October 7, 2008

30: “Faster Now, Slower Later” EP

no. 30

© 2008 Tre Orsi

OUT OF PRINT

Limited edition CD-R, 50 copies made. Printed, shellacked, and assembled by the band and Jennifer Hermann. Available only at the band’s Fall 2008 live shows with The New Year and Magnolia Electric Company.

Songs:

  1. “Declaring Space”
  2. “The Engineer”
  3. “Tiny Executive”
  4. “The Visible Hand”
  5. “Salgazo” (piano version of “Sargasso”)

Produced by Tre Orsi and Bubba Kadane. Recorded by Matthew Barnhart at The Echo Lab, Denton, TX. Mastered by Dave Willingham.

Recording notes for the obsessive

Again, recorded mostly live, save for vocals and a couple of little guitar things.

Tracking: Studer A827MCH 2″ 24-track. Tape: ATR Master Tape, 15 ips, CCIR EQ, no NR. Reference fluxivity: 500 nWb/m2. 3.5db of overbias @ 10kHz.

Mixing: Studer A80RC Mk II 1/2″ 2-track. Tape: RMG Emtec SM911, 30 ips, AES EQ, no NR. Reference fluxivity: 355 nWb/m2. 1.5db of overbias @ 10kHz. (The last reel of 911 in the house, thankfully.)

Mastering: some computer thing in Dave’s mixing/overdub/mastering suite.

7 Oct 2008