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eliya wrote:vogelscheuche wrote:a. james wrote:vogelscheuche wrote:a 98 taped to his head, huh?very excellent.. not only for a chuckle.. but a pretty great idea-- i dig it..don't forget they stuck his head into a big trash can. for nub.this i didn't know... but makes a lotta sense for.. umm.. 'can ambience' (?)... gettin' the job done by any means necessary at EA..fuck i love recording..There's no EA back then, or perhaps Steve's studio back then was called EA too? and if it were, did they also nicknamed it the PRF?album says chicago recording company. iirc.

a. james wrote:eliya wrote:vogelscheuche wrote:a. james wrote:vogelscheuche wrote:a 98 taped to his head, huh?very excellent.. not only for a chuckle.. but a pretty great idea-- i dig it..don't forget they stuck his head into a big trash can. for nub.this i didn't know... but makes a lotta sense for.. umm.. 'can ambience' (?)... gettin' the job done by any means necessary at EA..fuck i love recording..There's no EA back then, or perhaps Steve's studio back then was called EA too? and if it were, did they also nicknamed it the PRF?album says chicago recording company. iirc.Yes, the album was recorded there. Forgot to refer to that in my post. What was Steve's studio's name back then?Steve, if you're reading that, can you please tell us why you put a blanket on Mac Mcneilly's bassdrum?

Rodabod wrote:eliya wrote:Was it a cocksniffing type of place back then too?Eliya, if anyone ever offers you coke, say no. It might all go horribly wrong.hahahaha.

Was it a cocksniffing type of place back then too?It seems like Steve recorded a lot of bands there.

ah, Chicago Recording Company is another studio in Chicago. They have a website that I will not link to here, for obvious reasons. I believe that it is a super fancy multi room "coke sniiffing" type of place. Suffice to say that their website does not have a free-for-all forum. Steve's house was, I believe, referred to as "Steve's House".

eliya wrote:Was it a cocksniffing type of place back then too?Eliya, if anyone ever offers you coke, say no. It might all go horribly wrong.

I recorded at CRC once in the nineties. Guess they hid all the coke before we showed up. We made do with sandwiches. The live-room in the studio we recorded in was large enough for a grade-school floor hockey scrimmage and sounded pretty nice. Hence the cavernous drum sounds on records like Goat I guess. The live rooms at EA are nicer though I think. My memory of CRC isn't too sharp. There was some complaint about the condition of the tape machine versus the one at the house and I thought that was kind of surprising for a "fancy pants" studio downtown.Kitty Empire was the ostensible name for Steve's House but, as mentioned above, folks usually just said "Steve's House" or "at Albini's". I like "Kitty Empire" best I but I think the sitcom will probably be called "Albini's".Or the restaurant.

The blanket was to keep cymbal spill to a reasonable level in the bass drum mic. Mac only used a batter head on his bass drum, so it would have been wide open otherwise.Also, the studio in my house didn't have a name, but people usually came up with something.

so beautfiul, these bella forum italiano with the picture of the Jazus Lizard. so beautiful.sims' rig, photo by sims.denison's rig, photo by sims.granted, that's their current set up, but it may help.

Hey steve, do you happen to have any old pictures of the home studio from back in the day? I always see things written about it but I'm curious to see how you made use of what you had to work with.