#fantasy studios

[greendayauthority]

[nofatclips]

Casualties of Cool, live for Dunlop Sessions

Mountaintop

Bones

Forgive Me

[myragemylovemylife]

‘[Fantasy Studios] definitely had that Seventies coke-y vibe, mahogany and strange dead wood around the place. We would go into the vaults and see all of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s master tapes. But I felt we belonged there. Our first album cost $700 to make. Kerplunk! was like $1200. “Let’s record these as fast as we can – because we don’t have a choice.” This time, I learned how to dial in good sounds, get the best guitar tones. I was able to take a little time doing vocals. I loved that experience.’

- Billie Joe Armstrong, 2014

Dookie and Billie Joe’s Look for Love were recorded at Fantasy Studios. It closed in 2019.

[rp-kat]

Forbidden - Twisted into form

1990

[theagreeables]

Solo Agreeable live from Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

[fantasystudios-blog]

A picture of Phife Dawg and our Studio Director Jeffrey Wood. Rest in power to the Five Foot Assassin!

[fantasystudios-blog]

Let’s Talk Patchbay

Patchbays function as a convenient central point to which you can bring all of your audio inputs and outputs so that you have easy access to them. They operate sort of like telephone switchboards.

Here’s a few things you should know: 1) It is standard to put outputs on the top row and inputs on the bottom row of a patchay. 2) There are many different kinds of patchbays, here are a few..        -  96- point solder- type TT patchbay        -  48- point 1/4- inch to 1/4- inch patchbay        -  48- point Longframe 1/4- inch to 1/4- inch patchbay        -  96- point solder- type TT patchbay brought out to different multipin connectors (ELCO, D- sub, DL) or some sort of punchdown block (ultrapatch)

Normalling: Normalling refers to the way in which a patchbay is wired. One uses a normal when there is a “normal” use, in other words when the usual use of the output connected to the top row is to go to the input connected to the bottom row. In a full- normalled or half- normalled configuration, signals flow from the jacks in the top row through the jacks in the bottom row.

Let’t break it down.

      I. Full- Normalled: Used in situations where you want to be able to interrupt the normal signal flow by inserting a patchcord into a jack in either the top or bottom row. In this case you DO NOT want to actually split the signal, due to the nature of the signal itself. (i.e. from mic lines to mic inputs on the console.)

     II. Half- Normalled: Used for monitoring or taking a feed off signals. You can plug into a jack in the top row to monitor a signal without interrupting the signal flowing to the bottom row, and you have the ability to plug into the bottom row to break the normal signal path. (i.e. from direct out to MTR sends)

     III. Non- Normalled: Used for tie lines or any signal that has no “normal” use. There is no signal flow from the top to the bottom jack. The top and bottom row jacks are completely independent.

      IV. MULT: This configuration is used when you want multiple copies of the same signal. In this case, the jacks are usually wired side to side, not top to bottom like normals. A mult cannot be broken by patching. It is a permanent arrangement.