This Holiday Season...

...is in full swing! TRAC is celebrating 5 fantastic years of training and our home base, Studio West, is about to turn 40!

This past Friday, Our Man Jesse got the chance to watch a live set by Plain White T's in Studio A (that's him in the back row, 3rd from left). Here's how it went:

The band performed a 3-song acoustic set for an intimate gathering of 40 fans, closing with their biggest hit, "Hey There Delilah". The session was also streamed live over Slacker Radio and recorded for a potential future broadcast.

The five-member band brought in three acoustic guitars and a ukulele, and shakers and tambourines for the percussionist. All of the instruments and voices were recorded in to Pro Tools HD 8 at 24 bit/96Khz and returned to Studio A's SSL 4064E Console for mixdown. Each vocalist sang through an SM7b microphone except for lead singer Tom Higgenson, who sang through a U87 into a Teletronix LA-2A. Every microphone was routed through a Neve 1073 Preamp before being sent into Pro Tools.

Check Studio West's site for more photos and info!