Re: [LAU] Out Now: The Magnetophon Sessions, by Munk!

On 11/03/2013 11:19 PM, Edgar Aichinger wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 3. November 2013, 21:50:03 schrieb rosea.grammostola:
>> On 11/03/2013 07:51 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>>> On 11/01/2013 11:00 AM, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>>>> On 10/28/2013 09:53 AM, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>>>>> Munk!, a jazz/ska/funk band from Groningen, The Netherlands, has
>>>>> released an album made with free software, The Magnetophon Sessions.
>>>>>
>>>>> During the hot part of summer 2013, Munk! stayed at the cultural
>>>>> freezone Landbouwbelang in Maastricht (The Netherlands) for a week and
>>>>> recorded seven new tracks in the unique and inspiring studio
>>>>> Magnetophon. During the recordings we played with the whole band at
>>>>> once, to get the most musical results. All tracks are
>>>>> one-take-recordings, no edits where made when mixing the album.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Magnetophon Sessions is produced with opensource and free software
>>>>> on GNU/Linux.
>>>>> Most notably: Ardour2 for recording and mixing, LADSPA plugins for
>>>>> mixing, Gimp for graphics, Lives for video art.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recorded& mixed by Bart Brouns at Studio Magnetophon Maastricht
>>>>> www.magnetophon.nl<http://www.magnetophon.nl>
>>>>>
>>>>> Video clip Off The Chart:
>>>>> http://www.munk050.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> The Magnetophon Sessions, music& artwork:
>>>>> http://www.munk050.com/music/
>>>>>
>>>>> Our advise on price for the digital download would be in the range of
>>>>> 5 -- 10 euro, but there's no minimum or maximum, so feel free, thanks
>>>>> for your support!
>>>>>
>>>>> Munk!
>>>>>
>>>> Some feedback on the songs and the mix would be nice! :)
>>> Hello Rosea,
>>>
>>> Listening to it now. Sounds way too roomy for me, I barely hear any
>>> close miked instruments. Not that it's necessary but the room in which
>>> you recorded seems to miss some warmth and atmosphere (too much
>>> concrete, too little wood?) so the result sounds to me like there's
>>> lacking some low. Also the room sounds a bit too small and it seems
>>> little or no additional reverb was used so the mix sounds a bit boxy. I
>>> also hear some badly intonated/tuned instruments, especially the guitar.
>>> With regard to the songs, I barely listen to jazz but I do listen to
>>> some bands that have incorporated jazz in their pop/rock sound like
>>> Tortoise (album: Standards), Karate (album: Unsolved) or The Mercury
>>> Program (album: A Data Learn The Language). I highly recommend giving
>>> those bands a listen as I have the idea Munk! is also operating within
>>> this scope. So I favor the tracks that lean more towards pop minus the
>>> Ska kind of tracks as I don't like Ska myself (except for The Specials).
>>> All in all nice job!
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks Jeremy, for your lengthly feedback. Not sure if I agree with it
>> all, but I'm not an experienced sound engineer. Also we lost pretty some
>> time for tuning the (bas)guitar, so I doubt if that one is not in tune,
>> maybe its the dissonant jazz sound you're not used to :) Anyway, I
>> didn't notice it, maybe I hear it when I listen it again. About the wood
>> and the room, did you see the pictures on Barts website?
>> http://www.magnetophon.nl/
>>
>> It's all wood there man :)
>> In this article you'll find some graphs of the room, not sure how much
>> that tells us:
>> http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct10/articles/green-studio.htm
>>
>> The roomy sound was intentional, for the ska-like songs it might be
>> interesting to see how it sounds with a more DI/closed mic sound.
>> Another reason to do it this way was the heat in the studio. It was
>> around 35 degrees in that week, sweat all over the place, so it would be
>> even worse if we had to wear headphones.
>>
>> If I've Off The Chart on my headphone, I like the natural sounding, I
>> think it's pleasant to listen to. Also I do prefer the trumpet sound
>> with as less reverb as possible, I think reverb kills the sharpness of
>> the tones too much.
> I listened yesterday evening to the whole album (on headphones), and
> I like it a lot. I agree with Jeremy only in that (in some rare spots only) the guitar
> seems out of tune a bit, but not so much that it would disturb me. All in all
> I share how you feel about it, and I had similar thoughts going on when
> listening - it sounded warm, natural, transparent, and like the band had
> fun playing it. As soon as my wallet is getting a bit thicker again...
Hey Edgar,

Thx. Ok, it's always nice to get a 'cha-ching-message' from Bandcamp in
your mailbox, and we're lucky that people took the time to pay a small
amount of money (3 till 10 euro). It would be nice if we could cover the
costs we made for the trip and the studio at the end.

But getting honest feedback from experienced audio guys like you or from
other musicians is equally valuable for us. It's nice to hear that
people took the time to listen and in most cases enjoyed your music.
We're together for one year now, first time in the studio, so there's
also enough room for improvement, feedback helps here.

Regards,
Dirk
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Received on Mon Nov 4 20:15:01 2013