Chitt Productions: New Guerrilla Recordings

It's been a while-- we've been too busy living life to write about it-- but CHiTT has stayed busy recording new projects with local artists. Here's a few tidbits of what we worked on in the recent months:

Redbush Live on KOCA Radio, Novemeber 16 2008--

Rolled in to an impromptu recording session at Laramie's low-powered FM community radio station. Set up shop within an hour and ran a separate mix for the live broadcast. Radioland listeners (all 5 of them) weren't all that impressed due to our line-level output massively clipping their ancient, barely functioning microphone preamps. If I'd had a spare DI, we might have avoided the problem. The multitrack recording turned out great though, provided in its entirety here for free. We additionally used an AT2021 microphone as an area mic, which added a roomy, Steve Albini sound to the drums. Here's a preview:

Chase the Moment, Live at the UW Gardens, November 22 2009.
A quick an easy live setup, using borrowed microphones (Sennheiser e609, AKG C-1000, Shure Beta 52, etc). The venue is like mixing sound in a bathtub-- the floors are tiled and the space is overly lively. The recording refelcts a similar quality:

The Upbeat Project, Live at the UW Ballroom, February 11 2009.

A similar multitracking situation-- we already ran a full sound reinforcement system for the band, so we just patched direct outs from each channel on their Allen & Heath board into our gear. The massive drum kit was only mic'd with a kick (Beta 52- thin!), snare (Sennheiser e604 - yikes!) and two matched Rode NT-5 mics (nice!)-- overall, too few mics for a drum kit, but good enough for guerrillas.

Ghosts of Predators Past, Live at Lovejoys, February 20, 2009.

Live bar setup, with CHiTT's normal line of gear.

Other Projects: Sat in with a home session with the Patti Fiasco in January 2009. Overdubs and additional tracks planned for the near future. Check back for more details.

Stay tuned for more. In the meantime keep busy making art-- after the crash, we won't have as much time for such things.