2011 Things We Never Got Round to Telling You
2011 has just swooshed by. In the last 365 days, there have been a lot of exciting updates, news, stories and recordings taking place here at Backbeat Studios that we had wanted to share but never got round to it… hence we’ve decided to tell you all at one go,
Skype Recording capabilities at Backbeat
What do you do if you needed to record an interview who’s always on the move and barely has time to even meet you? Try Skype! Previously, we have been using Skype to enable clients to “sit in” (virtually) during recording sessions so that they can give realtime input and
Santa’s Dropship at Backbeat – Oktava M12 Jolymod Review
Santa dropshipped a whole list of new recording gear at Backbeat this Christmas, including the Neumann TLM-102, Fathead Cascade with Lundahl transformer and a pair of jolymod Oktava M12 small condensers. The first that came was these Russian pair of small diaphragm condensor mics packed in a cigar-box-like encasement. It
Bad Stuff is Good Stuff – Recording Marcel Pereira
Sometimes people would ask why I set up a recording studio. I do not really have a clear answer, but I know i really like recording original stuff. Every once in a while, a good original song “comes” along and I will get really excited about it.Recorded “Bad Stuff Got
Voiceover Recording for Mobile Children’s Book
It’s Christmas Day and suddenly I recall the voiceover recording for a mobile children’s book we did a few months ago. It was a lovely christmas story called “Caroline and the Mysterious Christmas Tree” written by Wheezards and developed specially for the Iphone and Ipad platform. This was one of the
Izotope Nectar Review – Is Nectar really that bad?
Just installed the 10-day trial version of the Izotope Nectar Plugin and jumped right in to use it immediately during a recording session. Usually I wouldnt do that (i mean, what if it crashed your system, right?) but Izotope is a name I have come to trust. It didnt take
Blue Baby Bottle Mic review (My Baby’s Coming Home)
I owned a Baby Blue Bottle mic before, very briefly, before it was damaged in a fire accident, during which I lost all mics (of course and a whole lot of other stuff). Interestingly, when I rebuild my mic cabinet, I didnt opt to replace the Baby Blue Bottle. I
Smash Inc… (Why murtabak is good before a vocal recording session)
The bassist of Smash Inc Jeff got married recently and the rest of the bandmates were in Backbeat rehearsing their wedding dinner performance (minus Jeff). I was really happy to meet them again (it was quite a coincidence as it was only not long ago when I recorded the drummer,
Live Multitrack Recording by Equinox
The band, Equinox, from NTU Hall 16 was recently at Backbeat Studios doing a multitrack recording for Play-On Band competition. Thanks to them, here’s a video of the whole process. We managed to get quite a good separation of the individual instruments due to some careful positioning, as also because
Electrico on Channel V and NDP
What do you see? Yes, Electrico recording their Channel V Interview on the lazy couch at Backbeat Studios. Electrico is Channel V artiste of the month for July. Not sure how many of you guys managed to catch their TV Special where they recorded their interview and studio session here
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