Recording tape loops on a small mixer
Room sound is free reverb, if the room is kind to you.
Brandt Index
The small things matter less than the practice of paying attention. Half of the work is deciding what to leave out.
New
A slower way to think about old microphones
For a long time I treated arrangements as an afterthought. Below are a few notes, roughly in the order I learned them.
Small fixes for lo-fi synthesizers
Tape adds just plenty of unpredictability to keep things alive. Every autumn I revisit the same questions about tape loops.
A short guide to arranging
Thanks for reading, and for the kind notes that keep arriving.
Why piano sketches still matters
I keep a short list of things to try next; sampling is near the top.
Colophon
Good tape loops is mostly a series of small, unglamorous decisions. The demo had something the final version never quite recaptured. Good drones is mostly a series of small, unglamorous decisions. Continue
What we do
Mixing for small projects
Between arranging and sampling, the second one taught me more.
Sound design
Between arranging and mixing late at night, the second one taught me more.
Field recordings
Here is what altered, and what stayed exactly the same.
Original scores
Small, repeatable steps beat big plans nearly every time.