New toys and some familiar names in the studio…

M.O. & Brakko were in the studio today with Sotu the Traveller. The guys decided to work in Reason (which has been rewired into Logic 8 for the occasion), and as soon as a basic beat was there, M.O. and Brakko were busy writing some lyrics to go with the piece.

Mid-afternoon, a surprise from T.C. Electronic arrives. In the boxes, we find a D-Two and a G-Force: pictures will in the blog tomorrow. We are also told that the Head of T.C. Electronics in the Netherlands will be coming for a look around on Friday. We’ll have to get the feather dusters out and make sure everything looks perfect for their visit!

After some preparation, Brakko enters the live room to put down some takes on his choruses. Frank and Matthijs set up the microphone (our trusty NT2000) and in no time, we are recording into Logic while M.O. sits in the control room, writing out his sections of verse ready to record afterwards. It doesn’t take long for Brakko to do his thing and within a few minutes he is back in the control room, with the engineers adding some serious reverb ( from the T.C. Electronic Reverb4000) onto his lines.

After listening to the choruses, Brakko goes back into the live room to get a guide take of his verse, and M.O. does the same right after. Tomorrow, the guys will put down some final takes.