At this year's TapeOpCon, in addition to our usual panels,
workshops and performances,
we are also setting up our own "Pot Luck Studio"
in the Explorer/Emerald Room. The Explorer Room will be dedicated
as the tracking room and the Emerald Room will serve as the
control room where attendees will observe the process of recording
and mixing a song from start to finish.
With
the Pot Luck Studio, we are basically throwing a group of
top-notch engineers headfirst into the fire. They are walking
into a new studio and have to accomplish the task of turning
out a great recording in the limited amount of time available.
In addition to a full rack of preamps, compressors, and processors
from our sponsors, the engineers will have a grab bag of microphones
that they can use to record the band.
Special
thanks to MXL for their donation of the Mogami cabling we
need to hook up the entire studio. Without them, we would
be looking at gear and not listening to it. Also thanks to
IZ Corp. for the Radar System and Soundcraft for the Ghost
console. Additional thanks to ATC for their monitors and portable
baffles and to Ben Lily from ATC for flying all the way over
from London to tune the studio!
