How to work at a studio

Posted on 20210515 by Anthony

tape machines

Posted on 20210515 by Anthony

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Circa 2000 – Computers in bedroom on Quadro

Posted on 20210304 by Anthony

Moving stuff across the country

Posted on 20141026 by Anthony

I most certainly had a busy “reading week”. It started with finishing up a job My brother Mike started. Moving 7 pallets of equipment from my moms garage in Saskatoon. Followed by great visits with Family and friends. I’m sorry I did not get the chance to meet with everyone I had planned to visit with. Things got a little busy in the IT support world and there was so much family to visit!

Three consoles were packaged and palleted up for shipment across the country.

Custom made dollies were built for the two large sections of console frames.

Modules were packed, boxed and palleted. A small fortune in bubble wrap and pallet wrap were employed.
This is the PSU for a console along with a 1″ Studer A80 8 track Recorder that was made transportable.
I’m excited to work on these projects again in my “Spare time”

Stay tuned for updates of what’s happening with this lot. We’re very excited for what’s planned :-)

20060723 – HVR ceiling fixture

Posted on 20131215 by Anthony

In 2006 we (Myself and Andrew Waters) built a ceiling diffuser for the studio. I’ve been doing some data backups and thought I’d share some pictures and info on the build. The whole thing was made out of 2 X 4s and 3/4″ MDF. I had a carpenter friend cut all the pieces
This was the proposed layout. Using a “herringbone diffuser” design, a frame would hang from the ceiling with some turnbuckles. Continue reading →

20020827 – Tape Pre-amp design

Posted on 20130914 by Anthony

I was going through some very old pictures when I stumbled across this. I was working at a TV station and was learning how to draw in 3D using Maya.

What a fun exercise!

Continue reading →

I was going through my old wallet contents…

Posted on 20130910 by Anthony

I was going through my old wallet contents When I found and old rate card for my studio. Each of use carried the card so we knew exactly what discounts and perks were when talking about packages. The taxes were included in the package price, Perks were back line, Drum Kits, and Mastering discounts. It was nice to pull this card out and share it with prospective clients. Good old sales tricks.

2003 – HVR – my first commercial studio 10 years ago

Posted on 20130722 by Anthony

So I’ve been digging through some pictures and found These Gems from about 10 years ago…

I was 19 years old and moved into the 3rd floor of 115 2nd Ave North Saskatoon. It was RIGHT downtown saskatoon. It had a conference room in it that had the most amazing sounding vault. It was about 560 sq feet. They build me a room inside of a room.

One of my classrooms, and stepping stones.

Not one good piece of gear in the racks, but damn did I make a lot of records with this stuff. One of my classrooms. The Funniest part is… I think I only kept 7 things in these pictures…

Conference room with old Vault

A special Background for a photo shoot

Posted on 20130715 by Anthony

2007 – I had a client who was being featured in a magazine and wanted a special background. This is what we came up with

a blast from my past…

Posted on 20130313 by Anthony

Cleaning up garage and I found a real blast from my past. This was the first mixer I ever bought, if I looked hard enough I think I could find the invoice…. This is a british – Star Sound Dynamix 216. I saved up for months delivering a 180 news paper route.

I was 12 when I bought it and probably 14 when I made the case. It’s worth nothing, but it’s impossible for me to let it go! When I got it there were missing knobs so I painted them. I did many shows and MANY recordings with it. A classic piece of crap, but without it I’d not be who I am now.

HVR patch bay labels

Posted on 20130311 by Anthony

looking back 10 years

Posted on 20130228 by Anthony

finding pictures in the archive.

I made some good records with that gear. I kept only two pieces and gradually weeded out and upgraded the rest

The back was the best part. I remember one of the guys who worked for me getting out of helping me build any of this. He cut the wire and started stripping it with his teeth. Then went on to tell me how many hundreds of EDACS he had done. I guess if you really want to get of wiring work do that, or be a real man and learn a craft.