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| Makoché Recording Studios was recognized by the leading
industry magazine, Mix, as a member of "The Class of '91" and
referred to as one of the years "Hot New Rooms". The
studio was designed by Bill Morrison of Acoustical Physics Laboratories
and features his unique "reflection free zone" control
room design. The studio exceeds 3000 square feet in space, features
variable acoustics and 16 foot ceilings. |
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A wonderful working environment, world-class equipment,
attractive rates and an experienced, creative and professional
staff make Makoché the perfect choice for your next recording
project. Our staff strives to provide a warm, creative atmosphere
for every project whether it's musical, commercial or post-audio
production, high quality cassette duplication or compact disc mastering.
View a studio layout guide. |
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| Studio Information |
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Control Room
The Makoché control room (approximately 24' X 28') is a "reflection
free zone" design; a room large enough to allow for multiple
producers and musicians and yet provide accurate listening. To
quote designer Bill Morrison, "One of the main objectives
in control room design is to create an environment for the accurate
monitoring of the spatial, tonal and reverberation characteristics
of the music being recorded and produced. The room must be designed
such that the loudspeaker system's acoustical output does not strongly
reflect from room boundaries into the engineer's position" (August
1991, Mix Magazine). The Makoché control room features Urei
813 time aligned monitors with a custom Morrison mosfet amplifier,
KRK near fields with a Hafler amp, an isolated equipment room and
an adjacent isolation booth accessed through the control room only. |
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Main Room
The main room measures approximately 50 x 30 with 16 foot ceilings,
hardwood floors, oak walls and variable acoustics. The oak wall
panels can be opened to change the walls from a hard surface to
an absorptive one. This varies the acoustic characteristics of
the room from a 2.5 second decay to less than 1 second. |
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Isolation Booth #1
Isolation Booth #1 is a small (approximately 9' x 12') "dead" room
which is accessed directly from the control room and most often used
for vocal and instrumental overdubs. Full glass doors provide clean
sight lines, and proximity to the control room keeps contact intimate
between artist and producer. |
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Isolation Booth #2
Isolation Booth #2 measures approximately 15' x 15' and is a "dead" room.
The booth is most often used as an overdub or vocal booth, but
is large enough to double as a very tight sounding drum room. Windows
and glass doors provide open sight lines to the main room and Isolation
Booth #3.
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Isolation Booth #3
Most often used as a drum booth, this 25' x 15' room has 16 foot
ceilings, a stone floor and 10 foot mirrored variable acoustic doors.
When world renowned jazz drummer Alan Dawson christened the room
in 1991 he called it "the best sounding drum booth I've ever
been in." Rock drummer Bob Zwarte referred to it as giving him "The
biggest sounding drums I've ever had on tape." |
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| Studio Services |
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Custom Recording and Production - complete
packages, email or call 800.ND.SOUND for more
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Songwriters Demo Packages |
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CD Master Prep and Pre-Mastering |
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Post Audio |
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Post Production |
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Digital Video Production |
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CD-Rom Authoring |
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DVD Authoring |
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Commercial Production |
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Extensive Sound Effects and Music Library |
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| Studio Equipment |
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| Mixing Console Neotek Elite 32 Input |
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Microphones: |
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KRK 7000 |
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Neumann U-87 (6) Vintage |
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Yamaha NS-10 |
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Neumann U-47 fet (1) Vintage |
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Urei 813 Time-aligned Far-field w/ Custom
Morrison Designed Power Amp |
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Sony C-48 (1) |
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Crown D150 |
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Neumann KM-100 (1) |
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Crown D50 |
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Neumann KM-84 (1) |
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Hafler Pro2400 |
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AKG C451 E (3) |
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AKG D112 (1) |
| Machines: |
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Sennheiser 421 black (3) |
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Sony-MCI JH-24 2" 24-track Tape Recorder |
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Sennheiser 421 white (1) |
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Sony APR-5000 1/4" 2-track Tape Recorder |
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Shure SM-57 (4) |
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Tascam DA-88 (3) |
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Shure SM-56 (1) |
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Panasonic SV-3700 DAT |
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Shure SM-58 (2) |
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Beyerdynamic M-88 Ribbon (1) |
| Outboard Gear: |
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Yamaha MZ204 (4) |
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Neve 1272 Mic Pre (2) |
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MXL V-69 Tube (1) |
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API 3124+ 4 Channel Mic Pre (1) |
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MXL V-63 MBP (4) |
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DBX 586 2 Channel Mic Pre/Compresor (1) |
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MXL 990 (2) |
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ART Pro MPA Tube 2 Channel Mic Pre (1) |
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PPA LD-2UBE (1) |
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Teletroniix LA-2A Compressor (1) |
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Sony ECM-999PR Stereo Condenser (1) |
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Urei LA-4 Compressor (1) |
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Crown PZM Boundary (3) |
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Urei 1176 Compressor (1) |
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Behringer Composer 2 Channel Compressor/Gate
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Aphex Compellor 2 Channel Compressor (1) |
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DBX 166 Compressor/Gate (2) |
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Avalon VT-747sp 2 Channel Compressor/EQ
(1) |
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Aphex Expander 2 Channel Gate (1) |
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Paranamics CGM-2 2 Channel Compressor/Gate
(1) |
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Allison Research Gain Brain Compressor
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Allison Research Kepex Gate (2) |
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DBX 263X De-esser (1) |
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Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer Time-Based
Processor (1) |
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Lexicon MPX-500 Time-Based Processor (1) |
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Lexicon Prime Time Digital Delay (1) |
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Lexicon Model 200 Digital Reverberator
(1) |
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Lexicon LXP-15 Time-Based Processor (1) |
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Yamaha SPX-90 Time-Based Processor (1) |
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Roland DEP-5 Time-Based Processor (1) |
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Klark-Teknik DN-780 Digital Reverberator
(1) |
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Antares ATR-1 Intonation Processor (1) |
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Control Room "B" |
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Apple G4 Dual 1Ghz w/1GB of RAM, Superdrive |
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Digidesign Pro Tools 6.4 w/ HDpack 3, v6.0 |
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Digidesign HD3 Accel |
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2x Digidesign 192 I/O
(24 analog in, 24 analog out) |
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Digidesign Sync I/O
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MOTU Digital Performer 4 |
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Custom built PC running Windows XP Pro
w/Pentium 4 2.4Ghz and 1GB of RAM |
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MOTU 896 Firewire |
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Samplitude PRO |
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Sonic Solutions Digital Audio Mastering System
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A dedicated digital audio and video workstation
site networked to Control Room
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- Mac G5 Dual Processor
- Final Cut Pro V 4.2
- DVD Studio Pro 2
- Digital Performer
- BIAS Deck
- Macromedia Director and others
- Apple Motion
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| Studio Instruments |
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• Baldwin Grand Piano 6’8”, 1927
Sears, Roebuck & Company Pump Organ, Vintage Martin Acoustic
Guitars, 1963 Fender Stratocaster and others. |