Beech Creek Studios

Bio:

.. CONTROL ROOM
With Brazilian Cherry floors and ceilings, this impressive room has a direct view into the Piano room, iso-booth, and drum room through the huge window. The reclining leather sofa allows producers and visitors to listen in comfort, and engineers will appreciate the Aeron® chairs during long those sessions.

The room features Digidesign’s new C24 control surface and a palette of over 50 mic preamps to choose from. The preamps and most outboard gear are housed in a custom-built movable sidecar, designed to be seen and accessed without leaving “the sweet spot.”

Engineers can bring their own monitors or choose between vintage NS-10’s, Genelec 1031A’s or Genelec’s new 8200 DSP system with GLM software and Autocal. This new 5.1 setup controls levels, delay, phase, and EQ to optimize the sound for multiple listening positions. Visual monitoring is accomplished through two 23” Apple Cinema monitors and a huge 46” Samsung LCD.

Tracking and mixing are enhanced by the flexibility of the Audio Accessories patchbays, which enable seamless integration of guest gear. With almost 500 patch points, connections can be quickly made to the preamps, 19 channels of compression, and 15 channels of EQ that are available. Effects are handled through the TC Electronics System 6000 hardware and a plethora of today’s best plug-ins. Finally, the mix can be polished through the Folcrom Summing Buss. This device combines the best of digital and analog worlds, yielding mixes that sound open, clear and punchier, like an expensive analog console, yet allowing the repeatability of a DAW.

PIANO ROOM
This room is home to an exquisite 7’ 4” Yamaha C7 FII Grand piano. Acoustics are enhanced by the Brazilian Cherry Floors and ceiling trim as well as movable diffusers, custom-made from curly cherry and birch.

DRUM ROOM
In order to achieve big drums sounds, this room utilizes two walls of movable diffusers, custom-made from curly cherry and birch, and two walls of stone. A six-piece Pearl Reference series drum kit is available and complimented by a complete selection of cymbals and hardware.

AMP CLOSET
The 4’ X 4' fortress features multiple layers of drywall and sound proofing to provide isolation while cranking up a powerful amp. Players can choose between facing their amp toward absorptive or reflective walls. Also, Hi-Z and speaker level interfaces enable the guitarist to use the closet from three different rooms.

ISO-BOOTH
Glass doors and side windows make this room an ideal location for scratch vocals during a session. Vocalists will feel like they’re in the rooms with the players!

THEATER
For large sessions, this optional 18’ X 28’ room includes 16 mic inputs and connections for headphones and amps. The 1954 Hammond C2 has been upgraded with a percussion unit and utilizes a pristine 1954 Leslie 122.

The theater has reclining seating for 8, with Runco projector, 110” screen and 5.1 Meridian Sound. It is available upon request.

ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENT ROOM
With brick floors, redwood walls and stained-glass ceiling, this room is ideal for guitar, harp and other acoustic instruments. Two glass doors provide a direct view of the engineer at the console. Also, the room is equipped with 8 tie-lines and a Digi 002 setup for editing and overdub work.

ADDITIONAL RECORDING AREAS
A total of 20 inputs are available in the offices and garage areas. The spacious garage area also provides easy access and storage for cartage.

CONNECTIVITY
The goal of the studio is sonic excellence. To accomplish this, there are a total of 96 mic inputs throughout the studio utilizing Mogami cabling and Switchcraft connectors. Tech power is available in the main rooms, and Furman Balanced Power units power the control room and gear.

Member Since:

July 30, 2009

Vintage, boutique and new equipment from: Diezel, RCA, API, Royer, Neumann, Universal Audio, AKG, Korby, GML, Audio Technica, Neve, Millenia, Shadow Hills, Daking, Chandler, Avalon, Universal Audio, Tube Tech, Empirical Labs, TC Electronics, Fender, Hammond, Pearl, Wurlitzer, Martin, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Marshall, Vox, Eden, Genelec.

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