IN THE STUDIO WITH NIKO SCHWIND

IN THE STUDIO WITH NIKO SCHWIND

11 August, 2009 | 8.13AM

• Written by: panpal
• Filed under: Music News : niko schwind studio music production techniques uad pultec the autistic disco autist records

Last Friday we have released our first artist album on AUTIST. it is entitled “The Autistic Disco” and is produced by Niko Schwind. I had a little chat with Niko the other day about his production techniques and some more.  read more…

Last Friday we have released our first artist album on AUTIST. it is entitled “The Autistic Disco” and is produced by Niko Schwind. I had a little chat with Niko the other day about his production techniques and some more.

Do you have a favourite song on “The Autistic Disco” ?

I think “Fly” is my favourite song on the album because there is so much emotion in this song. i created this song in a stage of an immense heartsickness and producing music helped me to handle the situation and helped to express these feelings.

How long does it usually take you to produce a song and what element do you normally start with to build a song ?

well, the time it takes to produce a song is different with every new song. sometimes i manage to write a song in one single day, while sometimes it takes three days, and another time i need more then a week… so it ..s very different every time. 

However the kickdrum and the bassline are the first elements i start the production of a new song with.

Is there any advice you would like to give to the people out there who just start producing tracks ?

i would say there is no panacea of course, but i have been figuring out that persistance and efforts pay out eventually. everybody experiences music in a different way and it takes a while to adopt the techniques of transcribing a musical idea thats in your mind into a sequencer program.

What equipment did you use to produce this album ?

Computer: i use a desktop pc with a Adlon 4600 dual core cpu + 2 gb of ram

Sequencer:  mainly Ableton Live and occasionally Reason via re-wire

Soundcard: M-Audio firewire 410

Speakers: Fostex pm 0.5

Masterkeyboard: Edirol usb-keyboard

Headphones: AKG studio headphones

Additional outboard gear: UAD-1 dsp card with PCIe connector

Most featured plugin on the album: Oxford EQ and Pultec EQ

most (ab)used drug during the production of the album: i dont comrehend this question :)

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