The Lab
The Lab
Overview
Latest Updates:
18-Apr-2006 - Mastering work begins on second album, "Songs for the Wild At Heart"
19-Feb-2006 - First album, "A Day at the People Factory" is available for download
at www.dougtheeagle.com - final cover art still not yet ready.
02-Dec-2005 - First album has now been mastered, cover art is not yet ready.
22-Oct-2005 - Total site revamp. First album undergoing mastering.
Overview
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- Keyboards and Synths
- Roland M-VS1 Vintage Synth sound module (for the mellotron sounds etc)
- Roland JV-1010 sound module with orchestral card (for that Bal-Sagoth sound)
- Waldorf Pulse 'whale village of pulses' analogue monophonic synthesizer (like a cheap minimoog)
- Cheetah MS-6 analogue polysynth (Oberheim matrix clone)
- Evolution 225c controller keyboard
- Alesis SR16 drum machine
- Waldorf microWave I : 'The Box of Delights' (PPG Wave in a rack)
- Processing
- Zoom RFX-2000 effects rack
- Danelectro phaser
- TL Audio 'Fat Bloke' stereo valve compressor
- SPL Vitalizer Jack psychoacoustic processor
- Antares ATR-1 autotune
- Watkins Copicat MK4 tape delay
- Microphones and accessories
- Behringer B-1 (bomber) condenser mic
- Behringer Mic-100 (cheap as chips) valve preamp
- Stagg boom mic stand
- Mixing and Mastering
- Phonic MM1002 sub-mixer
- Behringer MX802a 8-channel mixer
- Tascam TSR-8 1/2" multitrack recorder
- Revox B-77HS Mk2 1/4" master recorder
- Tascam 32 2-track 1/4" master recorder
- Philip Rees TS-1 tape sync
- Computer
- Creative Labs SB Live 1024 soundcard
- Creative Labs SB16 I/O and secondary audio bus
- M-Audio Transit 24/96 USB soundcard for digitizing the master tapes
- Cakewalk Sonar V1.31
- Goldwave v5.0
- Audacity 1.03
- Applied Acoustics Lounge Lizard electric piano engine
Waldorf PPG 2.3 emulator(replaced with microWave)- Ogg Vorbis encoder toolkit
- Custom-written sample manipulation programs
- Other
- Koala bear
- Wellington tape head demagnetiser
- Wolf hat
- Uher Report 4000-L portable ENG recorder (tape manipulation on 'Return to Babel')
Close-ups of the rack
Upper rack (2005)
- Wolf hat (on top of speaker, not in shot)
- Alesis SR16 drum unit (top)
- Roland JV-1010 synthesizer
- Waldorf microWave mk1 v2.0 Click here for screen closeup
- Koala Bear
- Cheetah MS6 analogue polysynth
- Zoom RFX-2000 multi-effects unit (bottom)
- Roland M-VS1 (mostly off-shot)
Lower rack (2004)
- Wolf hat (on top of speaker, not in shot)
- TL Audio FAT-1 stereo valve compressor
- Koala Bear
- Roland JV-1010 synthesizer
- Cheetah MS6 analogue polysynth
- Zoom RFX-2000 multi-effects unit
- Roland M-VS1 'vintage synthesizer' module
- Waldorf Pulse analogue monophonic synthesizer
Older images
Lab 2004 The Lab in 2004 (Swindon)
Examples
Unless otherwise specified, examples are in Ogg format. If using windows, you'll need an Ogg Vorbis codec for Microsoft WuMP to work. Otherwise, get Winamp 5 or something.
| File | Description | Size | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| from the Reign of the Just soundtrack | |||
| castle.ogg | A creepy castle on a hill. | 1.1 MB | 2003 |
| dragons.ogg | Here be dragons | 2.3 MB | 2003 |
| ransome.ogg | Commander Ransome's debriefing | 1.4 MB | 2003 |
| pope.ogg | Theme for Pope Harris | 1.0 MB | 2003 |
| Songs inspired by webcomics | |||
| gg3.mp3 | Gaming Guardians song (demo mix) Full version appears on 'A day at the People Factory' LP | 5.9 MB | 2004 |
| Legend of Daniel Ti'Fiona (website) | The Legend of Daniel Ti'Fiona (draft mix) Full version TBA | - | 2005 |
| ZooCity.mp3 | Theme for Equidna's ZooCity (demo mix) Full version TBA | 5.1 MB | 2005 |
Spin-off projects
The DMFA Radio Project - Recording Amber's webcomic as if it was a radio series.The Legend of Daniel Ti'Fiona - DMFA meets Hawkwind
All music (C)2003-2005, Joseph P Morris. Not to be used without permission.
I am not responsible for any damage they may cause, or the vile decor in the studio.
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