New Gear

I've been looking at getting a couple new pieces of gear into the studio. Here is a short list of some of the really cool things I have been looking at and considering.

Rolls Music Folcrom - Analog audio summing has become pretty big over the past four or five years with the 'mixing in the box' crowd. Basically, the argument goes, that a big part of why analog consoles make mixes sound so good is in the summing amp (a device that takes all your channels and 'sums' them into a stereo signal). The rolls is cool because it is totally passive and you need a preamp to make up the gain of your stereo signal. This means that your sound is totally determined by what mic preamps you use for make up gain. Cool!

Waves Studio Classics Plug in Bundle - Really good sounding emulations of SSL, Neve, and API gear. Most people are stoked about the SSL stuff but It all sounds pretty cool.

Celemony Melodyne Studio - The new version of this program can tune notes within chords of recorded audio. I have absolutely no idea how they figured out how to do this, but I would guess someone at Celemony sold their soul to the devil or something similarly dubious. Tune your guitar after you get a good take!

BFD 2 - Actually I already ordered this. Really good sounding, really usable multi sampled acoustic drum machine that I can also trigger with Drumagog. More of a songwriting tool or a convincing back up when you can't get a real drummer with a good kit in a great sounding studio. I like that I can use drumagog to trigger new drum sounds with their corresponding room and overhead mics that I can mix in afterward. Sweet!

Ok enough nerd gear talk.

Later.