Okay, there's now a song up
hank alrich
various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
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ha
shut up and play your guitar
Paul L
Simply outstanding.
Paul
"hank alrich" <walk...@nv.net> wrote in message
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Les Cargill
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
Man, that's nice.
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Les Cargill
Misifus
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
Very nice production, Hank. I bit the bullet and played the 96 KHz cut,
and wow!
-Raf
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Misifus-
Rafael Seibert
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafiii
home: http://www.rafandsioux.com
Cliff
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
> --
Not bad, almost as good as my version.
8¬)
c.
Steve Hawkins
walk...@nv.net:
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
Sounds great! What's also fun is downloading all five versions, playing
them back to back and hearing the resolution differences. :-)
Steve Hawkins
Mike Brown
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
Very tasty Hank, something you should all be proud of.
MJRB
Ed Maier
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
Hank, that is wonderful. Your and Shaidri's voices blend very nicely.
Ed Maier
hank alrich
And man, was that a trip in Jerry's mastering room. I didn't expect to
be able to hear the difference of 1/10 dB here or there, but I could.
Shaidri was fascinated by it, this being her first exposure to the
mastering process.
sheltech
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
D
Ed Edelenbos
Bill Chandler
brewed up the following, and served it to the group:
>We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
>various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
>kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
>http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
I love it, Hank. Great sound. Very immediate--very personal.
And I'm up WAY too early to be doing this...especially on only one cup
of coffee...but that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it...
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Bill Chandler
<dr...@yourown.risk.com> brewed up the following, and served it to the
group:
>On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:18 -0800, walk...@nv.net (hank alrich)
>brewed up the following, and served it to the group:
>
>>We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
>>various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
>>kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>>
>>http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
>I love it, Hank. Great sound. Very immediate--very personal.
>
>And I'm up WAY too early to be doing this...especially on only one cup
>of coffee...but that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it...
And I just downloaded and listened to the 96kHz version--DAMN. The
320K mp3 was hot, but that's even better. Can't wait to get me grubby
paws on the whole CD...
Check this out, folks--good stuff going on here!
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"He who hurries cannot walk with dignity." - fortune cookie
Jefferson Holston
I just had some fun with the selection of various resolutions
too. That's great work all around, Hank! ...a fine blend of
instruments and comfortable voices. I really like the way y'all
use the cello for bottom. It's fairly uncommon, and a
really-really nice touch.
jeff
hank alrich
> BTW - very nice recording! Can you tell us the recording setup for that
> piece?
This sort of covers the whole tracking shebang, with minor exceptions:
Me: vocal into a Klaus Heyne mod'd U67; guitar into a KM56 above the
neck/body joint, aimed more at the fingerboard, and a Jim Williams'
mod'd C460 with cardioid cap off the lower bout, aimed about 45 degress
up into the top and same toward the saddle; mandolin using that same
combo of mics slightly repositioned.
Shaidri: vocal into a U87; guitar into a KM54, closer to the neck/body
junction, repositioned for fiddle.
Doug: cello into a TLM192 at first, then into a U47FET.
Room pair of Schoeps CMC6 amps with Mk4 caps in X/Y, elevated well above
us, and positioned to get an image that would most closely merge with my
general idea of how we'd pan the tracks in mixdown, into a Millennia
HV3-D. All other mics into a lovely old, heavily tweaked Neve console.
All mics were closer than I like them for best capture, but that is the
price to be paid when people want to be physically close together while
playing, as if they were playing in a living room, yet separation
adequate for some control of individual tracks is desired at mixdown.
If the three of us get to spend a bunch of time playing together before
the next shot at this we might well track it all with a stereo pair at a
nice distance. Fred felt like he wanted to do that this time, once he
understood how we wanted to go about it. At first he assumed we'd put
the cello in a separate room, we'd put Shaidri and I apart some distance
in the main room, and that we'd all be wearing cans. That's not how I
wanted to do it, and all three of us, especially Doug who has spent much
of his life for the last thirty years wearing headphones in the studio,
really enjoyed taking it as naturally as possible in that regard..
Tracked into Nuendo via the Steinberg (OEM'd be RME, I think)
converters, and mixed in the box, all at 24/96.
Given my musical responsibilities I was glad to pay far less attention
to to the technical side unless I noticed something specific that I
wanted changed. That allowed me to focus on performance and the
development of the material, which was important given that we'd had
very little time to prepare. Shaidri and I have been playing together a
lot anytime I'm in Austin, but we had only two days seven weeks ahead of
the tracking dates to work it all out with Doug, and he'd never heard
most of what we were going to record.
I picked a facility run by an engineer I like and we ran with it. Fred
Remmert has decades of experience with all kinds of music, and I very
much look forward to working with him again.
The site isn't fully up to date, but here's where we worked:
http://www.cedarcreekrecording.com/
Here's the room in which we mastered:
http://www.terranovamastering.com/studios/studioa.html
The Dunleavy monitors, driven by a tweaked McIntosh MC2500, are over six
feet tall. They rather demand a listener's attention.
"Yo, boy! This track needs work!!"
"Yessir!!"
BTW, Jerry Tubb, the mastering engineer, was delighted that I had no
intention of trying to make the world's loudest folk music record.
(There's an interessting thread, from which I pulled much of the above,
over in rec.audio.pro, and a few replies in alt.music.makers.soloact.
It's fascinating to see who picks what nits.)
Fletcher will eventually have photos and notes about all of it up at the
web site. Step by step we go.
hank alrich
Yeah, Doug Harman is a musical trip. I've known and played with him
since at least 1973, and we always have a blast. When I called to see if
we could hire him for this session, and began explaining what we wanted
to do, including have him gig with us if we could get anywhere with the
project, he wanted in as a full partner, and we became a trio instead of
a duo with a sideman. Talk about major blessings!
On some songs he plays bass, just like a regular upright player, but
often stepping out for a solo or embellishment. The McCollum can easily
take over the bass function to give him freedom to switch roles within a
song.
John Sorell
hank alrich
> Thank a Hank.
Sure, next time I see one.
Fletcher just put up some more pics, one of which shows us in the
studio, where you can grok the general layout and player proximity.
Bill Chandler
brewed up the following, and served it to the group:
>John Sorell <j.sorel...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Thank a Hank.
>
>Sure, next time I see one.
>
>Fletcher just put up some more pics, one of which shows us in the
>studio, where you can grok the general layout and player proximity.
Nice stuff there, Hank. When will the CD be on the street?
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"We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look." -- Aldous Huxley
hank alrich
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:53:10 -0800, walk...@nv.net (hank alrich)
> brewed up the following, and served it to the group:
>
> >John Sorell <j.sorel...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Thank a Hank.
> >
> >Sure, next time I see one.
> >
> >Fletcher just put up some more pics, one of which shows us in the
> >studio, where you can grok the general layout and player proximity.
>
> Nice stuff there, Hank. When will the CD be on the street?
If things go as projected (ha ha ha ha ha...) we should have product in
three weeks. Don't look for it at WalMart...
There'll immediately be an old fashioned mail order offering in place at
the website, taking checks or MO's for product shipped directly from
Shaidri's hands to your mailbox. CD Baby will be another spot of
availability, according to Fletch this morning.
I'd like to see if we can get direct sales taking credit cards from the
website, but that kind of stuff is way beyond my own webbery. Heck, this
past week is the first time I even FTP'd things up and down to a site.
Such is the present level of my Rocket Surgery skills. They keep me
chained to my instruments for a good reason.
Bill Chandler
Hell, it's all FM any more. The site looks great, the music sounds
wonderful--can't wait to get my grubby paws on a copy of the finished
product. Congratulations, and I hope it sells like hotcakes!
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Stupidity got us here, it can get us out.--Will Rogers
gregz
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
Wow, great sounding track, Hank. Love the harmony your daughter does.
I've always wanted to learn that. Hey, had you ever picked up that
Gibson Chet Atkins you were seeking a while back?
Greg
hank alrich
> hank alrich wrote:
> > We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> > various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> > kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
> >
> > http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
> >
>
> Wow, great sounding track, Hank. Love the harmony your daughter does.
Thanks, Greg; and yeah, she is a fine singer. Can't repeat what the
engineer said about her singing, 'cause she don't like her daddy
bragging on her. I'll just say he ranked her way up in the big league
for a genre like this.
> I've always wanted to learn that. Hey, had you ever picked up that
> Gibson Chet Atkins you were seeking a while back?
No, I kept an eye on it, but everytime I reached for my wallet, it bit
my hand. I greatly appreciated your note. Maybe one of these days.
(There's no fool like an old fool...)
Wilbur Slice
wrote:
>> I've always wanted to learn that. Hey, had you ever picked up that
>> Gibson Chet Atkins you were seeking a while back?
>
>No, I kept an eye on it, but everytime I reached for my wallet, it bit
>my hand. I greatly appreciated your note. Maybe one of these days.
>(There's no fool like an old fool...)
Hank - what kind of Gibson Chet Atkins are you looking for? I have a
Gibson Chet Atkins CE nylon-string solid body electric (like this one:
http://www.ofgc.bizland.com/images/ForSale/Stamper-CE1.jpg - that's
not a pic of my guitar, but mine is like that one, including the case)
that I'm going to get rid of. It's a great guitar and I love the
sound of the nylon string electric, but I just never play it.
If you're intersted, email me at "mkr at fatcityrecords.com" and I'll
send you some pics of the actual guitar and more details.
Shy Picker
You folks did that song up real nice. Vocals and instrumentation were
great. Thanks for posting that for us.
David
Larry Brown
Sheesh, you guys really sound like you know what you're doing!
Although it's already been said many times many ways, great music,
Hank.
don hindenach
> We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
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-donh-
donh at audiosys dot com
kol_isha
> various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
> kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
> http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
>
> ha
> shut up and play your guitar
Really nice, Hank. Beautiful vocal harmonies, beautiful playing. Thanks
for sharing. (And thanks for the Facebook request... now I have a face to
go with the name.)
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Best,
Arlene
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"Kol_Isha" - A Woman's Voice
haligonab
wrote:
>We've put up a track from our project, "The Great Baltimore Fire", in
>various resolutions including complete mp3 versions at 128, 192, and 320
>kbps, and partial clips of wav files at 16/44.1 and 24/96:
>
>http://www.armadillomusicproductions.com/CarryMeHome.htm
Hank,
I truly enjoyed that. I love hearing family members Who've been making
music together all their lives. Musically, each knows the other
intimately and instinctively. Old friends can get real close too but a
talented family band is something special.
When and where will the CD be available? I'd like to buy one. Thanks
for sharing!
Steve