a little off-center from the cone and the back with a SM57. Also, I had my AT4050 some 4 feet away to get the room sound. It was blasting!

Don't forget to check out the Glass Plastiks' cool sounds when it comes out!!

Custom Made Broadband Absorber Panels

I don't really know how do I manage to make time in-between sessions for my DIY acoustic projects but somehow I did. With a little help from the Glass Plastiks I made six broadband absorber panels. These are 2 x 4 panels that hang 4in away from the wall. Three are now set up in the control room to help critical listening conditions and the other three are in the live room to shape the sound of the reflections. They work great! You can find the complete recipe on how to make these yourself here, courtesy
of the great guys at PME Records.