FAT&WHO?
Fat&Holy Records is a music production company by René Hofmann.
– born 1986
– based in Darmstadt, Germany
– autodidactic musician, producer and sound engineer
– music nerd
René Hofmann
music producer
“Free your mind and your ass will follow”
-George Clinton-
Fat&Holy Records is a music production company by René Hofmann.
– born 1986
– based in Darmstadt, Germany
– autodidactic musician, producer and sound engineer
– music nerd
There are always projects running and if I have a spark of creativity, nothing else has importance in that moment.
Light me up with your spark!
…a small selection of the latest releases I was involved in production, mixing and/or mastering.
Click on the cover for sound and enjoy xxx
Yes, you can talk about equipment. But it’s about the right choice, the right guy and decision. Trust your ears and it will be right!
Check out the tabs for the equipment in the studio
Of course there is the right microphone for every source. I am a little obsessed with ribbon mics, they never sound too harsh but at the moment my favorite mic is the Beyer M88. I also love SM57 and MD421. Room microphones are are a must have in every performance.
Here is a selection of mics I am using:
I have a lot of amplifiers for guitar, bass and keyboards and I still prefer putting a mic in front of a cabinet than only an amp modeling plug-in. An amp is half of the instrument „electric guitar“ and the right combination makes the sound most exciting. Don’t forget that the speaker is also just a big filter in the end of the chain!
A selection of amps in the studio:
…are just a few names to drop, next to the most obscure amplifier – the „Poseidon“
Speakers:
I love instruments. The haptic feeling, advatages and disadvatages have an impact on your performance. Next to a bunch of guitars and basses, the studio is equipped with…
Keyboards:
Along with all kinds of percussion instruments:
What is not available in the studio, can be organized within hours!
Most of the time I mix „in the box“, that means on the Computer only. Plug-ins nowadays are sounding so good and it saves so much time with total recall and automations in the DAW.
But I want to get most of my sound already before the recorded track. Choosing the right equipment, microphone, preamp etc. makes already 90% of the sound. The roughmix should give you already the true impression of your performance. Where you wanna go from there is a creative choice and it seems there are no limits with software effects. But there are many things a computer can hardly simulate, especially „dirt“. That’s why I built a complete hybrid surface with a Dante Network to work with all analog and digital gear simultaneously.
Tape sound? No Problem with a Foster 1/2″ 16 track reel to reel or a stereo Revox B77!
Analog effects? Sure, I have nice Spring reverbs, tape echos and also some really nice digital outboard effect units from Yamaha (SPX90, REV7) Lexicon, TC electronics etc.
Analog mixing? Possible at my colleagues studio. I had equipment for mixing analog for so many years unused in the studio, so I decided to close this department.
Front of House Mixing for My Sleeping Karma
Front of House Mixing for Alligator Wine
Front of House Desertfest Berlin
Front of House Mixing for Dirty Sound Magnet
In-house technician since 2014
In-house technician since 2014