Chalkboard Studio
Chalkboard Studio is where music and scores are written / recorded / produced. Overdubbing / ADR (and syncing), Radio Podcasts, Vocal, Drum and Instrumental sessions as well as a remote e-session service have all been run and engineered at ChalkBoard - Nick, first and foremost an experienced and versatile saxophonist, has worked with clients from around the world; genres ranging from Jazz to Rock, Pop to Electronica and Trip-Hop to Radio Jingles.
The studio is based industry-standard hardware and software (running DAWs Logic Studio and Pro Tools), with microphones and mic preamps from high-end makers such as Daking, Universal Audio and BLUE, high-quality cabling, an acoustically treated environment and audio monitoring by Genelec and Event Opal.
Artists also leave their mark on the iconic chalk board!
Equipment List
- Microphones
- Blue Dragonfly
- Blue Baby Bottle
- Shure SM7B
- Shure beta 52a
- Little Blondies (pair - limited production boutique microphones)
- Earthworks SR77
- Rode M1
- Audix i5
- Mic Preamps
- Daking Mic Pre One
- Universal Audio 710
- Groove Tubes The Brick
- Groove Tubes DITTO (DI)
- Sytek MPX-4A
- Instruments
- Selmer Mark VII Tenor Saxophone
- Dave Guardala "Studio" mouthpiece
- ESP Custom fretless Bass Guitar
- Yamaha WX5 (+VL70m)
- Roland A-80 controller Keyboard
- Recording & software
- Intel Mac Pro (8 core 2.8GHz)
- MOTU 896HD
- Logic Pro 8
- Pro Tools LE 7
- DSP Plug-ins and virtual instruments by SPL, Pro Audio DSP, TC Electronic, EastWest, and MOTU (to name a few...)
