“with ties from Texas to Mexico, New York to California, everyone here at the studio’s always looking to experiment and find ways to mix modernity & tradition with the unorthodox that we grew up with. for me, growing up on the American border with Mexico opened many perspectives. in terms of music & art, it also confused enough to expand the palette for new influences, production styles, recording methods & anything else that sounded and felt interesting“

  • old & new

    pictured above is a 1970s Yamaha EM150II Console Mixer. a piece of kit typically used for live shows in its day, now pushed towards a special harmonic output and character as needed.

  • analog meets digital

    a good use of both mediums allows for functionality and the chance to experiment with sounds until they become something completely different & nuanced

  • plug-ins & software

    just as important as analog outboard and toys, software offers flexibility and precise tone-shaping and fine-tuning

    (some studio mainstays: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, UAD, Aberrant DSP, fabfilter, Soundtoys & many others)

  • synths, etc.

    while we have a selection of acoustic and electric instruments, percussion and other, we pride ourselves on synth/drum machine exploration

    (from left to right: Soma Labs Lyra-8, Roland CR-68, Akai MPC 2000XL, Doepfer Modular Case/System, Moog Grandmother…the Juno-6’s hiding somewhere in the back)

  • racks

    a variety of analog gear and tape machines line the studio racks. pieces ranging from Rupert Neve Designs, Pultec, Great River, Retro Instruments, TEAC, Tascam and more

  • rec.

    whether going through a DI, tape or our 1970s TEAC 2A mixer, the idea is to always offer unique formats to capture your sound as you imagine it or as it wants to come out

  • re-amps

    re-amps

    sometimes recording direct isn't enough and we like running anything from synths to vocals through any choice of gear that'll get us somewhere a bit more sonically and emotionally interesting

    (pictured: Roland Juno-6 running into various guitar pedals and a Vox AC-15 tube amplifier)

  • Hi, hi-fi

    in sessions leaning towards the modern & looking to preserve or enhance a source, we like to implement some of our more hi-fi tools. (pictured: Neumann TLM-107 LDC)

software, interface & conversion

.Avid Pro Tools

.Ableton Live 10 , 11 & 12

.Apple Logic Pro X

.Macbook Pro M1 - 2021-22 (13”-16”)

.Universal Audio Apollo 8 & Twin X Quad Interfaces 

outboard

.Rupert Neve 5057 Orbit 16 x 2 Summing Mixer

.Retro Instruments 500PRE Microphone Preamp

.Retro Instruments Doublewide II Compressor

.Great River PWM-501 Compressor

.Pultec EQP-500X Equalizer

.Heritage Audio Lang Microphone Preamp

.Symetrix CL-150 RMS Compressor/Limiter

mixers

.Yamaha EM150ii Mixer w/ Spring Reverb Tank (1970s)

.TEAC Model 2A Mixer (1978)

tape machines

.TEAC A-2300S Reel to Reel Tape Machine 

.Tascam Portastudio 488 Cassette Mixer

.Sony TC-500A Reel to Reel Tape Machine (Currently unavailable)

mics

.Neumann TLM 107

.Neumann TLM 102

.Shure SM7B

.Shure SM57 (3)

.Sony F-98

.Audio Technica AT2020

.Crown Audio CM-31 Miniature Super-Cardioid

synths

.Moog Grandmother 

.Roland Juno-6

.Soma Laboratories Lyra-8 Organismic Synthesizer

.Doepfer Eurorack System (Make Noise, expert sleeper’s, ALM Circuits, Mutable Instruments, Buchla & Tiptop)

.Korg MicroKorg

.Yamaha Reface CS

.Roland JV-1080

drum machines & midi

.Akai MPC 2000XL (SD Card Mod)

.Roland CR-68 Drum Machine

.Roland SP-404 MKII

.Korg Volca Beats

.Arturia Keylab-49

.Keith McMillan QuNexus Keyboard Controller

.Akai MPK Mini

studio instruments

.Wurlitzer Spinet Piano

.Gibson SG Standard (1976)

.Gibson Les Paul Special (2002, Curtis Novak Mod)

.Fender Blackout P-Bass (Humbuckers)

.Sigma Acoustic Guitar (90s)

.Fender F-310 12-String Acoustic (90s)

.Cordoba Matiz Classical

.Vox AC-15 Amplifier

.Fender Blues Deluxe (Currently unavailable)

.Fender Rumble 40 Bass Amplifier

.Danelectro Honeytone Mini Guitar Amplifier

.Assorted Guitar Effects Pedals (EHX, ZVEX, Moog, Dunlop, Digitech, JAM Pedals, etc)

.Xylophone, Tambourines, Shakers, etc.

.Ludwig Element Evolution Kit (deconstructed)

.Other Experimental Stuff

monitoring

.Adam Audio AT7 Studio Monitors

.Yamaha NS-40M Monitors

.Bose 4.2 Stereo Everywhere Speakers

.Pioneer CS-R580 Loudspeakers

plugs

.UAD Plug-Ins

.Soundtoys Plug-Ins

.Waves Plug-Ins

.Valhalla Plug-Ins

.Fab-Filter Plug-Ins

.DMG Audio Plug-Ins

.Aberrant DSP Plug-Ins

.Analog Obsession Plug-Ins

.Kazrog Plug-Ins

.Wavesfactory Plug-Ins