Studio B
Studio B - or “the cottage” as we call it - stands a stone’s throw from the main Studio A barn. It’s a smaller production studio and the site of lodging and r&r.
Studio B is a perfect spot for creativity within limits. Tons of natural light in the control room & booth. Giant, 18 foot ceilings. A thorough suite of acoustic treatments made from sapele mahogany ensuring a symmetrical and controlled listening environment.
Studio B is centered around a rare, 16 channel Opamp Labs board from the ‘70s. Made in Los Angeles until very recently, they feature gritty transistor preamps, inductor EQs, and honking big UTC transformers on 4 busses + L/R outputs. You can hear the sound as a mixing board on tracks like “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy, and as a tracking board on newer records like St. Vincent’s “Daddy’s Home” & Adrian Younge’s “Jazz is Dead” series.
During sessions in the A-room, the cottage often functions as a de-facto green room, a place to prepare meals and relax between takes. Alternatively, the room can be run as a simultaneous tracking room - a place to devise and record parts and take advantage of the room’s different sonic flavors.
The cottage also functions as the site of lodging for all sessions. There is a staircase that leads to a lofted bedroom upstairs with a queen sized bed. There is a living room downstairs with a pull-out couch, and a twin sized bedroom. There is a full bath with a shower, a well-stocked kitchen, and a full-sized fridge.
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