Power Sounds are location-recording specialists. We love the added challenges that location work throws at us… rather than running away we embrace, enjoy, conquer, and produce some fantastic sounds! We are experienced in TV drama, documentary, feature films, live music, mixing, mastering, post production, and provide a mobile studio setup for bands and performers who want to record their sounds in their space.
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Friday, 29 July 2011
Where have we been?!
Two words: Eden Sessions!
We put together a crew of 5 people to record all of the bands and interviews at this years Eden Sessions in Cornwall. This comprised of 3 stages over 100 channels of audio... and some very busy hard discs!
Here are a few pictures:
Next step mixing....
Power Sounds
We put together a crew of 5 people to record all of the bands and interviews at this years Eden Sessions in Cornwall. This comprised of 3 stages over 100 channels of audio... and some very busy hard discs!
Here are a few pictures:
Dave looking serious - recording on the main stage
The view from our position backstage:
The 'Stage Right' stage recording setup
'Biotik' stage recording setup complete with brolly
Backstage view of the Fleet Foxes ROCKING THE PLACE!!! (only joking)
Next step mixing....
Power Sounds
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Monday, 27 June 2011
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Friday, 24 June 2011
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
Drum recording session
Recording drums with Cornwall's finest, Mark Wilkin.... unfortunately we can't see Mark's face as he is hiding behind a cymbal. Too bad!
Check mark out at http://www.myspace.com/markwilkindrums
Check mark out at http://www.myspace.com/markwilkindrums
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Some more Jonah's Lift on video!
As promised, here is a second track from the Jonah's lift gig we recorded and mixed.
Again, please don't judge this on the camera work - it was literally just plonked on the ground and switched on.
A full gig with proper camera work coming your way in the near future.....
Again, please don't judge this on the camera work - it was literally just plonked on the ground and switched on.
A full gig with proper camera work coming your way in the near future.....
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Jonah's Lift recorded live, video
We recorded Falmouth-based Jonah's Lift at one of their fantastic gigs, we also threw a camera in the vague direction of the gig for a fuzzy impression of what was going on.... it was a very dark room! Anyway, its all about the audio so flick your YouTube player to 720p or higher and give it a listen nice and loud.
Why not go crazy and pop some headphones on for a proper folk-rock audio treat?!
Another track from this gig coming tomorrow.
Power Sounds
Why not go crazy and pop some headphones on for a proper folk-rock audio treat?!
Another track from this gig coming tomorrow.
Power Sounds
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Bye Bye SQN.... hello Sound Devices
Well, the SQN mixer and HHB dat machine have been shipped to their new owners. I hope you guys are as happy with these bits of kit as I have been over the last few years; I'm sure they will still be going strong ten years from now.
A recent shoot at the BV Expo in Earls Court was the ideal opportunity to get my hands on the new Sound Devices 552 mixer with built-in recorder. I'd like to say that I made full use of having all of my normal on-line suppliers in one room - in a perfect world I would have played each one off against the other until I got the best deal. In reality, of the three people I normally use, one company wouldn't even consider a 'show price' and another only managed to get back to me yesterday... even though I specifically said that I wanted to walk out of Earls Court having paid for the kit!
The winners by far (both by default and pure customer service) were a company called Pink Noise. A bunch of really nice guys who know their stuff and are genuinely willing to chat and demo kit - this was also the reason they left on the last day looking frazzled! Their stand was hectic from the moment of opening until after the building closed. Thanks chaps.
I'll post a little video of the new mixer and my first thoughts as soon as we return from our next exciting adventure.... lets hit the road.... again!!
Friday, 11 February 2011
Recording live bands... how do we do it?
The beauty of the 32 channel rig is its versatility. In a band and want to know how we work?
Read on:
Before each gig we ask for a simple channel list to see what kind of set-up you have; we'll also try and drop in to any gigs you might be playing to see first hand (and sample any available ale). On the day of the gig we'll need approximately an extra hour on top of your normal set-up time to make things happen. We record each instrument and channel separately and also record lots of lovely room atmosphere (this brings the final mix to life).
We work with your existing PA set-up so you don't need to make any changes, we want to hear you as you would normally sound so just set-up as normal...once you have set up and run a very quick sound check we begin our business. We find our feeds by using a combination of / or solely:
Microphone splits - these basically take a passive feed from your mic cable before it hits the mixing desk. The mic splits are very clever and don't mess with the signal at all. The phanton power used to run most mics is kept but isolated from our feed. We can also play with ground loop options on the rare occasion that we pick up a noise.
Miking & double miking Things like guitar and bass cabs provide loads of extra space for us to place one of our microphones alongside yours...maybe you don't mic it at all? Everyone's set-up is different! Everyone has a different approach to drum miking; we really like to get as much coverage as possible so we can use a combo of mic splits and our own microphones. We're very careful not to get in the way so if something doesn't work for you then we can move it or have a re-think.
Direct outs: some mixing desks provide direct outputs that we can run straight to our rig. Often there will be a few things that we will also mic-up separately to get the feeds we need.
Lightpipe: Some really posh desks offer ADAT lightpipe outputs, these digital optical feeds are great!!
We'll place ourselves and the recording set-up somewhere towards the back of the venue if possible, or anywhere out of the way of your speakers and other punters. We carry (akwardly) a 30 metre XLR snake and stage box which means that everything can travel very neatly from you're set-up to ours.
So that's it really. The fact that everything is different excites us! It also means that we carry alot of gear, cables, grip, gaffer, adapters, stands, mics...and so on.
All of the above means that we walk away at the end of the gig with beautiful, separate recordings of each channel. This puts us in a great position to create an excting, sparking, sexy, professional, final mix of your gig.
Overdubs? No worries, our gear works perfectly as a mobile recording studio, we'll come to you.
I hope that proves useful to you? Happy Friday everybody!
Luke
Monday, 7 February 2011
My first video blog! I'm selling the SQN mixer and HHB DAT machine:
Friday, 4 February 2011
Thursday, 3 February 2011
A little Microsoft film I worked on
Here's a link to a Microsoft education film that I recorded sound on -
It's always tough to get hold of legit copies versions of work I've done so this is nice!!
It's always tough to get hold of legit copies versions of work I've done so this is nice!!
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Power Sounds Launch
Hello there,
For those of you who don't know, my name is Luke Power. I'm a TV and film location sound recordist working for companies like the BBC, ITV, Sky, and Discovery. I've been at this for quite some time now and thoroughly enjoy what I do. However... I've had an involvement with music recording, production, and engineering, that has run alongside the TV work which I've been eager to expand on for some time.
That time is now!
I can now offer a mobile 32 channel mobile recording set-up which lends itself to a huge variety of applications from an acoustic gig in a pub, through to a live concert. The set-up can also be used as a mobile studio, both indoors and outside which opens up the world of recording to places of inspiration.
I'll get technical in my next blog but this kit, along with a huge amount I've collected through the last few years, means that I can interface with your PA set-up in a number of ways. Basically, don't worry, I can get the separate channels I need to create a stunning mix.
I've worked with some of the best local bands and also biggies like Razorlight, Paul Weller, Jack Johnson, and the Kooks.
Cheers for now,
Luke
Power Sounds
For those of you who don't know, my name is Luke Power. I'm a TV and film location sound recordist working for companies like the BBC, ITV, Sky, and Discovery. I've been at this for quite some time now and thoroughly enjoy what I do. However... I've had an involvement with music recording, production, and engineering, that has run alongside the TV work which I've been eager to expand on for some time.
That time is now!
I can now offer a mobile 32 channel mobile recording set-up which lends itself to a huge variety of applications from an acoustic gig in a pub, through to a live concert. The set-up can also be used as a mobile studio, both indoors and outside which opens up the world of recording to places of inspiration.
I've worked with some of the best local bands and also biggies like Razorlight, Paul Weller, Jack Johnson, and the Kooks.
Cheers for now,
Luke
Power Sounds
Sunday, 23 January 2011
CV update
I've updated my CV on www.lukepower.co.uk I've not updtaed the 2009 kit list so dont look..... I said don't look!!
Luke
Luke
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