Blue Ribbon Recording

11/12/2023

Local Vocals! Call me if you want to add some depth and mojo to your vocal tracks. Ribbons, tubes and phantom stuff too. Options are a good thing, especially with vocals!

10/09/2023

Digging these old film projectors- still working after all of these years!

07/29/2023

Here’s some authentic analog mojo- in the box an in the pictures too!

05/19/2023

Ribbons and tubes get some juice tonight…

05/12/2023

Working on a cable refresh in the studio. 16 channels of analog, 10 digital. Getting them to play well together in the sandbox…

07/31/2022

So thinking I should get back to some banjo playing. Not perfect but a start...

08/20/2021

Here's an Ampex 354 in action, along with some cool ribbons, new and old. Cheers.

04/15/2021

Much thanks to Keith Gates for help with getting the Scully deck working for playback!

03/16/2021

Latest addition to the studio- analogue reverb! Circa 1975.

10/07/2020

Good to do when starting a project- line ‘em all up and test them out. Ribbons thru a UA 610. Getting warm in here! Beyerdynamic, Royer Labs AEA Ribbon Mics and Preamps vinrage. Life is good.

06/10/2020

First up- Shure and Octavia

06/10/2020

Mic comps continue, this time right into the board, no tubes in between. Phun with phase...

05/23/2020

Guitar sounds tonight- 37 Gibson through a 61 ampex via an EV day 35. Somebody added the electronics to the guitar before I bought it. Sweet tho!

05/22/2020

Tracking vocals tonight with a few ribbons. Smooth and deep!

04/26/2020

12/26/2019

Thanx, DW Fearn, for your insight-

"It’s the nature of the distortion that makes tubes sound different. Solid state circuits run out of headroom when the output voltage exceeds the power supply voltage. The result at this point is gross distortion — the output becomes a square wave. Square waves are not found in sounds that we usually consider musical, so our subjective response to them is negative.

When a tube circuit distorts, the primary distortion product is even order harmonics, with the second harmonic dominant. It so happens that musical instruments also produce primarily even harmonics. By definition, that’s what makes them “musical.” So you could say that tube circuits can add a musical component to recorded sound. Fortunately, you can take your choice — keep the level reasonable and obtain good clean audio, or run the circuit into distortion and generate some harmonics that weren’t there to begin with.

One factor that is often underestimated is the actual peak level produced by a microphone, especially in close-micing situations. Peak output can easily exceed 1 volt! The duration of these peaks is often very short, but an overloaded solid state amplifier will change the character of the sound significantly during the peak. Vacuum tube designs may also overload on peaks, but the resulting distortion is much more acceptable to the ear"

I couldnt have said it myself. But Dean Giamette could have...

07/07/2019

Hey Vocalists out there- just saying that Ribbons + Tubes brings out the best. Let me know if you want to swing by!

07/06/2019

Tracking box tonight with some contemporary hardware thru classic amps...

07/02/2019

Added to the studio tonight- from bud Tieman Studios - Guy Tieman in Florida. Perfect!

05/31/2019

And the result...

05/31/2019

Video setup in the studio

03/12/2019

Working in the studio to set up for a rehearsal tomorrow. Trying out some old and new, but mostly old...

01/19/2019

Checking out some microphones this week with Esther Ann Haynes. We tried 4- 2 ribbons and 2 condensers. Great voice, great times, great recordings!

12/25/2018

Mic/amp tests. Today UA 610 tube pre. Sweet. All great options!

12/11/2018

Working on a cut using these on the rythm guitar track. Had Nancy and John Relph in on Sunday. Cool grooves with Dean Giamette

11/24/2018

Friday recording part 2

11/24/2018

Friday night recording

11/22/2018

Thankful for all of the great musicians who've descended the stairs and made some great music in the studio! Cheers to you!

09/23/2018

Old is new again, new is old and then, recordings are made. Thats how we roll! Right Dean Giamette?

07/12/2018

Analogue lives at BRR!