Live Sound Tips & E.P.S Updates

Hi everyone, I hope your summer has been great, here at Electric Park it was a summer to remember! Lots of great local artists have walked through our doors this season, we are proud to be apart of a strong local scene. This month I would like to share with you The Promethean Labyrinth, this heavy group based in Calgary is pushing the limits of the heavy metal genre, with very creatively crossing over progressive math/ metal core with a strong scenes of originality and passion. This group of extremely talented musicians has brought their first full release production to Electric Park Studio to be mixed and mastered in the following weeks. We are very excited to share this release with you and encourage everyone to check out their CD release at "The New Black Centre" Friday, September 30th, every guest will get a free CD with cover charge, and check out their monthly video update!

Live Sound Tips

  I would Like to share with you some tips and techniques for live sound this month. Live sound is a different beast then a recording studio, but good sound is good sound!  and a "good engineer" should be able to produce great results in both situations. Here are some tips when it comes to setting up your front of house EQ. I was able to document my work at The Distillery in Calgary this past weekend as we reconditioned the live rig and acoustically tuned the system to the location/room. To acquire the current frequency responce of their room we used Smaart v.7, Smaart is one of the most widely used audio and acoustic measurement tools,  a software application for the analysis portion of acoustical measurements and instrumentation. Smaart will give us the natural curve of the room and we will use that information to adjust the FOH (Front Of House) EQ, this will help tighten up the sound within the location and help us locate and eliminate feedback. A key tool in this process is a microphone with an exceptionally flat frequency response,  To get the best sound in any room, you must first understand the room’s acoustics. The Beringer ECM8000 is a specialized condenser microphone designed for use with real-time analyzers, to provide an accurate acoustic picture of the room. You can then use your graphic EQ to fine-tune your system's performance to perfectly match the characteristics of any acoustic environment. With this combination you can tune any sound system with Pink Noise  (each frequency carries an equal amount of noise power). With some adjustments to the front of house EQ, you simply use your readings from Smaart and tune the room so the Pink Noise reads flat. You can also use the spectrograph in Smaart to adjust for the frequencies that reverberate and delay within the room as well. This is a great little set up that is cheap and quick, as well as the industry standerd for live sound set up internationally.
Go check out great local, live music 4 nights a week at The Distillery and their new sound tech Ian Dillon, for cheap drinks, good bands and a great party!

      Electric Park Studio is not just one of Calgary's top independent recording studios, we also offer live sound services, rentals, conditioning and repairs. Give us a call for a free consultation and stop by to check out the studio.

(587) 888 5453

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Calgary Music Scene News by E.P.S

  Hi everyone, this city has seen some great entertainment this summer, local artists are blazing  up the scene all across the map. There has been some great outdoor events like Stampede, Rock Apocalypse, The Blues Festival and soon X-Fest. Awesome local venues like The Blind Begger, The Palomino, Distillery and Dickens make their stages available for one of the best music scenes around. Check the local street magazines, FFWD or Beatroute for show times and support your local music scene!
    This week we would like to feature 3 artists that have summer releases available, all recorded at Electric Park Studio here in Calgary. The first release is from Lowell Van Carroll and Insufficient Funds. This release has 11 tracks of great blues, folk and americana, lead by singer/song writer Lowell Van Carroll. This record covers allot of ground and I was proud to be apart of it, the group was a pleasure to work with and I look forward to the next album. Keep your eyes peeled for this one.

 Lowell Van Carroll 

"Pour Your Poison" 

       The second group we would like to mention is Lordosis. This heavy act has a pink floyd flavor and walks a line of psychedelic undertones. We were very pleased to help them complete their first E.P. You can check them out this Thursday at Lord Nelsons as they kick off a small tour which will take them across 3 provinces. And check out their article in Beatroute this month here

"Internal Redemption"Lordosis

   Once again I would like to inform every one about Bloated Pig's newest release " Ways To An Early Grave" Pick this up at their release party at The Distillery or Noctis later this summer or catch them on tour with Lordosis. And visit their new web page www.bloatedpig.net 

        Bloated Pig

       "Crawler"

  Here at Electric Park we offer a comfortable location so you can get down to what really matters, the music. Owned and operated by engineer/producer Ian Dillon, with a modern approach to the recording arts and sciences, Electric Park can offer that extra bite needed for a successful project. Booking Now.

www.electricparkstudio.com

www.iandillon.com

(587) 888 5453

   "Thanks to all the Local acts that have made this music scene great, keep up the hard work!"

Electric Park Studio: NEW LOOK!!!

  Hi everyone, we are proud to present the "New Look" of Electric Park Recording Studio, during the last few months we have been renovating our space, Our goal was to achieve maximum sonic quality within a room while keeping it cool and inviting. A few of the features in our "live room" include maple hardwood floor, custom built diffusers, amp/isolation closet,  exclusive custom design of "live end""Dead end" in the entire main room. Also we have added a vocal room inside the control room, for easy access in vocal/instrument tracking, and producer/artist connection. As well as the inclusion of out new 12" Velodyne subwoofer for the control room.  We are very pleased with the way everything turned out and we invite you to stop by for a visit, please call 587 888 5453 to set up a custom consultation.

  Also we would like to share Bloated Pig's latest release "Ways To An Early Grave" recorded at Electric Park earlier this year. The album will be available August 13th. Enjoy!

                                                      

Here is our first Electric Park Recording Studio promo video for youtube, we plan on making more and are looking in to some very exciting possibilities for local artist, check it out!

www.electricparkstudio.com

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587-888-5453