Tag Archives: recording

It’s Complicated 02

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Måns

First vocals on this track were laid down yesterday, and hence the first version of this song being posted. This is the first track post “Fire Fire Fire EP” to be worked on, and while we were looking through our … Continue reading →

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Left Behind 04

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Måns

It didn’t take long for Anders to make a new mix for this one. Nothing much has changed however, just slightly more bass and a more polished sound. 090910_left-behind_04

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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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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 05

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Måns

Anders made a new mix and worked over the vocal sound to make it less muffled (thanks!) and also replaced the bass sound with the one he used originally. This mix sounds a lot better and now I’m thinking I … Continue reading →

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Fire Fire Fire 04

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Måns

This is the first vocal take on Fire Fire Fire. I wrote the lyrics and recorded the vocals keeping a certain moment in my head, using the phrase Anders had already made up for the song (Fire Fire Fire). The … Continue reading →

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Fire Fire Fire

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Måns

Anders recorded this sketch for a new song. We have not made any vocal recordings or finished the lyrics yet. 090320_fire-fire-fire_01

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Studio Projects B1

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Anders

This is the mic we most often use for the lead vocals. There are a lot of good large diaphragm condenser microphones for about $100, and I guess this is just one of them. But I like the design, and … Continue reading →

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Underachivers 06

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Anders

Måns had an idea to put a delay with lots of feedback on the last words in each phrase in the verse, so I tried that. Sounds kind of nice but maybe shouldn’t be on every phrase. Also I added … Continue reading →

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