User:Underhousestudios/sandbox

Under House Studios opened it's doors January 1, 2004 as a private recording studio with the sole purpose  of recording friends and family. It was formally a production studio open to the public in a decommissioned movie theater from the early 1920's. When that building was sold to be re-zoned as a commercial storage facility the operation was scaled back and moved to the lower floors of a private residence. With the challenges of a smaller physical space some new equipment was warranted to achieve professional results with it's new size limitations. The purchase of a AMEK TAC (Total Audio Concepts) Magnum 26/24/8/2 was found to fit the bill. TAC was well known for there Scorpion and Matchless models that could be found in the private studios of Jimmy Hendrix, Peter Frampton and many other legends. TAC also partnered with the legendary great  Rupert Neve and built consoles under the AMEK/Neve name making them well desired by audio files and other early studio owners. Although the TAC is not as well known and as in demand as the legendary NEVE consoles they are classics in there own rights. With the board now incorporated into the chain the Tascam MS-16 1" Tape deck now had to be sent out to be calibrated and brought back to it's factory specifications.  The reel to reel had a custom modification added to all 16 cards done by the well know Phoenix Audio Master (Gene the Wizard of the North East) Or Golden Ear on the Boulevard. In any case, he knows his way around pro equipment, he's quite a wiz with a Crown Amp as well. So without having to carry the overhead of a commercial building anymore the budget was now readjusted and some Urei (Universal Audio) gear was now within reach, along with 6 new tube microphones to achieve the classic sounds of old. We were also able to get our hands on some Reslo and Beyer ribbon mics to round off the sound. Now we just needed some artists to be our test victims. We were lucky enough to be able to test things out with Pleasing Micia, The original Divine Loraine, BBS and MatadorRecords newest artist Kurt Vile. We are pleased to say that Kurt included songs recorded at the studio on 3 of his 4 records. Of course this makes us very proud. We are in the final stages of mixing a new album from the the great Kevin Patrick Band that wii be available for download soon! Additional information and more specifics about the studio and gear will be added as time allows.