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SafeandSound can record what you need where you need it
at a highly competitive rates.
Recent live band recordings:
Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
Tony Allen and the Hypnotic brass ensemble
Bara Somme systema
Off the Wall (Pink Floyd tribute band)
Mobile recording services :
24 Track band/musician/pub/venue gig recording
and mixing Band rehearsals or recording in hired spaces.
Interviews, hearings, speeches, audio records Location recording for broadcast Classical music recordings
Band recordings in a venue :
Every mobile recording session needs a slightly different approach, in part this
is determined by budget.
The methods are as follows:
1)Stereo bus desk FOH recording and audience mics where
practical.
2)Multitrack direct channel outputs from FOH console and audience mics where practical (mix later)
3)Split
microphones / preamplify and multitrack record with audience mics where practical (mix later)
Maximum track count with full multitrack back up = 24 tracks
Maximum track count no back up 48 Tracks with offer of free recording in the event of technical hitches, subject
to agreement.
Option 1 is the most cost effective and 3 is the most expensive.
Option 1: relies on the
sound balance the PA engineer makes for the PA system in the venue, it might not sound quite as you would wish but is
a very cost effective option.
Option 2: a good compromise and allows flexibility in the mixing stage though some dynamic
processing from the FOH console can affect the recorded sound. The recording quality can still be influenced by the FOH console
engineer using this approach. With diplomatic communication with the FOH engineer a great recording can be achieved.
Option
3: is the best solution as the recording is controllable during record and mix stages, it is also the most technically complex
and a little more costly.
The equipment is not housed in a vehicle and this makes the pricing very cost effective, it is usual to
be stageside, near FOH or in an allocated space in the venue.
Equipment :
30 channels of transformer isolated mic split (2 way split, 1 direct and 2 isolated outputs)
Alesis HD24(XR) digital multitrack recorder x 2 running on uninteruptable power supplies.
32/4 way 15 M snake
24 channels of microphone preamplification
(PR8E x 3 modified with audiophile opamps AD OP275's and LM4562's + high grade capacitors)
XLR to XLR patches (foil and copper screened)
Monitor mixer through Alesis HD24XR
24 way TRS split for direct outputs (foil and copper screen shield)
Engineers toolbox, adaptors, spares, fuses, cable ties, torches, batteries etc.
I will gladly talk you through the various options and best way to proceed.
Mixing :
Performed on
a high powered dual Xeon PC with Nuendo, Focusrite Liquid Mix (beautiful EQ and compression) and high quality reverb and Fx
processing. Delivered on a CD-R with a back up of you multitrack recording files on DVD-R's.
Mobile voice recordings:
Using a portable flash recorder, speech recordings are made straight forward, wherever you need a recording indoors/outdoors
there is a solution to the recording situation that I can provide at competitive rates.
Please call to discuss requirements,
my prices are VERY competitive and you will receive a fully professional service.
(To see some of the top level artists
I have recorded please see the page titled "Freelance Sound Engineer")
Contact : Barry 0(zero)7810 271371
Note :
Any work undertaken will be with agreement to terms and conditions which are provided upon enquiry.
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