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Chris Stamey -- in a joint venture with Scott Litt (R.E.M.,
Nirvana) -- began Modern Recording, an audio production facility based on a
combination of the best of both audio worlds:
vintage analog American tube and British transistor gear and a
state-of-the-art digital workstation.
ocated in a 1920s Arts and Crafts country farmhouse in the vibrant setting of Chapel Hill, NC, the studio has two designated recording rooms that share one control room and, like other residence-based studios, also offers additional untreated spaces for more idiocyncrastic approaches.
Although originally conceived around the overdub and mixing stages of popular record making, Modern's rooms have found regular use for rhythm-section tracking as well. (Modern also has access to several other local facilities, if a larger space for ensemble performances is required.) Stamey, the studio's chief engineer and Pro Tools specialist, has over thirty years of experience in all aspects of record making, including those of musician, producer, composer, and arranger, and has recorded at many major international studios, among them Bearsville, Air, and Power Station. Producer Tim Harper (Connells, Backsliders) is also frequently found behind the Modern console.
Whether you're recording a CD from scratch or are simply in need of just the right overdubbing, digital editing, mixing, CD mastering, or production touches, Modern has the technology and the skills to do the job on time and within the budget.
Mic pres/equalizers:
Two Neve 1073s
Neve "Melbourne" board
Microphones:
Neumann
AKG
Coles
Gefell
Audiotechnica
Shure
Compressors & Tubes:
Urei 1176LN
LA-2a (matched pair)
Gates SA-39 (eleven tubes)
Anthony DeMaria 1000
DBX 160XTs
Valley People 440
Retrospec tube DI
Roland Space Echo
Digital System:
Pro Tools 24-bit
3 DSP farms
888-24s
ADAT bridge
Lots of plugins
Digital Performer
Masterlist-CD
Autotune
ADAT interface
Yamaha CD burner
ADAT-XTs
Panasonic 3700
Monitoring:
Mackie 2408
NS-10Ms/subwoofer
Crown DC-300a
Paradigm Reference 20s
Rates:
$500 a day
$50 an hour
(as of 05/02)
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Whiskeytown
Alejandro Escovedo
Amy Ray
The Butchies
Tift Merritt & the Carbines
Caitlin Cary
Gerty
Sorry About Dresden
Hazeldine
Greg Hawks & the Tremblers
Le Tigre
Tres Chicas
Ben Folds Five
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Helium
Glory Fountain
The Backsliders
The Connells
Amps:
Fender tweed Princeton, 1959
Fender tweed Vibrolux, 1959
Fender black Princeton, 1960s
Orange 100-watt head
Vox AC-30
Keys:
Acetone organ
harmonium
Roland D-110 (multitimbral module; also has drum sounds)
Casio FZ-10M sampler (with extensive sample collection)
MKB-200 keyboard
Kurzweil 2500
Vintage Keys module
Hammond M-100 organ (the Booker T. model)
A collection of choice vintage Fender and Gibson electric
and acoustic guitars too elaborate to mention.
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