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About Deathbed Recording
A BLUE COLLAR STUDIO
Deathbed is designed for artists looking to step out of the bedroom/practice space and step into a professional multi-track studio without breaking the bank.
Our studio uses 16 channels of the highest quality outboard pre-amps, such as: API, Manley, Vintech, CAPI, Trident, and more. By running these through our outboard compressors, dialing the microphone placement, using isolation rooms (or saying fuck it and embracing the bleed) all while also utilizing our stereo-mic’d reflection room, we can give you the highest quality recording at the lowest price.
Creative And Comfortable Studio Design
Our studio is designed for comfort and functionality. We have a living-room style, mixed-use live room and control room, covered with art of every medium. The art was all created by our friends and sets the perfect tone to create new art with new friends. Additionally we have an isolation room commonly used for guitar amps, and a reverb chamber/room that can be used in a variety of great sounding ways so you can find the perfect space for your project. Deathbed also has a balcony so you can recharge in the sun or cool down in the evening with the Port of Oakland skyline, or just crack the door for some fresh air.
GEAR
We want to capture your sound, but if something of yours isn’t working - no worries! - we have multiple guitars, basses, pedals, amps, synths, drum kits, and a whole bunch of other stuff available for honing your tone.
– GEAR LIST BY CATEGORY –
(this list is forever changing)
INSTRUMENTS:
A lot
MICROPHONES:
(Pair) Akg c214’s
(Pair) Peluso cemc-6’s
(Pair) Warm Audio wa87’s
1x Electro voice re20
1x sE VR1 passive ribbon
1x Avantone CR-14 ribbon
1x Rode nt5 small diaphragm
1x Rode nt1 large diaphragm
6x Shure sm57’s
3x Shure sm58's
1x Shure beta 58a
1x Shure beta 52
1x Akg d112
1x Shure sm7b
3x Sennheiser e604’s
2x Sennheiser e609
PREAMPS:
4 channels API 312
4 channels Manley
1 channel Vintech x73i
2 channels Trident s20
2 channels FMR RNP
2 channels CAPI VP26
2 channels Drawmer 1969 vacuum tube pre/compressor
EQ:
1x Vintech x73i
DYNAMICS/COMPRESSORS:
2x Purple Audio Action FET compressors (matched)
2x dbx 560a (sequential serial numbers w Burr Brown mod)
1x dbx 160a
1x warm audio wa76
CONVERSION:
1x Lynx Aurora 16 w LT-TB card
1x Lynx Aurora 16 X PT-HD card
1x Digidesign 192 dsp
Monitoring:
Genelec 8330a’s (pair)
Furman HDS-6 with 6 headphone mixing stations (serves 12 people)
Power Conditioning and Distro:
Furman M8DX
Furman M8x2
3x Furman SS6B
Software/Plugin Licenses:
Pro Tools Studio 11
Ableton Live 10
Pro Tools 8 HD
FabFilter
Universal Audio
Sound Toys
Antares
Brainworx
Kiive Audio
STL tones
Plug-in Alliance mixing/mastering suite
Purafied
Waves
Too many to name…