richardsstudio.ca

One year Anniversary of studio computer looming

Ray — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:23:32 +0000

The studio Hackintosh will be one year old next month and what a year it has been, with limitless computing power to mix and Science fiction like speed, it has impressed our clients over and over again.

New Solid State Drive (SSD) installed

Ray — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:29:48 +0000

We have completed the install and data cloning for a new system drive in our CustomMac, what was fast is now even faster !

New computer continues to inspire

Ray — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:34:27 +0000

The new Hackintosh continues to impress by being very stable and powerful. Mixing is so much more pleasurable when DSP power is almost inexhaustible.

New Computer retires G5

Ray — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:55:30 +0000

Well the Mac G5 PPC has been retired and our first computer build is up and running with OS X Snow Leopard and an intel i7 3.5 GHz quad core CPU. This is a serious upgrade and seems to be as stable as it should be. This system is roughly 800% more powerful than before. Yes it is a Hackintools Hackintosh. A Jetway JNAF93-Q77 motherboard is the foundation of the build and thanks to tonymacx86 for the tools and the confidence to persevere, we can continue to use our very productive HD2 Accel TDM system for a while longer and mix and make music all it can be with our new tools.

client desk added to control room

Ray — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:13:30 +0000

Richard is adding a tabletop extension to create a spot for clients to sit up near the sweet spot for better communication with the engineer and to have more counter space when undertaking various tasks

We have a Ludwig Super Sensitive snare drum from the early 60′s or 70′s

Ray — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:27:48 +0000

We have come to the realization that an old snare drum in the studio is a Ludwig Super Sensitive 5″ x 14″

we will post some pictures soon

New old JBL monitors take their place on the pedestals

Ray — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:30:15 +0000

we have acquired a set of JBL 4301B control room monitors that we have re-foamed and are sounding sweet. They are replacing the Tannoy monitors which have had reliability issues

studio busy with mixing and tracking

Ray — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:05:10 +0000

Ray is mixing songs for Ronnie Baran

Steve is tracking DISASTERS EDGE with Ray helping with some editing

new room ready for action

Ray — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:22:12 +0000

we are very pleased with the way our “jungle room” is coming together, we have put in a 12 channel snake and have wired up the monstrous SpeakerLab model 6 speakers for playback which kick a lot of butt !