Mobile Recording
My equipment is in a portable rack: a rackmount PC with Lightpipe sound card and a small LCD monitor, mic preamps, digital converters, and a small mixer for monitoring and extra inputs. I set up my rack where I'm out of the way, and I run a multi-channel snake to the stage. I set up 10 or 12 of my own mics, and I tap the PA mics with a transformer-isolated splitter (to avoid hum or signal loss). The multi-track recording is mixed at my small studio, using a powerful Nuendo system with dual CPU's, UAD-1 cards, and SCSI drives.
I can record 24 tracks at 44.1 kHz, or 18 tracks at 96 khz.
This is a one-man operation; I keep it simple and get by without an assistant.
Rates
These are introductory rates and will go up in a few months!
$120 per gig (flat rate). Includes a rough mix of all songs.
50¢/mile for travel (from Davis, CA).
$10-$20 per song for quality mixes.
$1 each for CD-R's (mixdowns)
$2 each for DVD-R's (multi-track files)
Equipment
Mobile Computer (recording, rough mixes): rackmounted 600 MHz P3, RME 24-channel Lightpipe card, removable SCSI drives, NUENDO software.
Studio Computer (editing/mixing): 3 GHz CPU, three UAD-1 cards, RME 8-channel Lightpipe card, removable SCSI drives, CD-R and DVD-R backup, NUENDO and WAVELAB software, many plug-ins.
Merging Sphynx 24-bit/96 kHz converters. Very transparent, better than Apogee.
Yamaha 01v digital mixer. Used for monitoring, extra inputs, and as a Nuendo controller.
Mackie HR824 powered monitors.
Millennia HV-3D 8-channel mic preamp. Extremely clean, enormous headroom, stepped attenuators instead of pots.
Audio-Technica 3525 cardioid mid-diaphragm condenser mics (2). Pretty dark and smooth for condensers. Great as drum overheads, sweet instead of harsh.
Oktava MK 219/319 cardioid large-diaphragm condenser mics (3). Made in Russia. Midrangey, like an SM57 on steroids. Modded for smoother frequency response. Great on guitar cabs.
Oktava MK-012 small-diaphragm condenser mic with cardioid and omni capsules
AKG C 414 B-ULS multipattern large-diaphragm condenser mic
Josephson Series Six small-diaphragm condenser mics with cardioid capsules (2). High-end classical recording mics with very natural sound. Fantastic on drum overheads, acoustic guitar, and many other applications. (These are reserved for studio work.)
Beyerdynamic M-88 hypercardioid dynamic mic (1). Good on kick drum or bass guitar cabinet.
Shure SM57's, SM58's, Beta 57's, Beta 58's. Workhorse dynamic mics. The Betas have been modded to be less directional/less boomy.
Whirlwind mic splitter with Jensen isolation transformers
Radial active and passive DI boxes
Reamp box
Korg DTR-1 digital tuner
Guitar amps and drums available on request (mostly for studio work):
Marshall JCM 800 2204 (modded by Voodoo Amps)
Marshall JCM 800 2205
Ampeg V4 combo amp
Marshall JCM 900 4x12 straight cab
Ampeg V4 4x12 straight cab
Marshall JMP-1 preamp
ADA MP-1 preamp
various distortion pedals
Peavey Radial Pro 1000 drum set
Toms: 10", 12", 14", 16"
Kicks: 22"x16" (Two)
Radial 14" wood snare
Slingerland 14" steel snare
Pearl Free Floating 14" brass piccolo snare
assorted Zildjian cymbals
