When he only has one or two channels to record, he uses a Macintosh PowerBook G3 PDQ and Digidesign's ProTools to record, then mixes using a Carvin mixer. He then feeds into two Sony MD Walkmen the signals from these second and third mixers and eventually edits them in ProTools along with the other tracks already recorded. The main goal of the project has been to have fun, and it has been successful so far. Despite having to cobble the recording gear together, Krauss has been able to capture many of this summer's McMurdo musical events. Acoustic nights are held every second week.
Bands play in the base's bars and an evening of women's music is also held every year.
The annual highlight is IceStock , a six-hour outdoor concert that's been held every New Year's day since 1990. That provides a little bit of coverage from the side from the wind. There are big parachutes behind the stage to help block out the wind a little bit and also just to look cool. We always end on a high note with one of the dance bands. And even though it' s held in the middle of the Antarctic summer, it's still a cold gig.