Gecko Recording Studio is an excellent facility for fostering the recording process. The recording and mixing flagship is a Trident Series 65 recording console and a state of the art Pro Tools HD3 Digital Audio Workstation which enable full recall automation over all mixing perimeters. Also, featured in this studio is an assortment of various microphone preamplifiers and various outboard gear which allows for a more interesting pallet of sounds to choose from.
In addition to outstanding recording facilities, we also sport our own mastering and duplication process for all recording projects looking to “sweeten” their two track live performances for radio airplay. This studio is available 6 PM to 10 PM, Monday through Friday. Also, the studio is open at 11 AM to 10 PM, Saturday and Sunday.
1971 Fender Telecaster Thinline and a 1968 Gibson J-50 Acoustic Guitar
Recording Console:
Trident Series 65-16 Channel Analog Console
Recorders:
Sony External CDR/DVD Firewire burner
4-Glyph 80 Gig Companion Firewire Drives
3-SCSI Ultra Wide Drives
Alesis HD24 (digital portable 24 channels recording system)
Alesis Masterlink 24 bit resolution
A/D Conversion:
Lucid A/D-D/A 96K
Near Field Monitoring:
A-LSR28P JBL Powered Monitors
B-Yamaha NS-10
Sony Boombox (reality)
*6 channel Oz Audio headphone mixer
*6 Headphones
DAW System:
Pro Tools HD 3 TDM System (G4 1.25, OSX)
22” Apple Cinema Display Monitor
Hardware/Software,Plug-ins,16 channel 96K I/O
Waves Platinum Bundle
Digidesign’s Producer Bundle
Oxford Transient Modulator
Antares Auto-Tune Pitch Correction
Digirack Plug-ins
Focusrite Plug-ins
Drawmer Plug-ins
Amp Farm
Bruno-Reso Plug-ins
Toast and Jam CDR/DVDR
Microphone Pre-Amps:
2-channels Langevin Dual Vox Box by Manley Labs.
2-channels Gaines Audio
3-Ampex 350 Modified Mono Tube Pre-Amps
1-ADL 600 Presonus
, Anthony DeMaria Labs Tube Design
Microphones:
1-Neumann U87 (Fred Cameron Tube conversion)
2-Neumann KM184 (stereo pair)
1-Neumann KMS105
1-Beyerdynamic M88
1-Beyerdynamic M201
1-Beterdynamic M160 (ribbon)
1-Shure Beta 52
4-Shure Beta 98
5-Shure Beta 56
1-Shure Beta 57
1-Shure SM57
1-Shure SM57 (modified-transformerless)
1-Shure Green Bullet
2-Shure KSM 109
1-Shure VP-88 (MS Stereo)
2-AKG 451B
5-Crown PZM Sound Grabber II
2-B.P.M. TB-95 (tube)
2-Sennheiser E609
1-Audio Technica AE2500
Effects Processing:
Yamaha SPX 1000
Eventide Eclipse
Yamaha Rev-7
Sony D7
Lexicon G2 Guitar Processor
Sansamp Tech-21 Guitar Processor
Art SGX Studio Edition Guitar Processor
Roland Space Echo RE-201 (analog tape delay)
ADM 1026 Effectron Delay I
Dynamics Processing:
CAD PF-8, 2 Compressors and 6 Gates
2-Ashley SC-50 Mono Compressors
1-Universal Audio 2-1176 Stereo Compressor
1-ADL 1000 Anthony DeMaria Labs Mono Tube Compressor (LA2A)
1-Alesis 3630 Compressor (modified, very clean)
2-Rauland Spectrum Masters, Selectable Notch Filter Equalizer
Musical instruments:
1971 Fender Telecaster Thinline, w/Gibson L6 Humbucker Pickups
1983 Fender Precision Bass-Elite
1968 Gibson J-50 Acoustic Guitar
1950’s Gibson Lap Steel Guitar
1940’s Banjo/Mandolin
1950 Gibson Scout Tube Guitar Amp, 10 Inch Ted Weber Speaker
1964 Ampeg B-15 Potaflex Bass Amp
Korg Triton LE 88 Weighted Keys
1962 Ludwig Club Date Kit, 22” kick-14” floor tom-14” snare
1986 Yamaha Recording Custom Kit, 24” kick-8”-10”-12” rack toms-14”-15” floor toms
1986 Noble and Cooley 14”x6.5” one-ply snare drum
Zildjian A-Custom cymbals, 22” ride-18” &17” crash-16” china boy-13” & 14” high hats-10” splash
I'm also married and share my life with my wife and 4 house cats. I enjoy teaching, creative recording techniques, medieval science-fiction and movies of all types.
Music
All good music, but no bad music, basically I like all music to a certain degree.
Movies
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, The Duelists, Kingdom Of Heaven
Television
Morning News-The Today Show
Books
Pillars Of The Earth, The Last Templar
Heroes
Sting, U2
Dave Fridmann, Joseph Arthur, Daniel Lanois
Suny College At Cortland
Cortland, NY
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Reading Teacher
Minor: N/A
1997 to 1999
Suny College At Cortland
Cortland, NY
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Elementary Education
Minor: Political Science
Lyman Christensen: Owner and operator of Gecko Recording Studio. Please browse through some of the songs uploaded in the music widget. These are artists I have been entrusted to record and mix their musical sweat and sacrifice! Check them out on Myspace as well.
Lyman Christensen: Owner and operator of Gecko Recording Studio. Please browse through some of the songs uploaded in the music widget. These are artists I have been entrusted to record and mix their musical sweat and sacrifice! Check them out on Myspace as well.
