Journeys Unknown

Hardware Impulse Responses Throughout this project I will be creating a variety of my own effects and sounds. So far, I have captured Impulse Responses from a collection of my guitar effects pedals, these IR's can be used to create all kinds of weird and wonderful sounds by loading them into a convolution reverb plug in such as Logic's Space Designer or an IR loader such as 'Pulse' by Lancaster Audio. See my Bandcamp  for examples of my experiments To make the hardware IR's, I used Logic Pro's built in Impulse Response Utility software which can be found in the Space Designer reverb plug in, to send a sine wave sweep through the pedals, and then back into the IR Utility software, which then with a process called deconvolution, separates the sine wave from the recorded signal and leaves behind the finished IR.  I took various impulses from the Reverb, Flanger and Delay pedals, and by combining the pedals and moving the knobs I was able to manipulate the sound a...

  Journeys Unknown Origin An EP titled, 'Journeys Unknown' will be the outcome of the research conducted around the idea of de-canonizing the recording studio, a project in which, I will explore what makes recording studios special, and why some artists use them, while others do not.    What is studio magic?  I am exploring DIY recording techniques and equipment to better understand what makes recording studios special.  Below is a photo of my home recording setup, eight channels and a few toys housed in a 19" rack case for portability and storage (except for the compressor...). I will be using this setup to record the majority of the EP.  Personally, I believe that eight channels is enough to record almost all sources, except if you're recording orchestras, obviously...  The recordings I have made with my band have been made using the PreSonus interface, with drums being the only instrument to require all eight channels and I found that, at least f...

An Introduction Throughout my adventures into music I have always been recording. In the beginning, this was out of necessity more than anything else, just to get the ideas down and move on to the next song. My skills gradually improved from working on my own music with my bands. I started digging deeper into recording and decided to pursue an education in audio engineering and started studying at ICMP in 2023. As well as studying for a degree, I play guitar in a stonery, garage rock flavoured, doom metal band called, Killer of Kings. We are in the process of recording our first EP due for release sometime in 2026.  Visit www.killerofkings1.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-mass to hear our first single.