Create the PERFECT studio
Talla 3
Interviewee Tommy Jansson
Contact tommy@talla3.com
Web www.facebook.com/talla3production and www.talla3.com
• Favourite Gear
The FMD Electronics VOC-10 vocoder module. I use it a lot and it’s also the only one there is. I know that, as I built it 20 years ago with pieces of schematics from the early 70s, but with modern low-noise components. The idea was to build a limited run of 20, but I ran out of money when I finished the first. I fell in love with it and kept it.
• Top Tip
Stop what you are doing immediately. Use your brain and think. What is the purpose of the studio? What are you trying to achieve? If you don’t know, then restart the next day. It’s important to let things take time. I can answer this in this way after building this particular home studio. It’s my sixth or seventh home setup, and my main focus this time was not to just build a recording studio, but rather a clean place for inspiration.
Kevin McGrath
Interviewee Kevin McGrath
Contact kevindmcgrath@gmail.com
• Favourite Gear
Native Instruments Maschine, because it’s the best of both worlds (in terms of both software and hardware).
• Top Tip
You don’t always need the bells and whistles to make them sound just as good. Review everything you think you want – most of the time you get what you pay for, so don’t waste your money.
SoundGasm Studio
Interviewee Kyle Bryson (owner/engineer/producer)
Contact Kyle@soundgasm.com
•Favourite Gear
Right now, it’s my Yamaha HS8 monitors. I love those monitors. Everybody loved the NS10s from back in the day, and I wanted something close to them.
• Top Tip
The saying goes, ‘You can’t rush art’. You’re going to be making art in the studio, so take your time to perfect your art.
GoodLuck Music
Interviewee Ben Peters (producer)
Contact www.goodlucklive.com
•Favourite Gear
I love my new EVE SC407s – the definition is astonishing.
• Top Tip
There isn’t one piece of gear that will make your mixes better. Focus on how to get the best out of your gear and room. Invest in an sE Reflexion Filter – a miracle cure for recording vocals. Lastly, remember you can’t polish a turd. If you’ve recorded a rubbish take, there’s no point trying to fix it in the mix. Instead, get the artist to nail the take. I believe in pushing artists to perform beyond their expectations.
Silicone Music Productions
Interviewee Gustavo A. Sacchetti
Contact www.siliconemusic.com / email info@siliconemusic.com
•Favourite Gear
The Trident mixer, for its warmth and effects. Another would be the AKG ADR 68k reverb – it has an amazing depth and an even greater versatility.
• Top Tip
The most important tool to master is the ear, as Paco de Lucía used to say. In the end, all that matters is what the musician wants to express, and one has to learn how to capture that moment perfectly.
The Freq Zone
Interviewee Nathan Hamiel
Contact freqzone.com / nhamiel@gmail.com
•Favourite Gear
Tough to choose just one! I like my API console and having that console sound, but it’s hard to ignore the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor. Everyone who sees it says, ‘What the hell is that?’ and wants to hear what it does immediately. They are both great pieces of gear.
• Top Tip
Choose what’s important to you and
