Set up for optimum recording and production!
This studio is located at our house and is equipped with
professional record equipment.
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STUDIO
All the magic happens in the Studio and the Sound Room.
A project goes from inspiration to release here. Housed in
this room are different stations including the Music
Production Station, Mixing Station, Mastering Station,
Stereo Media Station, Library and Client Station. The
Sound Room is right next door.
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MUSIC PRODUCTION STATION
This is the area where the inspiration takes its first steps
into a song. Synthesizers, samplers and drum machines
are available as the music is created. The song is
created into a score here. It is then humanized, made
into a MIDI file and finally made into a Sequencer file. |
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MIXER STATION
Starting with the recording process, the mixer station is
the next to be used. The synthesizer, sampler, drum
machine and pre-recorded tracks are recorded into a digital
audio workstation (which has a hard drive recorder.)
Vocals and other instruments are then added to the
recording. Once this is complete, the mixing process
begins. During the mixing process, each track is
analyzed and adjusted for the idea sound for the song.
This includes volume, equalization, compression, reverb and
other effects. Once the mix of the song is finished,
it is recorded as a mix-down recording and sent on to
mastering. |
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SOUND ROOM
The Sound Room is used for any recording processes that
require a high-quality microphone. To keep sound from
reverberating and to keep outside sounds from getting in,
the Sound Room is insulated with six layers of sound
proofing. The inner room is lined with sound foam.
Behind the sound foam (from the inside out) is a layer of
pure cotton matting, dry wall, plastic sheeting, sound
resistant fiberglass insulation, and an outer layer of dry
wall and chipped-wood board. |
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MASTERING STATION
The last part of the journey for a song is at the Mastering
Station. The mix-down recording is taken through
various processes to make the song as a whole idea for
listening too and to fit nicely in the collection that it
will be included in. Some of these mastering steps
include more equalization, compression, reverb and other
effects, but this time they are applied to the whole song
rather than individual tracks. Editing, normalization
and other processes are also applied as needed.
The result is a great sounding finished recording that is in par
with professional standards. |
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STEREO MEDIA STATION
The stereo media station serves two purposes. First, it
provides a turntable, cassette recorder, radio tuner, CD
player, video cassette recorder, DVD player and television
for studio usage. Second, it provides two alternative
stereo speaker pairs to play audio through. |
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LIBRARY
The library is where all reference documentation and media
are stored. Studio project records, client records,
books, software documentation, hardware documentation,
reference documentation, sound effects libraries, off-line
sample libraries, off-line synthesizer libraries, sheet
music, mix-down recordings and master recordings are stored
here. |
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CLIENT STATION
During a studio session, the client may have a few times
where they are not doing anything. This is where the
Client Station comes in. Here the client can relax
while being able to monitor what is going on with their
song. From here, the client also has easy access to
the Sound Room. |
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