It’s coffee time in the lobby for Paul Stubblebine, Michael Winger, Michael Romanowski and Matt Boudreau. One of the rare moments when we were all in the lobby at the same time and not working on something cool.

I got a great opportunity to do a P&E workshop with Lolly Lewis at St. Mark’s Cathedral in San Francisco on June 12th 2008. The event was to help demonstrate micing techniques when recording in an acoustic space. The idea was Lolly’s brainchild, something she had been trying to do for a while now, and I was very honored to be a part of it. We used several different mics and techniques to record a Violin and Viola duo, and then a bluegrass trio. Each performer required different approaches in the same space. Very enlightening for all involved. Lolly and I have different ways we work. It was a good learning experience for me to listen through her ears. Thanks Lolly.
There is a good description of the event on the Grammy site…and a couple of picts as well
http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2958&newsCategoryID=8

Paul and I got in late last night from the drive up from SAn Francisco. Dan was already here and unloaded by the time we arrived around 9pm. and of coarse we started putting the system together. Dan had designed an experiment of 18 amps driving a three way system. Total of almost 8 watts per side. here’s what the 1am setup looked like. Picture from an iphone so the detail is not so great. I’ll try again later with a better camera : ) Just digging into listening now. Tweeking the tape machine output to get the balance right. Awesome.компютри

…and speaking of conferences. This one is also a don’t miss-must go. Come to New Orleans and hang out with Engineers and Producers and cool cool folks. Geek out on everything from recording techniques and equipment, panels and workshops to software and studio stories. June 6-8 2008.

http://www.potluckcon.com/

And help support the New Orleans people.

beignets and hurricanes for all my friends

I was told (more than once) that I need a picture of me on my site. I’ve always argued that it’s not about me, but what I do. I seem to always lose that argument…so here.

now…Back to work I go… : )

Come join us (Paul, Dan and Me) at VSAC 2008 in Vancouver, Washington. Just North of Portland May 23rd-26th. Here’s a link to the site for details. We’ll be showing off Dan’s new Wiz Bang Super Duper amp and speaker rig, Tape Project tapes, meet n greet with other Bottleheads, Musicians, Engineers and more…
http://www.vsac2008.com/

Here’s a shot of a few of us at CES in Las vegas this year.
L-R Dan Schmalle (The Tape Project/Bottlehead/ World Famous Equipment Designer/ Pastry Chef), Keith O. Johnson (World Famous Engineer), Me, Bob Ludwig (World Famous Mastering Engineer), Andrew Jones (World Famous Speaker designer Pioneer/TAD/ Freejumper), Paul Stubblebine (Tape Project/World Famous Mastering Engineer) and the right side of John LaGrou (Milennia Media/World Famous Equipment Designer/Wine Maker)

We were all in the Pioneer TAD room listening to Tape Project tapes on Andrews new R1 reference speakers powered by Ayre amplifiers. Awesome sounding. Congratulations Andrew!
Most of went out that evening for a most excellent dinner and geek fest. See ya’ll again next year. Same time. Same place.