Changes at Flipside

It feels like its been a while. Mostly due to us working undercover to get the new website done (It's on it's way!!) A man named Fish is carving out our future as we speak.

But that only means we've got lots to catch you up on!

Studio A upgrades : 

SSL A/D

We've made a quantum leap with our Analogue to Digital conversion by ditching our 003 rack for the SSL alpha link Madi interface. This will give us a maximum of 48 channels in and out simultaneously at incredible quality.

Flipside Equipment List

With all the changes going on at Flipside recently (Matt and Pete joining us and the building of the new rooms), we thought its a good time to give an update on the vast equipment list we've acquired.

WARNING : Its pretty big, and makes us wee a little when we look at it. And best of all.. Its still growing!

So here it is   Flipside Equipment list 2012

T's & C's

There's  no way to sex up terms and conditions, so I'm not going to try, here they are!

Charmers release Debut EP

Our good friends the Charmers have released some of their latest efforts for FREE on youtube. Check them out here... 

Recorded, mixed and mastered right here at Flipside by Nathan Morris and Matt Cotterill.

find out more about the band at http://www.facebook.com/TheCharmersBand

Drum replacement

This week at Flipside we've been mixing the Charmers 5 track EP (check out our blog entry on the recording here). As with any full band set up we began editing the drums/percussion first. In this session we chose to edit the drum takes while tracking which meant that we were able to record the rest of the instruments on an already tightened drum take. Whats left for us to do is the sound replacement...

Eliminating amp buzz - Lessons from the charmers session.

So we're on day 4 of recording a 5 track EP with the charmers, an up and coming band from the midlands, and we all get in early to set up guitar tones for the day. Suddenly we're hit with an onslaught of ground hum and noises! From nowhere our session descends in to a frenzy of plugging, unplugging, switching on, hair pulling and switching off. Eventually we strike upon a solution, but first lets learn more about the problem...

Flyering in the rain

So we took the new interns (Nadine and Sam) for a short stroll round our local area with a few flyers in hand. Thankfully they didn't moan at all (I think they're scared of Nathan) and after about 30 minutes of torrential rain and soggy flyers we ran back to the studio for a cup of hot coffee.

I reckon we'll pick this back up when the heavens have shut. But a good induction to Flipsides local marketing strategy (that sounds pretty impressive huh!)

Paul.