Alan Whelan

Microphone additions

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We have just added 2 beautiful Neumann microphones to the studio collection that are very special to me. This is a Neumann U87ai which originally was bought (approx 1985) by the studio that I trained in between 1989 and 1996. I used this exact mic to record hundreds of vocals and other instruments over 7 … Read more

Philip Noone Video

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“Say Anything But A Goodbye” is the latest single from Philip Noone. Philip recorded his vocals here at Solitaire and all mixing and mastering was done here also by Alan Whelan. Below is a link to the video on Youtube. Enjoy

” Say Anything But a Goodbye”

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I had the pleasure of recording vocals for this song in January and then mixing and mastering it for Philip Noone. The single was released today and is now available on all platforms. Philip will be back in the studio in February to start work on some new projects. Enjoy

Jameson Connects

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The audio for the video below was recorded on location in The Cobblestones, The Palace Bar and Bow Street Jameson Distillery, all in Dublin. All tracks were mixed and mastered at Solitaire. Enjoy.

It’s been a busy week

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Alan has been busy with several streaming and location recording projects this week. Last Weds/Thursday he was working with The Stunning and Lyra for a streamed corporate Christmas party working for Lumio. Over the weekend he has the pleasure of doing some location recording for Nine Yards with 3 amazing acts – The Scratch, Lisa … Read more

“What I Want” by The Brew

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For the last few weeks all my weekdays have been taken up with livestream gigs for various clients. However, I am getting a chance to do some mixing and mastering at the weekend. Today I mixed and mastered a track by a rock band called The Brew. It is now up on our youtube channel … Read more