Building the Studio, Pt. 2: Bass Traps

The first step after putting carpet into my new room was building the essential acoustic treatments, the bass traps. I decided to do 2 big bass traps for the front corners, both about 2,10m high, 65 cm wide and 30 cm deep, filled with rockwool, that I wanted to wrap in thin foil, and cover [...]

Building my new Studio, Pt. 1

After searching for the right location for quite a while I finally found a decent room in the heart of Zurich to build my new studio; I plan to have a one room concept for recording and production, with possibilities to built a vocal booth, some space to hang out and play around with my [...]

My new Studio (II)

Well, after some breaks and waiting periods I continued on improving my new studio setup: the Mackie desk moved into the middle, the new monitor speakers (Yamaha HS80M) found their place, the rack is getting filled up more and more (the Ensoniq DP/4 Multieffect unit and a new ADAT Interface) and, the most important thing, [...]

My new studio (part I)

Some weeks ago I got myself a new toy, well, actually a quite old toy, but still great and something I always wanted to have: An analog mixing desk, and after some search and evaluation I decided to get a Mackie 8-Bus 24 Channel desk… Ok, many people might now say “Uh, Mackie,…” but for [...]

TC electronics Level Pilot

TC electronics has introduced a new toy: the Level Pilot. Look here: link looks pretty neat,  reminds me a bit of the Griffin thing  (iMate or sth.), but i guess it sounds way better due to the fact that it´s completely analog… WANT2HAVE1

My new friend from Korg

I found this guy in the cellar of a studio around here,wasn´t working any more; Korg Polysix (1981) see more at vintagesynth.com So I decided to give it a try, first repaired some more basic stuff (mainly the keyboard), and then gave it to the guys at defekt.ch, who did a really great job on [...]