"Jetpak Blues", Recording at Arthouse Studio.

On Saturday 28th May the band met with Paul M Sammes of Arthouse Studio to record the track, "Jetpack Blues", for their new single - "The Jetpak Blues". Arrival time was 10am and the day was spent recording (and reading Oasis magazines supplied by Ash), with it being called a day around 6pm. However, not everything was quite completed so the band returned on Monday night to finish... arriving there just after 5pm and returning home around 1am. It was a great experience and Ash picks up the mastered version for a listen this evening after Thursday night band practice.


"The Jetpak Blues" single itself will contain 3-4 other songs which are yet to be confirmed. The other songs being recorded over a weekend at The Long Beach Scout Hall by Driech (Livesoundengineering) 


Currently the design for the cover is being worked on and it is aimed that the release date will be late July. 


Below are some photos of the recording (taken by the band themselves, as you can probably tell) as well as some information on Paul M Sammes and The Arthouse Studio, which you may find interesting to read.

PAUL M SAMMES 
(directly quoted from: http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2011/mar/dunedin/home-recording-101)

Upon graduating from the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (MAINZ) with a Diploma in Audio Engineering and Music Production in 1993, Paul headed to Sydney, Australia where he began work as an engineer and producer working with various studios and production houses. Later gaining a degree in Digital Media from Sydney Graphics College (SGC) where he continued as a Lecturer in Sound Design for Film, Television, Radio and Advertising.

A long time Pro Tools user himself, Paul later joined the Avid / digidesign team, working internationally with high profile Studios and Pro Tools professionals. This in turn lead to Paul being appointed to the prestigious Australian Institute of Music (AIM), where he continued lecturing in Recording Technology, Digital Audio and Mastering, prior to his return to New Zealand in February 2010.

A musician, engineer and producer, Paul is passionate about all things audio and has over twenty years experience in the professional audio Industry.

ARTHOUSE STUDIO

(directly quoted from: http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2011/mar/dunedin/home-recording-101)

Equipment used: 
The arthousemedia Studio is equipped with a range of high-end professional audio tools. These include a world class Avid / digidesign Pro Tools HD3 System and Control|24 Automated Mixing Console, M-Audio MIDI Controller Keyboards, Focusrite Microphone Preamps, Roland V-Drums Electronic Drumkit, Fender and Laney Guitar Amps and an extensive range of high end studio and performance microphones.

Our comfortable production and listening rooms additionally feature Avid / digidesign Audio Interfaces and Control Surfaces including digidesign 002 and digidesign Mbox2’s, Roland Synthesisers and a range of Professional Monitoring and Headphone Systems by Genelec, Event, Roland, Carillon, Aussie Monitor, Beyer, AKG and Legacy Audio.

All rooms are equipped with Apple Powermac G5 workstations running Avid Pro Tools and Logic Audio.

Software includes EQ, Dynamics and Waveform processing by Brainworx, Massenburg, Drawmer, Focusrite, EMI, URS, Waves, Massey, Eiosys, Pultec , Flux, TL Audio, RND and Eventide. FX and Virtual Instruments by Eventide, Antares, Aphex, Princeton Digital, Izotope, Digidesign, Native Instruments, Access, Neyrinck, Dolby Labs.

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