Author Archives: Anders

Signed by the artist

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Anders

Paul Auster visited Stockholm, and my wife got my favorite copy of my favorite book signed.

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Let’s steal this song!

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Anders

I heard this song yesterday on MTV2, it’s great! We must steal it!

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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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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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Silver Night 11

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Anders

The next song to finish is Silver Night. I think we are quite happy with the arrangement and instruments, so it basically only needs to be mixed. Listening to Geraldine by Glasvegas, which was a big inspiration for the guitar … Continue reading →

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Fire Fire Fire 07 – final version?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Anders

Måns and I spent the evening in the studio mixing Fire Fire Fire for (hopefully) the last time. We improved the vocal sound and generally tweaked levels and the arrangement. 090414_fire-fire-fire_07

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Fire Fire Fire 06

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Anders

Tweaked some more today: – added new drumfills – made the drums less boomy (removed some dBs at about 250Hz, added some at 2,5kHz) – added another tambourine to the ending – some mastering changes 090402_fire-fire-fire_06

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