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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!

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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.

XOPH Vocal Tracking

Before leaving for germany singer-songwritter and long time friend Xoph managed to crunch in a vocal session for his upcoming record "Lo-Fi." The session was a two full two day marathon and the record is that much closer to being done.

We began with a mic shoot out of Titans. On the pic you can see lined up a Neumann U47, an AKG C12, an M149 and a U67. We finally settled down for the U47 for most part of the record, except a ballad where we had both the U67 up close and the U47 for far miking (as seen on the picture).

It was an outstanding performance. Good going my friend!