Muff's Modules & More

solitaryzen · Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject:

Congrats! Hope all goes well in the new location.

Babaluma · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:00 am Post subject:

I finally took possession of the Crookwood console yesterday. The DACs sound so clean I could cry! Should be able to start mastering with it next week.

Me and Wiggler i,parasite recently worked on a project together, mixed by him, mastered by me. The band are called "Where The Embers Fall", and you can find out more info about their new album "True Fate", here:

http://www.reverbnation.com/wheretheembersfall

Or buy it on CDBaby here:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wheretheembersfall

Babaluma · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject:

New mastering projects recently completed, or soon to be completed:

Debut Industrial album for Where The Embers Fall (think Sisters Of Mercy crossed with NIN)

Debut Industrial album for our very own Audio Resistance (THIS IS AMAZING! Made by Wigglers, Mixed by Wigglers, Mastered by Wigglers, and logo/booklet/jacket designed by Wigglers, BIG thank you to Mike for making this all possible!!!)

Debut drone album for new Wiggler (and Gong associate), Albion Dub Sound System

First new album in six years for Makyo (chill-out with an eastern flavour)

New Neo-Folk album from The Green Man

Various EPs for our every own Vasculator, Lapse, and Milanese singer/songwriter whose name I do not yet know...

Various bits and pieces for other Wigglers (Dog Of Tears), and unknown newbies. smile

Keep 'em coming!

Onwards and upwards,

Gregg

dogoftears · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:04 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah... Babz knows how to master folks... Proved it on the dancefloor last week!

Babaluma · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks Dave! It went down well then?

twisted

Babaluma · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject:

P.S. And if anyone looks at the prices on my website and baulks in horror, please contact me privately. I'd be happy to do deals for Wigglers, and would rather work on good projects with real people at a lower rate, than not work on that project at all.

razz

Babaluma · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject:

haven't updated this thread in ages, but there's always stuff going on. check my news page if you are interested:

http://hermetechmastering.com/news.html

still happy to master a track for free for any wiggler, just hit me up with a PM!

all the best,

gregg

Babaluma · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:15 am Post subject:

abstraktor · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:21 am Post subject:

thetwlo · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:25 am Post subject:

what comes after red?

Babaluma · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:33 am Post subject:

i think that's when you hit the event horizon and the square wave implodes on itself, tearing the fabric of reality asunder!

lol

Babaluma · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:35 am Post subject:

i've posted this before, but probably worth posting again:

there's a part 2 floating around somewhere too.

abstraktor · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:36 am Post subject:

Is that the WUBWUB technique?

richard · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:48 am Post subject:

really enjoyed those movies - although they both made my heart sink!

richard · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:53 am Post subject:

I really liked your work on Mattech's EP B - very balanced and solid sound. The top end in particular is very sweet and un-digital.

(you may not want to reveal, but I am guessing the Pullet is tickling those hihats??)

Babaluma · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:18 am Post subject:

hey richard, thanks for the kind comments, i should give it a full plug, in time honoured fashion:

it's a freely available lossless flac download of an EP of excellent electronic music by our very own matttech, and is available exclusivity from the hermetech mastering website here, in case any one missed the thread in the "your tunes here" section the other day:

http://hermetechmastering.com/examples.html

(blue light fever - head for the exit ep)

i am extremely happy to discuss all gear/project details down to the smallest iota! i have all the digital transfer/capture/plugin/limiting files/settings saved, and digi cam photo's of all the analogue settings, so recall is pretty straightforward. info wants to be free! can't be doing with all this closely guarded secret/dark art bollocks.

i did this ep before i got the DM bax, so that wouldn't have been a factor in the high end. ok, i'm gonna go and have a look back at what i did:

ok, pullet was set flat on the high end on all 3 tracks, except for "symptom attic", which had the high shelf boost at 15kHz, however that track also had the baxter eq and the niveau filter (both freeware plugins, and both highly recommended) between the analogue stage and the final brick wall limiting in elephant.

i've ditched the baxter and niveau plugins since getting the hardware bax, but may well download them again, as they were both so good, and it's easier to slot them anywhere in the chain. the niveau, in particular, was a cinch to use, and just tilting +0.2/-0.2dB at 2kHz either way could have a really positive change. i just wish it allowed for even smaller increments at low settings, as it would be far better for mastering then.

i'd say the smooth high end was probably a result of matt's mixes, and the whole analogue/mastering chain, rather than just one particular thing (as is always the way). i could site the possible bass/treble roll off or boost depending on how the make up gain on the germ comps was set, the slight boost above 2.5kHz that the TG2 gives, the crookwood converters (which sound incredible in the high end) etc.

anyway, always glad to discuss this stuff with other discerning listeners!

richard · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:23 am Post subject:

interesting. I am thinking about the crockwood myself, quite a lot actually. Expensive but its really looks like the bit missing in my setup. Do you use it for a DAC or just for ADC?

Lyonel · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:31 am Post subject:

Thanks for those Videos Gregg, very funny. Dead Banana

Babaluma · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:35 am Post subject:

Babaluma · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:36 am Post subject: