One of the most coveted preamps and eq's of vintage history is the Neve 1073. I recently have been experimenting with the latest official Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Series 5052 which is the best of all Neve designs including the 1073 and 1064 eq modules. Definitely sexy!
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A New Part of the Family – SPL Gainstation 8
As my clients know, I take pride in keeping up with technology and having complete flexibility in a very efficient ergonomic way. Well, welcome the SPL Gainstaion 8. The Gainstation is an 8 channel preamplifier that allows me to have superb pristine solid state signal from 1-301KHz or color tube gain or a blend of…
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Video Services Are Gaining Ground At Allusion Studios
Jim Pavett and Allusion Studios have been well regarded in the audio industry for years but not all our clients know Jim has been editing video for 22 years. In fact when Jim moved Allusion Studios to its new home, he had enough space to start expanding his video services. "I remenber the first TV…
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Full Featured Documentary Made In House Released
Recently Jim just finished making a dual release project for Todd Whisler. CD on one side and DVD on the other. We took 154 hours of footage shot while making this album and made a two hour and fifteen minute documentary about it. Along with that, the DVD is jammed packed with all sorts of…
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Video Services – A Documentary In The Making
This year has been an amazing year for me as a video editor. I have been working on making a full documentary for the last 8 months and have been excited to do so. Taking 150+ hours of video footage (with sometimes 2 camera angles at the same time) and paring it down to 2.25…
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Creating Intimacy With Your Studio Musican’s by Both Being On The Same Side of the Glass
Barry Sparks, one of the world’s top bassists, was hired to work on Todd Whisler’s latest studio album. Barry is known for working with many artists including Yngvie, MSG, Nugent, Dokken, and currently the BZZ. The BZZ sell out 75,000 seat arenas three nights in a row in Japan, something Paul McCartney can’t even do……
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