Living room jam and recording session

A very productive Recording/ Jam session took place in my living room last Monday. Blake and myself have begun mashing ideas up to produce an upbeat folky song. We laid down a basic midi drum track and recorded acoustic, electric guitar, and xylophone. Recording was done through a SE2200a microphone using an ART StudioV3 tube preamp and into Pro Tools with an Mbox Mini. A very creative recording booth environment was created using two of my unfinished absorber panels I built in the summer of 2010 (link to this post) with a room divider/ shelf as the walls. The rear wall and roof were blankets found around the house.

We feel very excited about the songs direction and hopefully have something ready to post in the very near future. We will have another jam session tomorrow and work on the structure. But for now, here are some pictures.

ABSORBERS AND REFLECTORS

Im working on a new EP that will hopefully follow in a short story of my experiences now I am living in Germany. Although I know that this may take a drastic turn and become something completely different - I will try stick to this idea. It will be a collection of different genres and I want to throw in some acoustic instruments in the mix.

So first I need to make some acoustic treatment. Here's some photos of my duel action reflectors and diffusers I started making yesterday. One side is rockwool with a fabric over the front and on the other side I have mounted a wooden board. I will post the drawings later.

MAKING ACOUSTIC PANELS