This project was a complete production. We were responsible for sound engineering and mixing. We also consulted with the band for several hours on the layout of the project. The band was responsible for composing and playing their parts. Most guitar amps were mounted with microphones with three to five microphones. Some guitars had a, unique guitar-string, microphone setup to emphasize the chords in their progression.
Track three “Spheres” was done completely live and the third take was used. Third party background noise was used from a creative commons library for onset. The piano was recorded on location at the Greenwald household. All drums, except “Spheres” was recorded in Middleton residential basement called Acker Studios. Difficulty was found with track four with file corruption and bad data sectors on the hard drive. An important lesson: always allocate at least 15gb of your HD as temp system cache space.
The weather was recorded on location at the Brown household in Madison. Using nothing more than the Blue Bird and MXL condenser microphones, a stereo sound effect was made. The art was chosen by the Roulette Notations’ Band Management. It was a work-for-hire oil painting from overseas.
Featured Artists:
Tom W (Trumpet)
Corbin Bartel (Saxophone)
Dan Ryan (Congas)
This CD was mastered at DNA Studios, Madison, Wi.