MadPuffin
Member Profile - 09/08/2003
About MadPuffin
I work in and around Washington, D.C., as a writer and editor. Lately, I have been interested in home recording of a very primitive and low-budget sort.
I record my noises in the spare bedroom of our apartment, using a Tascam Portastudio. I play all the instruments and write most of the "music."
Gear includes Yamaha electric and bass guitars; Goya and Kima classical guitars (amplified with a Dean Markley piezo system); LP bongos and mini conga; assorted other percussion instruments including a bodhran, a riq, and a kalimba; a Rhythm Tech snare drum; a Boss DR-3 drum machine; and an antique Casiotone.
Most of my first album was recorded with a single Teac dynamic microphone, either running directly into the Portastudio or pointed at a completely inadequate Crate guitar amplifier.
Effects and signal processing were minimal: I used an Arion digital delay on a few tracks (it will be obvious which ones) and sent the entire mix through a DBX compressor/gate. There is no reverb, no EQ, and no noise reduction. For the (mono) mixdown, I used a Toshiba laptop running Audacity audio software.
I have more stuff now.
Contact Info
Homepage: http://www.soundclick.com/patricknolan