Los Ilegales de Lempira, Round 2
After laying down the basic tracks last weekend for their new album, Tequila y Bucana, the guys from Los Ilegales de Lempira are back recording overdubs.
In the Studio with Los Ilegales de Lempira
In studio this past weekend were the gentlemen from Los Ilegales de Lempira, a Norteño band from here in D.C. A busy, working band that plays frequently throughout Northern Virginia and D.C., they are here at ULS working on tracks for their first album, Tequila y Bucana.
Tubin’
The rack in our control room features a pair of Avalon 737SP channel strips. We have two units purchased 8 years apart, but one of them was already used and is likely more than 10+ years old. As a result, the two units have vacuum tubes of wildly different vintages in them. Time for some […]
New In The Rack: Anamod AM660
In our never-ending quest for different and varied flavors of compression, we take the plunge on a very reasonably priced all-analog, 500-series recreation of one of the most expensive compressors on the vintage market.
New In the Rack: SoundSkulptor MP566
After a couple weeks building compressors, this week it’s back to building pre-amps. On the workbench are a pair of MP566 tube preamps from French DIY designers SoundSkulptor.
New In The Rack: JLM LA500A
Our summer-long build-out of the studio’s 500-series racks continues. This week I’m working on adding four new LA500A units from Australia’s JLM Audio.
Panic! at the Console
Or “that one time when you are suddenly reminded that the studio’s biggest piece of hardware runs on Windows.” Windows XP, that is.
New In The Rack: dbx 560A
Turning away from the DIY world for a moment, recently we added a studio classic to our dynamics arsenal. Two of them, actually, because at $150 each, picking up a pair was an absolute no-brainer.
