Anyone know a good monastery

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John Sayers

John Sayers

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I saw a great doco on the making of Machine Head by Deep Purple. It was recorded at Montreaux, Switzerland, in an old hotel. They setup all the gear in this typical hallway with the drums around the passageway. They used old matresses and curtains for acoustics and made one of the greatest albums ever. So much for my theories about acoustics :( :(

The police were knocking down the door because of noise polution while the roadies held it back so they could finish the take of “smoke on the water” If the roadies hadn’t held up we wouldn’t have had that song ;)

Now I’m looking for a quiet monastery where I can end my days.:cool:

Cheers
John
 
NO John Dont do it

Think

Vow of Celibacy!

Not to mention all uf us hopeless newbies that would end up with horrible sounds, not just from our bad singing voices!

Ryan
 
:D :D

These days I don't have to have a Vow of Celibacy! - I get it anyway, vow or no vow.:)

cheers
John
 
It may have sounded great in the hotel, but it might have sounded even greater in one of your rooms John. You use permenant solutions in less space to what they had and did in a temporary situation. Absorption, RT-60, Diffusion and mucho cubic footage and tall ceilings. Hell, you know what your doin! Or you wouldn't be our GURU!
fitz:)
 
I know of a nunnery thats nearby. I'm not sure if the acoustics are the same...but at least theres an endless supply of virgins hangin around!!!
 
Hey sjoko - did you go to Montreaux.......the studio??
cheers
john
 
visited there, never worked there, and it was a loooooooooooong time ago:)

I did some of my all-time favorite recording at lindesfarne castle (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&PROPERTYID=183 ) in the "main hall".

You can only get there at low tide, at high tide the road to the castle is under water.
Recorded drums and acoustic guitars in the "main hall" which, if my memory serves me right, is quite small, something like 18 x 20, with slate floors and basalt block walls over 4' thick, and a roof hight of well over 20'.
Recorded onto a 2" 8 track with 2 Telefunken mics through Neve pre's and Pultec EQ's .......... can't get much better, sound or gear.
 
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