Monthly Archives: May 2009

Motu Traveler mk2

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Anders

There are a lot of multichannel audio interfaces on the market, and many of them have similar specs. I haven’t tried that many, but my impression is that they ARE very similar both in design and sound quality. I initially … Continue reading →

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Fire Fire Fire 10

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Anders

I ran the the vocals through a TLA 2051 mic preamp using its compressor and EQ instad of the DAWs. I think the result sounds slightly better, maybe because of some slight tube overdrive. I then ran this track through … Continue reading →

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Microphone test

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Anders

We were not so happy with the vocal sound on some of the tracks, so we decided to do a microphone test. It has been difficult to get a sound that is both pleasant yet can cut through the mix. … Continue reading →

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Fire Fire Fire 09

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Måns

Another recording of this song. Yeah, who knew? :) We performed an advanced microphone test on these vocals. You can All in all, I am much happier with this mix and the sound of the vocals now. Before I felt … Continue reading →

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Underachievers 08

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Måns

New remix of this song. Anders did some tweaking and replaced the “wimpy” guitar with a piano in the chorus. I replaced the glockenspiel in the break with FM bells straight out of a Paul Young nightmare I had about … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Know Why 04

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Anders

We have discussed using another melody in the verses, to make the song less monotonuos. I muted Måns vocals and played another idea for a melody using a cheesy synth sound. This melody has longer phrases and is more anthem-like. … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Know Why 03

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Anders

Måns and I talked on MSN on how to make the song less monotonous so I fiddled around with shortening the intro and only letting Måns sing every second phrase in the verse. I only had time to edit the … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Know Why 02

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Måns

Last night I re-recorded the vocals for If You Don’t Know Why, after changing a couple of lines in the lyrics. Also I tried a couple of different approaches in singing styles, and today Anders made a remix of the … Continue reading →

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