Done with the mixing!
10/10 songs mixed.
The mix.
The Master...
...and the Apprentice...
...negotiating.
Editing and programming.
Jussi bought new glasses to help him work with Pro Tools.
Jaani briefing his ideas.
Mika and Jussi at work.
Some choir vocals.
The setup: Bruce Swedien signature microphone + Manley reference cardioid microphone.
This is the coolest mic ever! It has a 3D viking ship logo in it which lights up in blue when you feed phantom power to it. Designed by Martin Kantola.
Yep, more keyboards...
Juha and the guest keys.
More and more keyboards.
Jaani producing Juha and his keys.
Back in studio to finalize the recordings.
Nino and Jussi creating some weird effect guitars.
Guitar gadgets.
Mika and Jussi trying out what kind of crazy things they can do with six strings.
Raw mix.
Jussi and Nino made quick raw mixes of every song. Now we listen and test them out.
A day off.
This was today's weather in Helsinki. Temperature: -14 degrees celcius.
Clean vocals with Mikko and Mika.
Mikko is ready to rock.
Mika blows with full force.
Additional guitars and guest vocals.
The guitar setup.
Jussi plays Telecaster using an EBow and a spoon.
Boys are once again sharing their best baking recipes with each other...
Work in progress.
Jukka is ready to cough some blood on tape.
Jussi producing...
Neverending vocal recordings.
Tired and fed up.
Looks like professionals at work? Mikko on his knees, singing through SM57...
On and on with the vocals and keyboards.
Juha caught in the act.
Vocals and keyboards.
Mikko and the magic potion to summon the vocal gods.
Juha creating the keyboard tracks with his buddy - Nord Lead.
Time for some vocals.
Mika recording Mikko.
The evil has landed in Sonic Pump Studios.
Jussi entangled in guitar cable.
Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I played my bass.
Kari the bass emperor.
Alone in the studio.
Poor Jussi. All alone in the studio working with his guitars.
Equipment.
Engl tubes glowing blue in the night.
Throw out the drums, bring in the guitars.
All set with the drum recordings! Twelve tracks on 'tape'. One could drink a beer to celebrate.
El Mariachi.
Proud drummer.
Mika testing the guitar setup.
Mika recording the guitars by himself.
Day 3
Ready to record!
Mikko and Mika re-composing a chorus.
Jussi wondering how to edit all these messy drum tracks.
More banging...
Mika and Jussi - The Philosophers
Jarkko bangs the drums like a madman! Need to change the drumheads...
Mikko was so amazed by Jarkko's excellent drum performance he fainted...
To cut down on stress (ressi in Finnish) we need one channel for it.
After a hard workday you might have some Schauma in the shower!
The drums, the drums!
The night shift at Grendel Drum Transport Inc.
Jarkko's alternative way to avoid H1N1.
Grendel flip chart - One A4 for every song.
Jarkko shedding his skin.
More cowbell.
Bang!
Clanck.
Nino observes Jarkko messing around.
T minus 1 week and counting...
Grendel demostudio. Preparing for the Sonic Pump sessions.