In the early 1970’s, the Portland based Sunnyland Band headlined the club and college circuits around the Pacific Northwest. Starting as a duo, the band gradually swelled to a five-piece band that traveled with their own PA and audio engineers. Dedication to arrangement and original material set Sunnyland apart, and a loyal group of fans formed. A couple of members started a small recording studio and, over the years, produced a large library of live and studio recordings. Check out this archive footage of Sunnyland performing in 1973.

Well, it turns out that a ton of the original recordings survived and Alan Gaylor (Sunnyland Band member and true Mackoid) wanted to resurrect the classic material. This would require a transfer from tape into Tracktion 3 via an Onyx 1220 with FireWire option.

The Sunnyland Band reunited at their former engineer’s house in Portland and got the majority of the material transferred to CD. Here are a couple of tunes that made the journey from the analog archive to the digital domain.

Here are samples from the session:
Substance
Fonkey Monkey
Down On The Stones

Keyboard player, Michael Strickland, is a fervent beta-tester and getting into Tracktion 3 was no problem at all. After they transfer the remaining tracks, without any further editing or enhancement, they plan to really dig into the tools that Tracktion 3 provides and even develop some new material.

Get the full story by reading the “Case Study” on the Tracktion 3 page.