Category Archives: recording

Harmonium and Guitar

I’ve been experimenting with a new recording technique. Basically I’m trying to make the most of my gear. I’m sure I could eliminate giant chunks of time by using a better process, but this seems to be working at the moment. I mic my harmonium using my brother’s bass drum mic. The mic is pluggedContinue reading “Harmonium and Guitar”

Harmonium, Piano, and Distorted Theremin

Lately I’ve been recording harmonium directly onto my iPad using an attachable condenser mic.  Improvised harmonium is used as the foundation.  I then load the track into my DAW and proceed to improvise even more using bit-crushed theremin samples soaked in reverb.  First I run Thumbjam into Samplr and improvise using theremin and piano sounds.Continue reading “Harmonium, Piano, and Distorted Theremin”