Maui Recording Studio

In the studio with Bruce Swedien

Bob Plotnik — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:14:13 +0000

Well I just got picked again out of thousands of people from all over the world to go down and spend 7 days and nights July 11, 2010 to July 18th with Bruce Swedien in LA, to learn from the best while recording and mixing an album. There were 10 of us picked from through out the world, it will be an incredible learning experinece to seat under Bruce again he is a great engineer. As you know Bruce did the mixing and recording of Michael Jackson’s albums and so many others, what a great blessing for this to happen to me again. I’ll be posting how things went.

Bruce Swedien

The Alliez new album

Bob Plotnik — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:15:25 +0000

Just finished recording The Alliez new Reggae album, they will be mixing it in mid June 2010 and it should be released soon after.

The Alliez

Studio Video tour 3

Bob Plotnik — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:42:24 +0000

This is a video tour of Grace Recording Studio showing the control room with its new attack wall, vocal room, live room.

Here’s our new NU-47 microphone

Bob Plotnik — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:44:09 +0000

NU-47

This is Bruce Swedien’s favorite vocal microphone and you talk about a big sound it doesn’t get any bigger than this. The NU-47 microphone is hard to believe that it sounds sooooo good. The microphone was made by Martin Kantola a great guy and a great designer. My hands go up to you Martin.

In the studio with Bruce Swedien

Bob Plotnik — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:44:13 +0000

Bruce Swedien

Just got picked out of thousands of people from all over the world to go down and spend 7 days and nights with Bruce Swedien in his studio, and learn from the best about recording and mixing. There were 10 of us picked, it will be a one on one teaching in his studio in Ocala, Florida. As you know Bruce did the mixing and recording of Michael Jackson’s albums and so many others, what a great blessing to happen. I’ll be posting how things went.
Aloha Bob

The Most Extraordinaire Instrument

Bob Plotnik — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:26:37 +0000

This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Amazingly, 97% of the machines components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft , Iowa.. Yes, farm equipment!  It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment, calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you can see, it was WELL worth the effort.  It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.

Studio Video Tour 1

Bob Plotnik — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:36:28 +0000

This is a video tour of Grace Recording Studio showing the control room, vocal room, live room and grounds.

Studio Video Tour 2

Bob Plotnik — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:06:11 +0000

This is a video tour of Grace Recording Studio showing the control room, vocal and live rooms, plus featuring a few of the musicians and artists that have recorded here over the past few years.