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Holidays are over. Only a few months left till Brunei. Anyways, here's a short review of some of the new equipment i picked out for Kro.

Tapco Link.USB audio interface (69 pnds)




Damn I absolutely love this interface. Besides the fact we got a good deal from the store, it has a rugged design. And its usb powered tho so unlike my emu 0404 usb, this is absolutely portable, which would be perfect to carry around with a laptop. With 2 solid mic preamps, the quality of audio recordings were sweet. Unfortunately since we didn't have any monitoring equipment, it was hard to mix the tracks we ended up recording.

MXL 990 condensor mic (65 pnds)


Another great deal from the store. They are 2nd hand equipment but as long as it works fine I'm not complaining. The mic itself is well built, feels like a grenade hehe. The vocals were quite coloured, but not too sibilant, but it serves a good choice for quick recordings. The most fun we had was to play around with Antares Autotune 5 using this mic, such a fun software. I describe the mic similar to the AT2020 I bought for Cargo last year.

The next thing for Kro would be to get a decent pair of studio headphones to mix with. Or buy a second Mackie Mr5 speaker for me lol.

posted by Zed Peace on 23 April 2009  0 Comments

Tiga puluh sembilan

Just wish to clear a few things up regarding Micbandits and Kartel Records.

A few weeks ago I sent www.malaysianemcee.com a copy of our Of Mics and Men album so the dude who runs it, Emcee David, can check it out and maybe even give it a review. David, it turns out, works alongside Joe Flizzow to manage and promote the Kartel record label based in KL. He hits me up saying he likes our material and is interested in helping out with things like cd distribution etc. I hit em back saying we'd love to collab with KL rappers during the summer, most probably by flying over to KL for a few weeks to get some tracks done. David calls me up and we talk about a possible deal with Kartel, and so I decided to schedule a get together so me, kro and david can sit down and talk more about business.

So in Cardiff, we talked more about working under Kartel records, which by itself sounds really promising. David gives us lots of info on what can and might happen if we signed on the dotted line so to speak. We'd be a part of the Kartel roster, they'll provide studio/mixing/mastering, establish the Micbandits brand name and last but not least get money. So informally, we agreed with plenty of time to consider everything. David's a real chill dude and as we all got to know more about each other and our interests, it made sense that we take up the opportunity since this could very well our big break.

The deciding factor of course is that first move; to go to KL and meet up with the head honcho himself Joe Flizzow.

While all sounds fine, this will be a very big decision for all of us and we really need to think this through. Once in Brunei, i forecast days of soul searching, rhythm and poetry, and we'll confirm our next move as soon as we think we're ready.

But in the mean time, i really can't make any promises. Well except one, whatever happens, ain't nothing stopping the bandits from touching the mic.

ps. Yo Khaos, they want a track thats for everyone. Just one hit and we got this.

posted by Zed Peace on 11 April 2009  0 Comments