Der lange Weg ans Ziel

Fehmarn Produktion

Die try and error Reise, bis der Sound wirklich so klingt wie er klingen soll

Studio Pfütze und Logic Pro

Logic Pro

Studio Pfütze arbeitet mit Logic Pro und der Universal Audio Console Ein paar Hacks und Tricks gibts bei:  

Musik mit dem I Pad

ipad Production

Unser Workshop beschäftigt sich mit einer kompletten Studioproduktion auf einem ipad, die euch – angefangen von der Aufnahme bis zum Master – alle Bereiche step by step und leicht verständlich vorführt.

My name is Frank Pfützenreuter. My friends — in their endless creativity — decided that was far too long, so now I’m simply “Pfütze” . Charming, I know.

I began my illustrious recording career in the 80s with a Tascam 4-track recorder. The method was simple: program a Roland TR-505 (or at least some drum machine I vaguely remember as one) and record everything step by painstaking step.

Armed with those masterpieces, I hit the streets of Southern Europe as a busker. Somewhere along the way, I “accidentally” stayed in Barcelona for six months, living the sort of carefree life that most motivational speakers would describe as “unsustainable” — which was precisely why I liked it. Sadly, my studies and my worry-prone parents failed to provide the necessary guilt-free framework for me to keep doing it forever.

So back I went to good ol’ Germany to become sensible. Think about the future. Get serious. You know, all the things that sound boring because they are.

Naturally, I then dropped out of university and worked at a music publishing company. It wasn’t exactly glamorous, but I did get a peek behind the music industry’s velvet curtain… only to discover it was more polyester than silk.

As a guitarist, I played in various bands and eventually stepped into my first proper recording studio. That was it — the trigger moment. Creativity and great sound, all in one place! The only hitch: studio time costs money. A lot of it. Sometimes the label paid, sometimes I did… but the ticking clock never missed a beat. So I thought, “There has to be a way to do this at home without selling a kidney.”

While funding my existence as a live engineer, I bought my first DAW: Cubase with Reason on Windows XP. The learning curve? Let’s just say the curve was a cliff.

These days, I’ve tamed the beast. My home studio runs Logic Pro with decent monitors, and I can record without having to hunt down obscure drivers or reboot every 20 minutes.

I’ve also built a modest little distribution setup — a media lab, video editing, web design. You know, the sort of DIY empire that sounds impressive until you realise it’s basically just me, my computer, and a stubborn refusal to quit.

In short: a bedroom producer. The kind your mother warned you about.

If you fancy having a look at my “Studio Pfütze” projects, scroll through. There’s probably something in there you’ll like… or at least something you can shamelessly steal for your own tracks.

Enjoy — I certainly did. „Über mich“ weiterlesen