new Toft ATB 16

new outboard, pres and effects oh my!

our current setup

drum tracking with Graveyard Lovers

pedal party with Graveyard Lovers

"percussion" overdubs with Graveyard Lovers

guitar reamping with Headless Nixon

brand new addition to the studio - Daryl's 1966 Slingerland kit!

drum tracking with Junius

A Long Overdue Photo Update

Pouring footings for the new deck.

step 2.

step 3

done!

 

then we had a hurricane and we didn't have electricity for over a week.

So I did some landscaping using found materials and dumped 5 tons of locally sourced rock to make a walkway for the studio.

Now there's lots of guitar amps here.

Daryl and I re-racked everything into one giant space.  Lots of outboard compressors, pres and processing options now. 

I finally painted the outside of the control room!

More new amps and cabs.

Obligatory nerdy Star Wars photo.

I've started the 2nd stage of soundproofing in the live room by building another frame inside the room.

Soundproofing!

 

The entire room will be done in sections.  The first one is a huge shelving unit built into the wall.  

InAeona session and More Gear

I keep waiting to post pictures once the studio is all cleaned up.  but the more time passes, the more I realize that this living breathing space isn't ever going to be "clean".  So when InAeona was here last weekend working on a split, their bassist Dave took some sweet photos for me.

We've had bands in pretty steadily all Summer and have been making hits and BBQing like crazy.  it's been a great first season for the studio and I couldn't be happier with the resulting recordings that have been coming out of here.

PM1000 & Junius recording session

Junius doing some pre production

Vintage Yamaha PM1000 - the newest addition to the studio

building a subkick & desktop racks/speaker stands

last weekend I built a subkick clone (a device that records low frequencies really well) from a spare 10" speaker and an old racktom.  I figured while I was at it I should probably work on my desktop racks/speaker stands.  why not right?  I used all existing materials, adding only 2 sheets of steel and foam to decouple the speakers ($30), and 4 rack rails to mount the gear ($30). now it almost looks like a studio - the mixing console comes next!