Comments on: Bill Moriarty & Dr. Dog’s Studio Design- episode 1

By: Name

Name — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:05:47 +0000

Whatever.

By: Kevin Wu

Kevin Wu — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:44:51 +0000

Hey Bill,

I really like your honesty and candor. Running a studio business is difficult, but I appreciate all the insight you have from musical tastes to equipment. Yeah…everything. Would love to see your place one day.

Peace,
Kevin

By: Bill Moriarty

Bill Moriarty — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:31:56 +0000

Thanks, Nick! I’ll address mixing thoroughly soon. (I know I’m royally slow at updating this site but there’s a great reason and I tell ya soon). Dr. Dog often speeds up the tape at the end when we’re mixing. If you record to tape, then switch on the Varispeed knob and turn it up a little bit you’ll hear that the song sounds tighter. For reference: Beatles. We can do this pretty well digitally now, too, but it’s less obvious since the pitch doesn’t change as it does with tape.

By: Nick Arnal

Nick Arnal — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:50:59 +0000

Hey Bill. I love your work on Dr. Dog’s Fate. I am an aspiring producer/engineer just getting his feet wet in recording. I have always been curious about the mixing process. Would you be able to go over the basics of what you do when you mix a record?

Also, I have been curious as to why “From” on Fate and a few other Dr. Dog songs are slightly detuned/uptuned.

I am glad I stumbled upon this site and I am looking forward to new posts.

Thanks for your time,
Nick

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:31 +0000

I really love the sound of Rabbit Habits. Was it recorded straight to digital or was tape involved and, if so, how? Was it largely recorded live or was it mainly overdubs? I love the roominess of this album. How did you achieve this? Mainly room mics? Artificial reverb? What reverb units? What other insights can you give on the recording of this album? Thanks.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:56:46 +0000

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeext………….

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:09:41 +0000

where’s episode 2 moriarty?

By: utah

utah — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:47:45 +0000

Ou Yeah!! Can’t wait to read new stuff!!

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:32:16 +0000

Hey man, when’s the next blog post coming?

By: utah

utah — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:06:48 +0000

Hi Bill,
First of all thank you so much, I really love your advices.
Could you explain a little bit the way you record a bass guitar? I like a lot the vintage/LO-FI sound of Dr.Dog bass lines , but I don’t Know how can I get this sound. I use to play my P-Bass with flats through my orange 2×15 cainte; but I don’t know wich Microphone is better to do the recording. I got a EV-R20, a Sennheiser 421, and an avalon U5 DI, so I get a mix of the D with one of the mics.