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FUCKWOLF’s LP, ‘Goodbye, Asshole’, which was tracked (mostly) here at El Studio, is now available for preorder from @silvercurrent records. It’s a banger!🔥
Had a great session with @howlinrain. Shown here: @palominosound’s Vox Tonebender, recently repaired @wardbecksystems WBS M460K mic preamps, Sennheiser MD441-U aimed into the corner and crushed through a @uaudio 1176 using “all buttons in
New @mammatusband album in the 🛢. I think I blew up one of our JBL 4320 monitors during final playback🤦‍♂️
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A most excellent visit to our friends @new_improved_recording in Oakland last night. Got to audition our homebrew U47 clone against their original Neumann (they sounded pretty similar!) Lots of music was auditioned through their insane @atc_loudspeak
Sony C17B small diaphragm tube mics back from repair and sounding very sweet. Thanks to Kevin Ink for restoring these to their former glory. 60 year old power supplies recapped and badly deteriorated mic cables replaced with Mogami cable. These shoul
Hickory smoked🔥 #protip
El Studio Live Rig™️ set up at @63bluxomestgallery for @mammatusband and @terrygrossband show happening at 3 pm!!! #nagraivs #liverecording #analogrecording
LIVE MUSIC! Terry Gross Mammatus Saturday, August 14, 3 pm 63 Bluxome St., SF FREE! BYOB!! . . . #dayrock #sparock #daysparock
New gadget #coincidentmicrophones #ShureSM57 #AKGC451E #CK1S
We are excited to announce that we are now the caretakers of Gregg Allman’s old touring Hammond B3 organ and Leslie 122 cabinet. These haven’t been turned on in years, so it will be a bit of a process and time before they’re availa
Neumann U47 clone with Thiersch M7 capsule installed. This mic sounds fantastic. . . . #DIYelectronics, #Neumannclone #tubemic #valvemic #M7capsule #U47clone
This was a doozie. Replaced the monitor source selector 10x ganged switch bank today. This repair felt like open heart surgery. Once I started, there was no turning back. With critical signal path repairs like this, failure is not an option. If the r
Fun weekend back in the studio tracking @fuckwolfband
Some (semi) recent work: Latitude - ‘Mystic Hotline’ LP Out on Emotional Response Records. This was a fun session:)
We’re taking steps towards reopening. First things first: fixing our legacy HVAC system. Took a lot of sweat and swearing to unearth this ancient exhaust fan which was built into a box on our roof with no access panel and covered with 5 layers
New to El Studio mic locker: Sennheiser MD409 U3 cardioid side-address dynamic microphone. Found for cheap on eBay. Interior foam had deteriorated, which is inevitable with mics of this vintage, and wires had broken off inside microphone. Half an hou
Congratulations to @onceandfutureband for the release of their new album entitled ‘Deleted Scenes’ which was partially recorded here at El Studio. Glad to have played a small part in the production of yet another masterpiece from these mu
Great weekend to be in our hermetically sealed recording studio. Here’s a 📸 of @mammatusband getting some fresh air. New album in the works. 3 of 4 sides tracked and mixed. #nüage #breathmetal #sparock #cucumberwater