Showing posts with label Focusrite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Focusrite. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Michael Wagener in the Studio Part 6

Michael Wagener in the Studio Part 6 Video Clips. Duration : 9.97 Mins.


Michael Wagener has produced and engineered recordings that have sold over 90 million copies worldwide. Renowned in the industry for big, heavy guitar sounds, Michael's impressive list of credits include Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Janet Jackson, Kings X, Dokken, Skid Row, and many more. Bonus Tech Tip from Michael Wagener As part of his recording process, Michael uses a technique he refers to as "Real-amping." In his own words, "What I do is, record the guitar with an amp sound and also as a DI track, using the Creation Audio Labs MW-1 ( ow.ly ). Then later, if I decide I want a bit more or less distortion, or want to add another amp tone, I use the MW-1 to send the DI signal back out into an amp. Sometimes it's easier to decide on the final amp sound when there are already a lot of the other instruments recorded. Works also very well when you want to add different sounds to a track." Michael's guitar amps of choice include the Randall modular series and Industrial Amps Rock 120, though lately Michael has become a big fan of Egnater amps (Link: ow.ly ), " . . . those are my newest find, love them." The Randall setup that Michael has been using as his primary tone factory with artists such as Kings X, comprises Randall two RT2-50 stereo tube power amps (ow.ly ) and two Randall RM4 preamp chassis (ow.ly ) (with one connected through the effects loop of the other). In one RM4, he Randall modular preamps he uses are the XTC Bogner (ow.ly ) (his favorite among the ...

Monday, 7 January 2013

Focusrite Saffire 6 USB Audio Interface Overview - Nevada Music UK

Focusrite Saffire 6 USB Audio Interface Overview - Nevada Music UK Video Clips. Duration : 8.23 Mins.


Buy here... www.nevadamusic.co.uk Focusrite was originally formed in 1985 as a company who manufactured microphone pre-amplifiers to use in conjunction with the SSL 4000 series mixing desk which at the time was the de-facto bees knees of mixing desks in professional recording studios. Over the past two and a half decades Focusrite has grown to become a much respected designer and manufacturer of studio equipment spanning from the state of the art digital broadcast studio to home recordists and project studios. The great advantage that Focusrite has is that it has products that provide audio solutions at every level of the market from entry-level USB interfaces to high end Mic Pre Emulation software ... So let's take a look at possibly the best selling product from the Focusrite Audio interface range - The Focusrite Saffire 6 USB - Those of you who have PC or Mac based recording solutions will know that if you wish to connect a musical instrument to a computer for the purpose of recording music you'll need to have an interface box - enter the Focusrite Saffire 6 USB. This is a neatly designed desktop box that provides a variety of features to help you get the best sound and performance from your computer recording session. Most of the connection interface ports are on the back of the unit apart from a couple of XLR/Jack inputs located to the far left side of the front facia, here is typically where you'd plug in your microphones or perhaps a couple of mono jack leads and ...