MAKE RECORDS.

Sounds - Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered.

Services - What I do.

Quiethouse Recording - My Studio.

I am a member of AES and NARAS

I have spoken on panels at AES, Music Expo, and I Create Music!

Contact me:

dereck@quiethouserecording.com

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Messy desk afternoon.

#newpedalday I’ve been into this pedal since @electronicaudioexperiments brought it over (with a crate of pedals) when we recorded samples for his website last year. It’s finally made it on the pedal rack and wow it underestimated its use as a platform for other fuzz and distortion pedals. It makes my Russian muffs sound the way I hear them in my dreams. #modelfet #sunnamps #studiolife #pedals

#buildday at Quiethouse : all from #diyre! Two more #15IPS and another #CTX #colourmodule plus a EQP5 with vintage output transformer. #diyaudio #audiobuildersworkshop #aes2019

@electronicaudioexperiments is in today and we are going to Drone City to pick up some components to blow your minds #studiolife #modularsynth #electronicaudioexperiments #dronemusic #recordingstudio #analogsynth #pedalboards #pedals #recordingengineer

Today I am going to let loose one of my secrets for getting more character out of plugins or my digital mic pres. When I found out about @louderthanliftoff Mister Focus, I was pretty stoked that one of my favorite features of the LTLO Chop Shop was going to be expanded for 500 series: the Focus Knob. It acts like a Tilt EQ but has a specific sort of high fidelity sound to it that I find really pleasing. The secret I’ve discovered is how well these modules make certain plugins sound “more analog”. Look, this line of thinking isn’t for everyone. I get that most people who own a ton of analog gear have no love for emulations and things of this nature. But for me if I have a track that isn’t quite sounding a certain way - almost every time I print through these modules it improves the sound. There are a ton of plugin emulations out there that do very well without more processing but in the end, many of these plugins need extra help to sound “right” For my use, I have the Royal Blue module in both units but I can just as easily swap out any Colour Modules I want like Mass Drivr, Pentode, CTX, TM79 Multi Stage Saturation. Both modules also have the incredible Super Filter which has options that can be changed via jumper or you can even hack your own panel to adjust parameters. I’ve really gotten to know these tools over the last 6 months and now I have my “go-to” settings for different situations. I can warm up DI bass with Royal Blue or Pentode. I can get much different sounds with the vintage HPF. The whole story here is about dimension and fighting against flat sounding mixes and masters. In fact, for mastering I have a setting I use for each module that adds a certain kind of “lift” to my chain. I can go from super clean to pleasingly filthy with a few changes to Colour Modules or jumpers. I also love using these modules to great effect after my analog mic preamps to add “MORE” to any source that needs it. #studiolife #mixingengineer #masteringengineer #analogrecording #hybridstudio

There is nothing nothing nothing in the world that feels better than a project properly executed with people who are truly dedicated to their art. These kind words are from @plumesmusic and they energize and inspire me to be the best I can be for artists every day. They know how to turn the #sundayscaries into an early #motivationmonday! #studiolife #masteringengineer #bostonmusic #teatime

Been working on this mix and ramping gig for the last two days. Everything in its right place. @kipsy_official #studiolife #protools #colors

Today’s #PLUGIN #MASTERING CHAIN. These wonderful utilities paired with a SECRET HARDWARE WEAPON allow me to provide AMAZING MASTERS to my clients for THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LESS THAN THE COMPETITION. Okay now that the foolishness is out of the way let’s chat. In no particular order - fabfilter Pro Q3 Linear Phase on Maximum does everything I need a precision EQ to do. Their dynamic EQ mode is the best I’ve used and is predictable and precise. Waves J37 is one of the few tape/saturation plugs that sounds like a “thing”. It’s pure magic on pretty much whatever it touches and is a great compliment to Kramer Tape and fabfilter Saturn. Saturn I use if I need to be precise in my tape compression effect. Multi Band saturation is FUN YALL. Shadow Hills Mastering Comp is awesome for my first forever love of fast feed-forward VCA compression that fits the record I am mastering today. Finally the Dangerous Bax EQ is in M/S mode that very gently lets me control the stereo image and sounds amazing on just about any professional stereo mix. These are not the tools that I use every time I master a record, just for this particular project. What are some of your favorite tools to use? #studiolife #plugins #masteringengineer #instarecord

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