Archive for March, 2006

    Eye Scream – the band from Cabanatuan City

    Eye Scream is a band from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija - standouts of Muziklaban and GBOB competitions. They have really nice songs and deliver strong and dynamic live performances. I chanced upon them through an acquaintance and now I'm producing their debut recording.

    We started pre-production in February, recording live takes of Eye Scream's songs for studies re: arrangements, lyrics, dynamics. We've been tracking drum parts this week - so far so good. 3 songs down and 9 to go. We've also been laying down bass and guitar parts in between drum takes.

    Inside, a couple of drums recording session photos

    Posted at 12pm on 03/30/06 | 51 comments | Filed Under: Sessions & Projects
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    Would you like your Session “For Here” or “To Go”?

    You can take your session files at Sound Weavers with you for further production on your own facility, your home desktop or laptop, at your own time.

    I got into digital audio recording with the following, an M-Audio DMAN interface (a PCI card with break out cables (4out/4out TRS) and Cakewalk software, then moved to Pro Tools on Digi001, then an MBox for portability. I was able to achieve pretty good recordings with those

    Posted at 10pm on 03/15/06 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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    Preparing for your Recording Studio Session-

    A short list of common sense tips that will help for a smoother and more productive session in the recording studio especially for those who are limited in budget and time.

    1. Decide the purpose and objective of the recording session. Songwriting/pre-production, Tracking or Mixing.
      • Songwriting/pre-production may simply be a "live" take of all musicians (playing at the

    Posted at 8pm on 03/13/06 | no comments | Filed Under: Recording-Tracking, Sessions & Projects
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    Focusrite Voicemaster Pro

    Sound-Weavers welcomes Focusrite pro audio equipment family with the arrival of our very own Voicemaster Pro recording preamp specifically for vocals but also applicable to instruments such as bass guitars. :D This Voicemaster has the A/D card which allows 24-bit/96 Khz connection to Pro Tools.

    Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster Pro vocal preamp

    Posted at 1pm on 03/06/06 | 4 comments | Filed Under: Gear
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