Ep 18 - Mark Greenberg on Managing the Wilco Loft
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Welcome back to the Truth About Recording And Mixing. Mark Greenberg has been in the Wilco family from back before there was a Wilco. Now he manages and engineers records at Wilco’s Chicago recording studio The Loft. From his time in the band the Coctails to his role as the “everything guy” at Lounge Ax to leading the composer collective Mayfair Workshop and to his current role in Eleventh Dream Day, Mark is a part of the musical fabric of the city. This hilarious and heartwarming conversation sheds a little light on why. The Truth About Recording And Mixing is brought to you by...
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EP 17 - Amy Dragon on Mastering and Manufacturing Vinyl in 2022
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Taram EP 17 - Amy Dragon Welcome back to the Truth About Recording And Mixing. After returning her social workers license with a note saying “don’t call”, Amy Dragon made her way to Portland OR pursuing her love of music to find a new career. She is now digital mastering engineer and vinyl cutting engineer at Telegraph Mastering and was also for many years the general manager at Cascade Record Pressing as they were getting their plant up and running. In this episode we talk about the process of making a vinyl record from start to finish and Amy’s in-depth knowledge...
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Ep 16 - Scott Bomar
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Welcome back to the Truth About Recording And Mixing. In this episode we talk to Scott Bomar of Electrophonic Recording and now the studio manager at Sam Phillips in Memphis TN. Scott came up in Memphis with the band Impala and has had a long career in both recording and creating music for film. His current band the Bo Keys is a collaboration with many Memphis greats past and present. He has worked at Doug Easley Recording, Ardent, Royal, Sam Phillips and continues to carry on the proud tradition of Memphis music making. The Truth About Recording And Mixing is brought to you by...
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EP 15 - Steve Dawson
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Welcome back to the Truth About Recording and Mixing brought to you from Crackle & Pop! Studio in Ballard, Washington. This episode is features multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer Steve Dawson. Steve is an accomplished musician and producer (he's won seven Juno awards!) known for his work in Zubat & Dawson, Birds of Chicago, and numerous other bands. He's also the producer and host of the essential Music Makers & Soul Shakers podcast. This conversation tells his story of coming up in the Vancouver music scene in the '90s to his current home in Nashville. We also dig into some of...
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Ep 14 - Jon Ulrigg of Ulrigg Ribbons
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Welcome back to the Truth About Recording and Mixing brought to you by the Fretboard Journal from Crackle & Pop! studio in Ballard WA. This episode we speak to Jon Ulrigg of Ulrigg Ribbons & Shiny Box Microphones. Jon has had a long path in both software and old school hardware and has found himself doing expert work in both areas. We are pleased to have cornered him for an hour of so to hear about all of his many passions. 1:10 Listener question about where to find the projects recorded at Crackle & Pop! Warning: shameless self promotion to follow.3:20: Listener question about Stereo vs. Mono...
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EP 13 Bill Cheney of Spectra1964
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Welcome back to the Truth About Recording and Mixing brought to you by the Fretboard Journal from Crackle & Pop! studio in Ballard WA. This episode we speak to Bill Cheney of Spectra 1964 about the history of the company and the classic circuits that are still on the cutting edge today. 1:10 - listener comment from Josh Block regarding episode 11 with Timothy Herzog.3:05 - listener comments from Bob Knetzger4:45 - what is flanging? Johnny gives a demo and a modern technique to achieve that classic sound16:45 - Welcome Bill Cheney, Bill talks about his upbringing and how he got into...
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EP. 12 Johnny Bregar & Johnny Sangster in... the Johnny & Johnny Show
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Show Notes EP 12 Johnny Bregar Welcome back to The Truth about Recording & Mixing In this episode we speak to Johnny Bregar about his recording studio “The Brickyard” on Bainbridge Island. 01:00 Listener question about Steve Turner’s guitar setup on the recording of The Warning. 06:00 Listener question about podcast aggregating. 09:30 Welcome Johnny Bregar 11:00 Early days - getting into recording. “Buy Osmonics”. 15:00 Making the switch to full time recording. 17:00 The local “regular” studio owner. Who’s coming in. The job of the producer. 24:30...
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Ep. 11: Phil Ek
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Welcome back to the Truth About Recording & Mixing Podcast. This week we have an in depth conversation with producer engineer Phil Ek. Phil is known for his work with Built To Spill, The Shins, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty among many many others. Also on this episode Johnny Sangster gives a quick demo on mic'ing up an upright piano.
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Ep 10 - Timothy Herzog
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Welcome to The Truth About Recording & Mixing episode 10 where we visit with Timothy Herzog and learn more about impedance, circuit design and Spectra Sonics. Timothy is the drummer in Godspeed You Black Emperor, records and produces and builds consoles. Topics: 0:00 Introduction2:00 Comment from Jon Ulrigg on Impedance being frequency dependent.6:05 Listener question from Liam on todays musicians and the artists who frequent Crackle & Pop! Studio.18:30 Welcome Timothy Herzog - and jumping right in on clarifying the topic of Impedance & interconnects.34:50 Timothy’s history...
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Ep. 9 Ed Brooks on Impedance & Interconnecting Gear in the Studio
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Welcome to Episode 9 of The Truth About Recording & Mixing. This week we take on the topic of impedances and interconnecting all the different formats of gear one finds in the recording studio. of walks us through the different categories of gear, how their impedances and levels differ and how we most successfully interconnect them. We also get a visit from electronics engineer and Spectra Sonics wiz who explains the design parameters and uses of his 3301 Hi Impedance Instrument Amplifier. 03:15 - Welcome back Ed Brooks!05:30 - Let’s start with speaker connectors08:30 -...
info_outlineWelcome back to the Truth About Recording and Mixing brought to you by the Fretboard Journal from Crackle & Pop! studio in Ballard WA. This episode we speak to Jon Ulrigg of Ulrigg Ribbons & Shiny Box Microphones. Jon has had a long path in both software and old school hardware and has found himself doing expert work in both areas. We are pleased to have cornered him for an hour of so to hear about all of his many passions.
1:10 Listener question about where to find the projects recorded at Crackle & Pop! Warning: shameless self promotion to follow.
3:20: Listener question about Stereo vs. Mono tracks and a question about electronic drums vs acoustic drums.
9:10 Welcome Jon Ulrigg! And welcome to Jon’s heavy RCA mics which he brought along to record the interview with. A plug for Latchlake stands.
12:30 Jon’s career path. How’d he get here? From software at Microsoft to working networking at Nordstrom to ATT. Finding time to get back to playing into playing music and then - GEAR!
22:50 Beginning to build his own equipment and discovering ribbon mics. From a group buy on the audio forums to starting Shiny Box mics.
34:00 the changing economy and transitioning into Ribbon repair work.
39:50 Working for Brad Avensen’s company Silicon Audio and their seismic sensor / laser interferometer development program.
49:00 Installing these sensors on the ocean floor, on the moon and on one of the moons of Jupiter.
55:55 - Let’s talk about the different families of microphones - dynamic, condenser and ribbon mics. Let’s start with dynamic mics.
01:05:00 Let’s talk about condenser mics.
01:11:05 What about multipattern condenser mics?
01:12:30 Listener question about cardioid vs figure of eight and omni patterns and the uses of each.
01:18:00 Uses for the null of a figure of eight mics.
01:20:00 Let’s talk about ribbon mics. Design elements.
01:24:25 Variations in design, hypercardioid ribbon mics, acoustical labyrinths and sound damping.
01:27:50 - the actual ribbon element in a ribbon mic. Ribbon lengths, materials, corrugating a ribbon. Traditional corrugation vs pistonic corrugation.
01:38:00 Beyer mics and their ribbons and parts. Jon is currently servicing Beyer mics. Dual ribbons in the Beyer 160 and 130.
01:48:55 Sleeper ribbons, affordable vintage ribbons? Octava ML19s. Rebranded Beyer mics.
01:53:55 Jon’s new microphone designs.
01:57:30 Thanks Jon!
Gear mentioned: RCA 77, RCA 44, Shiny Box, Beyer Dynamic M260 Beyer Dynamic M160 Beyer Dynamic M130, Shure 57, Sennheiser 421, Sennheiser 441, Dynamic Mics, Condenser Mics, Ribbon Mics, Neumann U47, Neumann U48, Octava mics, Altec 639, B&O mics.