Irish Music Magazine interview
In February 2021, Alan talked to Robert Heuston from Irish Music Magazine about Solitaire Recording Studio and Alan’s history in the Irish recording sector.
In February 2021, Alan talked to Robert Heuston from Irish Music Magazine about Solitaire Recording Studio and Alan’s history in the Irish recording sector.
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
“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
Below is a link to a song that I mixed and mastered for the very talented Lara Battson. Lara recorded piano and vocals at home and sent the files to me for mixing. I really love her voice. Enjoy
Below is a link to an info article about Philip Noone and his latest single.
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
This is a track I mixed and mastered for a competition. Dark Times Collaboration – Turning Point Mix Contest 2021 Enjoy
This is metal song by Dark Ride which I mixed and mastered at Solitaire in Jan 2021. Enjoy
Today Alan mixed and mastered a jazz song called Make You Dance by Cyrille Aimee. The song was originally recorded by Al Schmidt at Capitol Studios. Alan has been mixing for over 31 years and works in all genres of music. You can listen to it at the link below.
Over the weekend Alan did a mix and master of the song Locked Together by Gospel band Phat Hat. The tracks for this song are available on the Plugin Alliance website under the Sessions tab for anyone who wants to have a go at mixing them. Link below to the finished product on our youtube … Read more