C2p MONTHLY REPORT [SEPTEMBER 2013]

C2p MONTHLY REPORT [SEPTEMBER 2013]

The month of September was the lightest month in regard to production hours completed.  With a combined total of 200h (hours) completed, this is the lowest month total in over 14 months of our tracking.  The most recent low month was November 2012 with 222h, still that was significantly higher then September of this year (2013).  There has been a bit of wear and tear from a spiritual/engery standpoint and we have decided to reduce our monthly goal from 240h to 220h to ensure a healthy production ambience and that the wear and tear of working too much does not bleed into our finalized art form.  The Audiodidacts (PHD & TLA) are still working very diligently on work titled: CONTROL.  From inception up to completion and launch projected to occur on 10/31/13, the production life time of this work would be nearly 4 months which is the longest amount of time we have ever invested in any of our songs (going from memory on this one but I am sure I would have remembered anything that took longer.)  This one song took more time to make then a full mix tape would have (or nearly 15 "THE DOORS" albums)!  We encourage all who read this to set the date and take a listen, the song will blow your mind.  We will release all masters on youtube soon after the original is published around 5:00 p.m. CST (i.e. trick-or-treat time).  We will also launch the initial demo to illustrate the "before & after" difference of our production process here at Cipher-Tu Productions.  On another project note, TLA is still stuck in an extended pause when it comes to the dance album.  Officially the album is 50% complete or i.e. half of the tracks that will be on the album are fully mastered with multiple masters for various project placements.  I do wish to complete two more songs that merely need vocal elements and some final touches, hopefully I will be able to complete the two songs by end of 2013.  I will strive hard to release the dance album in 2014 however I am starting to think a 2015 launch would be more feasible.  WHAT?!?  Oh hell yes I will go 6 years into an album from inception to completion!  All for now, tootleyfriggindooskies and see you on the next one!!!

TLA
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C2p MONTHLY REPORT [AUGUST 2013]

C2p MONTHLY REPORT [AUGUST 2013]

This report marks the first of the "Monthly" reports we will be posting in regard to our production hours for each month.  We decided to navigate away from our usual "Weekly" reporting due to the amount of time needed to compile and implement based on our current technology and techniques.  The monthly reporting will allow us to invest more time into developing our products.  We will strive to launch a report for each month within the first week of the month to follow, this is mostly just to allow us to keep an eye on our progress and set goals while giving you a technical perspective of our invested time and how it is dispersed over multiple tasks associated with the art of audio production.  For August 2013, we paid heavy dues in the areas of recording and engineering.  Audiodidacts continue to develop their latest song which has been, since it's inception, a two month journey.  "The standards are higher and thus we must work harder in each area of our production process to ensure that the quality we so desire is not only attainable, but readily available to be heard and observed by anyone listening to any of our works."  The TLA dance album has been rather slow to develop, however two works with recently engineered beats will make fine contributions and the album is 60% complete.  We look to complete 2-3 works in October 2013 for C2p as a whole. Two albums still pending (TLA & Audiodidacts), the projected releases are to come some time in 2014, sorry but this will be in stone once finalized so it must all be just right, "There ain't a knob for it once it is mastered" [source: some audio engineer somewhere].  Heres to another wonderful fall (cling, sip, gulp), take care and see you next time!  Oh and a special shot out to PHD for sticking with me and the label even though I can be a bit of a fruit at times, just trying to be a unique artist like M0rris0n, but without the stealing of poetry, thank you!

TLA
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New Process (RHY's 0->1) [Dynamics Settings]

It has been determined that our use of compression has been a bit bolder than we would like so today I have been assessing the situation as I work on engineering some RHY's.  In order to ensure that we are not over utilizing the compression tool, it is requested that the following process be put into play immediately.

1) When engineering RHY's 0->1, utilize doubling, dynamics and a graphic eq.  If you run out of graphic eq's do to the amount of tracks to be printed, simply apply doubling and dynamics for the print (usually there are two tracks left without a graphic eq for the first print.).

2) For the dynamics, keep the ratio at the lemniscate (infinite, 00) and attack at 0.  To find the appropriate release level, set the thresh to a bold setting such as -15db and ride the release pot to find the right setting.  When the release setting is chosen, THEN *set the thresh to a level >= -5db (greater than or equal to -5db where -6db is less than).  We will NEVER set the thresh level less then -5db (ie -5.1, -6,-7,-8,etc) unless there is a production need to do so in order to achieve a desired result beyond this new standards realm of capability.

3) The GR meter will not be utilized in the same manner as we have been using it for, from here on out the GR meter should NOT display ANY signal whatsoever.  If the thresh has been set to an appropriate setting (*within the criteria described in step #2), and the GR meter IS showing movement, we will need to reduce the thresh until there is NO movement in the GR meter.  (There will be situations where the GR meter may display movement and a decision is made to proceed, operator discretion is advised and granted but the standard has been set as a general rule of thumb, thus no blanket statements yet again.)

RECAP, we will go over this in the studio as well because this may seem a bit confusing from a readers standpoint.  Basically when we engineer RHY's from steps 0 through 1, we will utilize the dynamics but never set the thresh below -5db to ensure integrity of sound while still achieving the desired positive effects the compressor has to offer.

Please reply with any questions or concerns you may have in regard to this new modification to our process.  This is something we have talked about time and again and I think this enhancement will bring us closer to the direction we want to go in, ensuring we are not destroying the quality of our works by over utilizing the compressor.

Thank you for your time!

TLA
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