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The Foxtail's Technical Page
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Contact us
for
more information.
We are
flexible
enough to serve any type of project. We can
- Record up to twenty-four tracks simultaneously directly to the
computer, with unlimited overdubbing.
- Or record to digital sixteen-track tape, in-house or live on
location. Following basic tape
tracking, the best takes can be flown into the
computer (exact digital copy) for mixdown there, or mixed in
analog
into up to eight tracks into the computer.
- Mix your tracks in the Analog domain using "outside the box"
analog summing.
- Synchronize to your video equipment, in-house or on location.
- Overdub, Mix and/or Master your project no matter what its
current format (ADAT®, Pro Tools®,
Final
Cut®, etc) with never a lost bit.
Mixing
within
the computer (whether
starting with tape or direct to
disk) features
- full automation of all mixing parameters, ie, channel level,
pan,
effects; everything
- timing and pitch correction
- quick and versatile editing
- intelligent noise reduction
- a wide array of digital signal processing
- external analog or digital equipment may be included in the
mix
- video cueing and synchronization
- MIDI instruments, including soft synthesizers, outboard synths
and tone modules.
In recent years this has become by far the more popular option.
Mixing
outside
the computer (analog)
features
- the warmth of real analog circuitry
- a variety of classic signal processing modules.
- MIDI instruments, including soft synthesizers, outboard synths
and tone modules, synchronized to the tape
- In addition, all twenty-four
outputs from the computer can be mixed in the Analog domain
and mixed
back into eight channels in the computer.
Measures we
take to protect your hard work - all part of our service at no
extra
time or
cost to you
- Recording is performed directly to two discs so there are
already
two copies being made as you record!
- If recording to tape, a computer copy is made as soon as time
is
available.
- Each day's work is copied to a local external backup drive in
its
own dated folder
- Each day's work is copied to data CD/DVD and stored off-site.
- Archives of completed projects are maintained indefinitely,
and
we do not charge for retrieval
- The privacy and security of your work is sacred to us; there
will
never be a bootleg from Foxtail Sound.
Recording Equipment (All this -
at
no extra cost)
- Experienced Musician's Ears and Attention to Detail
- Two TASCAM DA-78HR 24-bit/48kHz 8-track Digital Tape
machines
- Tascam HD-P2 Stereo Field Recorder
- Mackie 48-input (24x8) Console
- Mackie 1604-VLZ3 (16x6) Portable Monitoring Console
- Mac Pro with 300-GB Safe-RAID audio recording drive
- Logic Studio, Soundtrack Pro postproduction, Waveburner
CD
Mastering Software
- Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer 8 Audio
Workstation Software
- Mark of the Unicorn 2408mk3 24-channel audio interface
- Mark of the Unicorn MIDI Timepiece AV-USB sync and MIDI
interface
- Avid Pro Tools 11
- BIAS Peak Pro
- Sony Digital Audio Tape (DAT), MiniDISC, Cassette
- Effects Processors (TC Electronic M3000, ART, DigiTech
DSP128, MXR)
- Compressors (dbx, FMR, DOD)
- Tube Preamps (Summit MPC-100, Focusrite OctoPre, ART Tube
Channel, Aphex 207, Foxtail)
- Wharfedale, Sears 4", and Mackie HR-824 Studio Monitors
Microphones
- AKG C1000s, D-112
- Audio Technica AT4033 (3), AT2020 (2), AT3525, ATM25,
misc
- Electro-Voice RE20, misc
- Groove Tubes AM-40 tube condenser
- MXL 991
- Røde NT-1, NT-1A
- Sennheiser E609
- Shure KSM44, SM81 (2), SM57 (2), SM58 (3), 55, 545, misc
- CAD/Equitek e100
Instruments and Amplifiers
- Hammond M-101 Organ (two
manuals,
pedals,
tone wheels, tubes, and drawbars; ca. 1960)
- Leslie Model 120 rotating speaker
- Kimball Studio Piano (here's
a
short random sample, so you can hear it)
- Rhodes Stage 73 Electric Piano
- Roland JV-80 synthesizer
- Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer and TX-81z tone module
- Yamaha RX-17 drum module (with Latin
percussion
and those classic reggae hand claps)
- Johnson J-Station amplifier and speaker emulator
- High-string Guitar
- Acoustic and Electric Guitars and Basses
(Fender,
Hamer, Taylor, Yamaha, Cremona)
- Small and Large
Amplifiers, tube and solid-state (Fender, Roland, Valco, etc)
- Assorted Percussion (gong, bell tree, train whistle,
etc.)
There's more, but you get the idea. If
you
prefer to bring your own (some of these
people
did), that's fine!
Copyright 2002-2010 Foxtail
Sound.