Dezember 17th, 2010
The end of the year is a busy time in terms of mixing for both Patrick K and Andy Gillmann’s Jazz Lokal quartet. Four new songs for Patrick’s new album will be finished by the end of this weekend. The mixes make extensive use of the fine selection of analog compressors and equalizers at Firewater Studios. Andy’s project was recorded by Christoph Sapp in Germany and features Andy Gillmann on drums, Bert Fastenrath on electric guitar, Carsten Stüwe on organ, and Martin Zobel on trumet and flugelhorn.
November 1st, 2010
AEA will unveil the KU4 unidirectional ribbon microphone at the San Francisco AES show. The KU4 is AEA’s modern interpretation of the original RCA KU3A, which many engineers consider to be the best ribbon microphone ever made. The increased rear rejection of the supercardioid pattern reduces the amount of room sound, which is often desired in modern production applications, particularly vocal recording. With a custom transformer, strong neodymium magnets and a low-tuned RCA new-old stock ribbon, the KU4 continues AEA’s legacy for wide-bandwidth, top-quality ribbon microphones handmade in Pasadena, CA. I was the leading development engineer for the KU4 and worked on it for the past 8 months. See the KU4 at AES San Francisco Booth #926.
September 10th, 2010
Underground Sound Studios is expanding and is now officially called Firewater Studios. We now have a bigger control room and two iso booths plus the big live room and a lounge. In addition, renowned producer/engineer Toby Wright is joining the studio team. I’m honored to be part of this distinguished group of people as a staff engineer and am looking forward to some exciting project ahead. Stay tuned!
August 12th, 2010
I’m currently mixing four songs for Irish singer-songwriter Patrick K at Underground Sound Studios. He’s got some great songs up his sleeve, so stay tuned for more!
August 10th, 2010
The new EP by Trenchtown received some great online reviews recently: It just got 4.5 out of 5 stars on Rockstar Weekly and got another great review on Distorted Magazine. Finally, there’s a cool interview on Disarray Magazine. The record was produced by Billy Graziadei and partially recorded & assisted by myself. Check it out!
Juni 23rd, 2010
A drum solo by Andy Gillmann appears on a special issue + compilation CD called “Drumheroes!! (Teil 3 – Die Besten Deutschen Drummer)” by the German Drumheads!! magazine. I recorded and mixed the solo at Studio A of Hansahaus Studios in Bonn. The issue features the today’s best German drummers. A different solo on the CD by Wolf Simon was engineered by my friend Janosch Brenneisen (also a recent IMM graduate). Break out the champagne!
Juni 11th, 2010
I now work as a staff recording engineer at Billy Graziadei’s Underground Sound Studios in Los Angeles. During the last few weeks I have been recording with Last Day Off, Richter 10, Trenchtown and The Spyderz. I also contributed some percussion tracks for Last Day Off and Trenchtown. The Trenchtown album is going to be mastered by Greg Calbi of Sterling Sound NYC within the next few weeks. I’m currently mixing the Last Day Off Acoustic EP.
April 21st, 2010
I’ve started assisting for Billy Graziadei (Biohazard, Suicide City) at his studio in Los Angeles a few months ago. I have recently been involved in tracking sessions for Trenchtown and Evan Seinfeld’s The Spyderz. AEA ribbon microphones were used for tracking drums and guitars with Trenchtown.
März 5th, 2010
I’m currently very busy preparing a couple of presentations dealing with my thesis topics on ribbon microphones and transformers. First, I’ll be doing a presentation called “Interfacing ribbon microphones in the real world” at the AES LA section ribbon microphone workshop on March 27th in Pasadena, US. Secondly, I’m preparing a paper called “Analysis of the interaction between ribbon motor, transformer, and preamplifier and its application in ribbon microphone design”, which will be presented at the upcoming AES Convention in London this May. Finally, I’m co-authoring a presentation summarizing my Diplom thesis with my thesis counselor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Leckschat at the upcoming DAGA Convention in Berlin, March 18th.
Februar 11th, 2010
I have recently moved back to Los Angeles to work as a product engineer for AEA ribbon microphones for the next 12 months. I will be responsible for taking care of new product developments and other ongoing projects related to microphone design and engineering. Besides working for AEA I will continue to persue my career as an independent engineer and producer in music production in the LA area.
