Just watched the limited edition of the making of A Fabulous Adventure 'Sixteen Days' . Serial number is 001602. Verdict : 10/10. It's a 50 minutes music documentary that Cheer initiated to capture for memory of really a wonderful recording session spanning over 16 days at Zoo Recording Studio. The "recording studio" was not your conventional room.....but rather turnover of a house complex near the sea. They literally had to create a studio from scratch. The control room was pretty far away from the scene. So the recording engineer, Kenny, was monitoring remotely. He uses Genelec speakers and digital recording console & whatever equipment at hands. I like his spirit on recording! Even though the studio quality is not as comparable as those real studios, but the results are equally fantastic. Mixing Engineer is by David Yang. Even the ultra-famous Mastering Engineer, Doug Sax ( for Pink Floyd, Metallica, Diana Krall and host of artists) said that the sound quality are good. I deeply believe that Cheer Chen & associate made the right move to bring their work to Doug Sax for the mastering process in USA instead of doing it locally. This very sought after engineer make a good album into a great album! According to the Mastering Lab, it is also pleasure to work with the talented and friendly Cheer Chen!
Everyone was very game about trying a new method of recording, an easy pace, very unconventional way. The DVD booklet has lots of information on instrument setup, issues encountered, photos and even log out time for each musicians. As the recording took place over winter of 2005 Jan - Feb, you can see all of them wearing thick jacket or sweaters. There is even a section covering string recording over in Beijing studio. Overall, it is really very apt that Cheer named it as a A Fabulous Adventure. For those interested in getting this DVD, try Yesasia.com or for Singapore fans, my online supplier, Neon (link at the sidebar of this website)
Doug Sax - Mastering Engineer for Cheer Chen's A Fabulous Adventure Album
Used with permission of The Mastering Lab