Valley Wood Studio

Comprehensive boutique studio specialising in acoustic and performance-based music.

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Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!Repurposing an old 48 way bantam patchbay so I can integrate my old Fostex E16 for teaching #musicproducer #musicproduction #recordingengineer #recordingstudio https://t.co/KZZTeAut2O

[Valley Wood Studio @ValleyWoodStdio]

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Ubunye in the studio today. The old Oktava 219 is a bit of a revelation on snare. #musicproducer #recordingstudio #recordingengineer #oktava https://t.co/uyZCbyfiT5

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Hammond and Piano track overdubs for a glittering 70’s pop star... check out the glamour! #recordingtechniques #recordproducer #recordingstudio #hammond #recordingengineer #musicproducer #protools https://t.co/XdTlMcTSPi

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Tracing a dry joint to the meter bridge. Yay! #recordingengineer #soundtracs #musicproducer https://t.co/LTPOgIN8AP

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Start of guitar fettling time. First on the list is the 1987 Tokai I’ve had all my professional life and used in The Pretty Things. Radius 7.25 and you can still do minor 3rd bends. Loaded with SD pickups since… https://t.co/FL5nVxbG5D

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It’s really surprising how sophisticated and solidly built this machine is. Trying to trace why the tachometer goes out when rewinding but not fast forwarding and checking tension arms. They seem ok but it looks… https://t.co/NcFjYmnc5a

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Got the Fostex E16 and 4050 to sync with Reaper (as slave) which actually allows an audio input of the interface to be used as a SMPTE input. Locks beautifully. Now why Protools and Logic don’t is a mystery. Oh well -… https://t.co/NjPgcIGEm0

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Well it works! Fostex E16 and 4050 synchroniser. All switch and button contacts needed cleaning so completely stripped and rebuilt, 40way cable had to be made etc. Took a while to figure out as the manual is rather… https://t.co/LwdQTmn2Nf

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Keeping busy! #recordingstudio #recordingengineer #musicproducer #musicstudio @soundonsoundmag https://t.co/U6GM7c1ckB

[Valley Wood Studio @ValleyWoodStdio]

My little project whilst in isolation has been getting the Fostex E16 running good. The 4050 locator arrived today. All cleaned up and disinfected - it was filthy! - and 40way cable made and all functions working.… https://t.co/fkXwjiuSzd

[Valley Wood Studio @ValleyWoodStdio]

So one is housebound what do you do? Make a voltage divider into an old patch bay to allow an old -10dB Fostex E16 input accept a +4dB signal. Fun. #Fostex #recordingstudio #recordingengineer #musicproducer #diyaudio https://t.co/Ezvno2DF1q

[Valley Wood Studio @ValleyWoodStdio]

So much for more Fostex repair today...#jazzcat #diyaudio #recordingstudio #musicstudio #recordingengineer https://t.co/7e3P2xrMo9