Our studio features a spacious and comfortable control room and a large, open (16’ x 28’) main recording room. Our three smaller isolation rooms have large windows between them, making communication easy.
Our Yamaha C6 7-foot grand piano is a beautiful instrument that pianists of all styles love to play. A meticulously maintained instrument, it is regularly tuned and voiced by the same piano technician who services pianos for the Madison Symphony Orchestra. If you have a piano-oriented project in the works, feel free to request some time to get acquainted with this wonderful instrument.
We record using a combination of modern and vintage microphones, solid-state and tube pre-amplifiers, and ProTools HD, coupled with a C24 control surface.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg. Dan Barker, pianist.*
Beethoven Sonata Op. 57 in F minor, "Appassionata". Garrick Olsen, pianist.*
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*Excerpts used by permission of the artists.
Our 7 foot Yamaha C6 piano is regularly tuned and serviced by Brian Mott, the piano services provider of Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Ballet, and Madison Opera.
GEAR LIST
Our Microphones of Note
Neumann - U 87
Neumann - TLM 103
Neumann - KM 184
Neumann - KM 86
Neumann - KM 84
AEA - R88 Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Beyer Dynamic - M160
Recording Platform
Avid 192 I/O
Avid C24
Avid ProTools 12 HD
Mac Pro tower
Otari MX-5050 1/4" reel to reel
Plugins
Abbey Road
Anteres
Bomb Factory
EMI
Eventide
iZotope
Line Six
Massey
Nomad Factory
Softube
Sound Toys
Trillium Lane Labs
WAVES - TDM Diamond Bundle
Studio Monitors
B&W 808 Studio monitors
Genelec - 8040A
Yamaha NS-10M Studio monitors
Furman headphone distribution system
"I was so proud of how the Orchestra played; and it was thanks to you that everyone could hear it! I'm glad you guys were on the case." - Ann Bowen, General Manager, Madison Symphony Orchestra
"I loved the recording done by Audio for the Arts so much that I put it on my latest CD!! Thanks! You're wonderful." - Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Thanks again for making my job a little easier, and for helping to make the production such a huge success." - John Gerbig, Wisconsin Public Television