Candy Ice D.Va@StarMount Studio

Candy Ice, celebrity and pop sensation was here for her recording on D.Va debut album. Lead by Candy as the executive producer, the young and talented team of Kido Lee (Producer) and Wee Ting (Vocal Coach) came up with some nice tunes, covering fast paced and slow ballad.

Vocal Chain: Tree Audio Branch and Fredenstein F200 for the fast and slow songs. Microphones were sE Gemini MK2 and Telefunken AK47, going into Lavry Blue AD. Tree Audio Branch was cranked up hot, and we worked the opto compressor for the rich harmonics and extra saturation on the song D.VA.

Fredenstein F200 was being used (courtesy of Ganz from Soundbuz) for the ballad. We were looking for a clean and big but not in the face vocals. It was great to have the F200 as it was not only has 2 channels, it has a compressor (transformer) and it can be used as parallel or just pure transformer sound from the compressor. I would say its such a thoughtful and effective way, especially for recording. We love the versatility and wished it could be de tented for a more accurate recall.
We blended Telefunken AK47 with AE2000 just to get the body and top end, mostly from the AK47.
Fredenstein can be clean and also colorful, compressors are forgiving and easy to operate as well.


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Movie Theme Song Soundtrack and MV Shoot

We had the opportunity to work with Cher Siang and Yellow Movie for their upcoming movie theme song. Cher Siang as the music composer and music director, song was undoubtedly well written and with Stefano, vocal coaching was no joke. Much attention was paid on producing the vocals where we spent 2 days to just get the right feel for the first phrase of the song.

We also had the chance to use Fredenstein F603 EQ and F600 Compresser, and finally into Tree Audio Branch.  End result was amazing where we had huge and full sound on the vocals. Fredenstein has its very unique character on the EQ curves, the sheen is very prominent and the compressor with a very useful high-pass side chain providing the punch needed. The Branch fills up all the empty spaces with rich harmonics. The vocals sits in the centre and as few of us in the studio deemed "untouchable".

The Stars

Fredenstein Channel Strip in Bento 6

Close up on the channel strip. 

Tree Audio, The Branch

Vocal coach, Movie Producer, Music Director, A&R Exec and the Artiste. Taking things seriously.

The Maestro and little admirer..

Movie Soundtrack with Jeana Ho

We have the gorgeous Hong Kong movie star/model Jeana Ho in StarMount Studio recording one of the OST for her upcoming movie. sE Gemini MK2 was put up for the task. We love how it captures the nuances of her characteristic vocals. With the help of the dual-valve design, warm and lush tone was expected. 

Going through the parts

With some guidance from Rex, producer

Soundtrack for Upcoming Drama Series

Artistes and TV hosts were here for their upcoming series to be aired on 8tv. Produced and led by Ng Jin Tat and Bell Foo ( released her debut album recently, check her out!) Nice originals with uplifting beats. We had sE3300 and Gemini for the tasks. We love the projection coming from the 3300, the mids are forward, highs are crisps, giving the artiste more confidence during recording. We fed the signals through the BAE DMP single channel mic pre and massaging the peaks with slight compression with the Portico 5043. It was in separate sessions but we all had fun during recording :)

Rickman

Cheeky Producer

Courtesy of Dennis Low, Big Knob Malaysia

Ai Leng 

Platform 11, Keith Tan Vocals

We've reached the final tracking of the vocals of Keith Tan, Platform 11. Vocals coached by 管啟源 aka Guan, one of the most sought after lyricist and music producer in the region. It's such a great experience working with passionate, dynamic, yet professional personnel.

Recorded in the vocal booth of Studio A, sE Gemini II, transported with Vovox Link into Chandler TG2 with extra boost. On the DAW, Metric Halo Channel Strip with activated Compressor, small hint of plate reverb and paired with MC 77 gave a nicely controlled vocal cue mixes. All in all, its productive and we look forward for more nights to come!

Producer getting his hands dirty on vocal comps.

Full of emotion, Keith Tan

Tracking vocals, QE Lim