LESS FEATHERS, MORE CHICKEN... Making records, most often on 2" Tape, always a journey. Mixmasters is pretty much an Aust icon. in progress .... more to come ...
Home of a heavenly host of gear and instruments any musician / musical bod who loves records, and the golden era of recording would be happy to share a room with. Based around the first SSL 4000 recording console to find its way to Australia. Usually the first thing to see a track is the Studer 827, via a bank of ancient Neve console channels, and one of the most loveable mic collections in the la
19/02/2018
Hey Everyone, Unfortunately we've had an Avalon 737 Preamp/Channel Strip pinched from us...if anyone is offered a cheap unit to purchase, or perhaps sees one in a cashies or pawn shop around the place, can you pls let us know on 8278 8506...here's a photo of what they look like.
Thanks guys
29/11/2017
More growl, yes give me more growl, Mick!!
Beautiful sounds on the new Laura Hill album coming soon. Very dreamy guitars here...... Chris Parkinson Laura Hill Enrico Mick Morena Tim Bennett Richard Coates
04/04/2017
A pot of tea with Terry Brittain..
04/04/2017
Gwyn Ashton dropped back in to put the finishing touches on his upcoming solo album...and brought along father Richard, who was suitably impressed!
07/03/2017
Engineer Aaron, fresh and ready at the helm of the SSL for the "California Crooners Club" sessions!
16/11/2016
Very well deserved, too...these are fantastic units, and get used daily here at Mixmasters!
RS124 Compressor and TG Microphone Cassette earn NAMM TEC Awards Nominations | Chandler Limited CHANDLER LIMITED RS124 Compressor and TG Microphone Cassette earn NAMM TEC Awards Nominations Shell Rock, IA – September 2016… Chandler Limited, the only company in the world authorized to develop, manufacture and market the ‘Official Equipment’ of EMI/Abbey Road Studios, delivering the classic a**l...
15/07/2016
Well ...with Mr Jim's help, we got to use this lil' sucker .. vintage Moog flies .. at last !
God help us ...
13/07/2016
Say no more ... history in the making.
06/07/2016
Wurlying, no roof ... Vic (can never spell his last name), Adelaide legend, king of Vinyl thru Fender oldie .... Hmnnn, sounds like ... "See the Sky Abut to Rain" ... take me away. Well .. take me back to my Greek Island ... arrive Sunday 5pm ... 30 hours in the air (on the road), start 10 session (Nigel Werne) .. finish 3.30am ... then two days tracking .... Oh dear. Who needs sleep ? .. When you have a train set like this.
Sam ! .. send me some pics of making your record.
03/05/2016
Today we are tracking drums and HUGE guitars on my Studer 827 at 15 ips to hot tape. There is NOTHING like the bottom end at 15 ips, except on a 2" 16 track Ampex 1200 at 15 ips. The Studer 24 track is still very satisfying and it moves tape like a houdini juggler. One can only have true RESPECT for Willi Studer and his engineers. This tape machine would have cost about $120K in its day (not ling ago really) Now you can have one for $15K ... and NOTHING sounds as good ... Except standing in the room I guess.
The drums sound amazing. A serious tuned kit, the Mixmasters drum room from hell, and the mics and pre's: Kick: D-6 / 6176 / Pultec / transient designer. Other: RE-20 / 6176 / Pultec / TD. Snare: M-88 / 1064 vintage Neve / Distressor / TD, Other: 57 / 1064 / Distressor. OH: Neumann fet - 47's / 1064's. Hats: SM-7 / Neve broadcast 33114. Toms: Josephson E-22's (4 of them) / 1064's. Room: AEA R-88 / AEA TRP, Over kit: Coles 4038 / Chandler REDD 47. Ahh .... There is nothing like the smell of oxide in the morning ..... the Studer is a BEAST.