Tascam DP-01FX Digital 8 Track: Recording At Home With Juliana Hatfield (Audio)
Juliana Hatfield has been making music for over twenty years, but her latest album -- Peace & Love -- is the first that the singer / songwriter / guitarist has completely self-produced. Hatfield even recorded the record herself using a Tascam DP-01FX. A founding member of Blake Babies, Hatfield began her solo recording career in 1991 with Hey Babe. Less well-know is that she is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.
In this interview with GW's pat Ogle, Hatfield professes a "lack" of technical knowledge while simultaneously impressing us with the techniques she divined recording and engineering her own record, including figuring out how to mic a grand piano and more. Peace & Love was released February 16 on her own label, Ye Olde Records.
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Immagine what beautifull sounding CD's she could make with a pro setup...
My point is, low priced home studio's will never equal the dynamics, depth and control of a full fledge studio costing millions of dollars.
But then again, on an IPod, everything sounds the same.
Please, bring back the dynamics in recordings...
my 2 cents,
Marc
Great interviewer
Patrick is yet a gentleman nor a scholar. But his mere connection could be heard in Juliana's voice.
I appreciated the meaningful silence between her bong hits.
I'm sleepy now. Scott.
Patrick
There is something to what Mark says I suppose...but I tend to shrug my shoulders at the argument.
You do not necessarily make a "better" recording with a "pro set up" but you sure will spend a lot more money. I appreciate the plight of the professional studio but, really, a singer-songwriter NEEDS to spend hundreds of dollars an hour to record in a studio? Frankly people are going to listen to music (as mp3s most likely) on tiny ear buds....You can get great results working at home--sometimes better than in a studio because there is not the money-induced time crunch.
Patrick Ogle (not actually an anonymous coward)
pro setup?
What makes it a "pro setup?"
Juliana Hatfield, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Death Cab for Cutie, Iron and Wine, Joe Purdy, White Stripes, etc. all have used home studios, portable studios, and minimalist self-operated setups to create great records.
My question is: if they are professionals using the setup that best suits their vision, doesn't that make it a "pro setup?"
I have engineered works in a "pro" studio that have fallen flat because, really, the band and the songs were terrible. However, I have also recorded brilliant artists on my little Boss recorder and watched the songs go radio.
Every engineer will tell you, "you can throw a tin can and a string in front of a genius and it won't make a difference; good is good."
Remember that this is a business of songs, not sound.
pro-set up
I think by "pro-set up" he meant pro studio you PAY for. At least that is what I assume. Totally agree with you...It is all very relative! I have heard some serious crap recorded on 2 inch tape at $400 an hour...!
Patrick Ogle
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