New Monkey Studio
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"But I don't stand idly by."
VAN NUYS, California
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| Member Since | 11/3/2005 | | Band Website | newmonkeystudio.com | | Band Members | CONSOLE:
Early 1970's Trident A-Range 28x8x24 (one of 13 in the world, we've had it re-capped and ultra-sonically cleaned).
TAPE MACHINES: MCI JH-24 track 2" tape machine, 1/2" Ampex ATR 102 (for mixdown), 1/4" Otari two-track machine (for slapback), & Tascam 8-track 1/2" machine.
OUTBOARD GEAR: Vintage 1950's stereo Fairchild 670, vintage Teletronix LA-2A, vintage UREI 1176, vintage UA 175, Sony DRE-S777 sampling reverb, 2 Distressors, Fatso Jr., Ridge Farm Boiler, Eventide Omnipressor, 2 Gates StaLevel Compressor/Limiters, 2 UREI LA 4's, 2 UREI LA 3A's, 4 API 312 mic pres, 2 Brent Averil API 312's, Brent Averil Neve 1272 mic pre, 2 John Hardy M1 mic pres, 4 API 550a eqs, vintage RCA tube mic pre, Ampex 601 tube mic pre, Krohn-Hite Filter 335R, Krohn-Hite Filter 3100R, Brent Averil Quad Eight 2 channel eq, K&H EQ UE1000, EMT Franz EMT245 Digital Reverb, TC Electronics M1 Reverb, Ursa Major Space Station SST-282, Deltalab Effectron II, Electrix Warp Factory vocoder, Sansamp PSA-1, MXR flanger/doubler, MXR digital delay, Lexicon PCM 70, Digitech Studio Quad Reverb, MAM VF11 Vocoder.
MICROPHONES: Vintage Neumann U48 (tube), vintage Neumann U87, Neuman TLM 103, 2 Coles 4038's (ribbon), Soundelux U95 (tube), Blue Baby Bottle, Beyer 500 (ribbon) mic, Royer SF12 (stereo ribbon), 2 AKG 451's, 2 AKG 414's, 2 AKG D112's, 2 Sennheiser 421's, Shure SM7, Shure Beta 57A, 2 Shure Beta 58A's, Shure Beta 52a, 6 Shure SM57's, Shure 55SH, old Shure crystal mic, Shure 520DX (bullet), Audio-Technica Pro35X, Beyer TGX50, Audio-Technica Pro37R, Audix D6, CAD VX 2 (tube, w/ changeable capsule), 2 Langevin CR3A's, and many more.
INSTRUMENTS: 1967 Epiphone Casino (p-90's, with bigsby), Epiphone Granada 144T guitar (1967, single coil pickup), Martin 000-1 Acoustic, Gibson SG Junior (mid 60s? w/ single PAF humbucker), Gibson SG Standard (1976, 2 humbuckers), Gibson SG Special (1969 re-issue w/ P-90s), Fender Stratocaster (40th Anniversary model), Fender Telecaster Custom (1972 re-issue w/ humbucker & single coil), Yamaha FG-110 acoustic (Nippon-Gakki made), Taylor Baby acoustic, Fender Precision Bass (1951 re-issue), 1920's Martin soprano ukulele, Ashbory silicone string bass, 1917 Strohber full upright piano, Yamaha S90 stage piano/synth, 1950's Imperiale harmonium, Jaymar toy piano, Casio SK-1 keyboard, 1965 Slingerland Champagne Sparkle 4 piece drum kit (with snare), Pearl Steve Ferrone Sig. Snare (Ludwig Black Beauty copy), 1960's Ludwig Acrolite snare, 1967 Ludwig mutt snare, misc. Zildjian cymbals (K & A crashes, hats, and rides with hardware). *****[If you need a specific instrument for your session off of this list, please check availability before entering the studio, as some of these instruments get used for live shows/touring from time to time...]*****
AMPLIFIERS: Vox AC-30 Top Boost (with 2x12" Alnico Blue speakers), Savage Audio Blitz 50 amp (50 watt, 2x12" class-A tube combo), Hiwatt DR504 head (50 watt), Magnatone Custom 280A (with true stereo vibrato), Acoustic 360 Bass preamp head, Vox Escort Bass amp (50 watt), early 1970's Ampeg B-15n Bass amp, Harmony 410 combo *****[If you need a specific amp for your session off of this list, please check availability before entering the studio as some of these amplifiers get used for live shows/touring from time to time...]*****
OTHER TOYS: Misc. guitar pedals (Fulltone, Coloursound, Hughes & Kettner, Sansamp, MXR, Rat, Boss, etc.), Ebow, Roland RE-201 tape Space Echo, misc. percussion (tambourines, sleigh bells, shakers, etc.), Beyer toy xylophone, Oscar Schmidt 21 chord autoharp, Big Briar theremin, Evil Instruments Inebriation Robot... and more. | | Influences | Analog & tube technology, Motorhead the Cat, George Martin, and The Beatles. | | Sounds Like | how you want your recordings to sound. | | Type of Label | Indie |
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| About New Monkey Studio |
setting, characters, back story:
New Monkey Studio is located in Van Nuys, CA. You know, The Valley. Good restaurants and great old-man bars are just around the corner. It's under the radar. Our friend Troy described recording there as being "like living on some beautiful Los Angeles moon." He has a way with words. We're told that the room was built and designed as a recording studio in the 80's. It's current incarnation was thoughtfully assembled by a sweet gentleman named Elliott. Two guys named Joel and Robert look after the place while Elliott is away. They're lucky to know an engineer named Mike Terry, because he's put his heart into helping them get the studio running. The three have spent the last year or so at the studio cleaning, organizing, and fixing anything that wasn't working just right. A nice older man named Don owns the building. He tells great stories. He loved Elliott, so the guys love him. The place doesn't look like much from the outside. But inside, it's comfy and cozy. There's a good-sized control room with lotsa switches and knobs and faders and speakers and tubes and analog tape and wires. There is a live tracking room for drums or piano or leslied organ or harmonium or singing or just about anything. There's a small lounge where you can sleep, watch tv, smoke cigarettes, drink cold beverages, make coffee, or heat up TV dinners. There's a bathroom to read magazines in. There's an isolation room to keep the noise in, or out. There's a mic locker/machine room with every mic we've ever wanted. And a hallway that can be used as an isolation booth for singing or guitaring or whatever. There is also free wireless internet throughout the studio, so you can play around on the web when you're not busy making sonic documentaries. Some nice folks have recorded here through the years. Of course there was our hero of this tale, Elliott Smith.
The Watson Twins.
Afternoons.
Lion of Panjshir.
Mike Brown.
Tim Jones.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
The Elected.
Troy von Balthazar.
Peter Walker.
Michael Runion.
Everest*.
Earlimart.
Chairlift.
Dappled Cities Fly.
Terri Ann Lipiro.
The Section Quartet.
All Smiles.
Sally Jaye.
Meiko.
Lissie.
Simon Moore.
Hello Menno.
Eddie Cane.
Foster Timms.
Devendra Banhart.
Last Campfire.
Krister Axel.
Michael Miller.
Icebird.
Whispertown 2000.
The Big Believers.
Jeremy Toback.
Very Big Things.
NoMas.
Foreign Born.
Lauten Audio.
Leap Year.
Infantree.
Kelly DeMartino.
Ernst.
Ben Lee.
The support of all these folks (and more) has kept the studio open... and the list is growing. Please check out our friends below who have worked here and helped us keep it going. Also, if you'd like to spend some time inside these walls, or even if you'd just like to discuss vintage recording techniques, you can send us an email through our real website (www.newmonkeystudio.com).
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