Old House Studio

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Old House Studio

A comfortable, flexible, musician-friendly recording studio located in Charlotte, NC. There are 15 chairs and a number of music stands available. Thanks!
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Old House Studio was started in a renovated farm house in Gastonia, NC in 1998 by David Black and Scott Applegate. When chief engineer David Black passed away in 2005, freelance engineer Chris Garges was recruited to take over management. In 2012, Garges purchased Old House studio from the original owners and relocated to a 2,000 square-foot commercial facility near downtown Charlotte, NC. The cur

rent Old House Studio location features a large tracking space (roughly 23x32 with 14-foot ceilings), two roomy isolation booths (one fairly "dead-sounding" and one slightly more lively and flexible-- both large enough for a drumkit), a wired sound lock (good for additional amp recording, etc), and a medium-sized control room. There are a number of guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, and amplifiers available, including a vintage Hammond C3 organ and a 7.5-foot vintage Yamaha G7 grand piano. The studio features a 1991 Amek Angela 36-channel recording console and ProTools 12 running on a 12-core Mac Pro with Burl Mothership converters and an extremely comprehensive and flexible patchbay with all Mogami and Monster wiring. We have numerous plugins from UAD, Izotope, Boz Labs, Waves, Antares, DMG, Flux, Fuse, TDR, and others. Available vintage and modern outboard gear includes mic preamps and equalizers from Neve, API, Telefunken, RCA, Langevin, SpectraSonics, Sontec, Sphere, Daking, Buzz Audio, Drawmer, Sytek, and AwTAC. Dynamics include units by Manley, GML, Neve, Purple Audio, Dangerous, ADR, Altec, Urei, Federal Television Corporation, SpectraSonic, DBX, SPL, Drawmer, Aphex, and some custom-made units. Effects include studio standards and oddball units by Lexicon, Eventide, TC Electronic, Sony, Yamaha, Dynacord, EXR, Orban, and others. We also have over 100 microphones, vintage and modern, from Neumann, Telefunken, Gefell, AKG, Lawson, Lomo, Coles, Royer, Sony, Altec, Audio Technica, Shure, Electro Voice, RCA, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, Avenson Audio, Oktava, SE Electronics, and various others. There is a custom-designed cue mix system for each performer to create their own headphone mix. We have several gobos (baffles) for setup flexibility and good lines of sight between the recording spaces. All the spaces feature oak hardwood floors, but there are several different sizes of throw rugs available for acoustic versatility in each of the spaces. The studio is designed to be extremely flexible (sonically, and ergonomically) and we are very freelancer-friendly. Feel free to drop us a line here on give us a call while our website is down for upgrades.

09/23/2022

The time fast approaches! Don't miss out on the goods.

Clearly, we're audio folk, not graphic folk....come by and let's talk about it.

Message us here if you need more info!

09/05/2022

Looking for something to wear to the Old House Studio grand re-opening party on October 2?

Don't worry, we've got you covered! -> https://old-house-studio.square.site

04/30/2022

12/13/2021

Happy to share the new single by Rhode Island's Evening Sky, which was mixed at Old House Studio. It's their version of Macy Gray's "I Try." I believe all the instruments were recorded live in the same room and the vocals were overdubbed.
https://eveningsky.bandcamp.com/track/i-try-featuring-michelle-mybelle-hill

track by Evening Sky

11/24/2021

Have you gotten your copy of the Be Good To Yourself - The Music album yet? If so, what are your favorite songs from it?

10/09/2021

We just found out last night that Old House Studio has been nominated for Best Local Recording Studio in it's annual "Best In The Nest" issue. Please take a moment to go give us a vote (along with so many other great artists and entertainers) if you feel like helping out.
https://qcnerve.com/best-in-the-nest-2021-final-voting-round/

The final voting round for the annual Best in the Nest awards for Charlotte are live now. Vote for your favorites in over 250 categories.

08/28/2021

Charlotte funk band AKITA returned to Old House Studio a while back to record their new album, "After Party" with engineer Chris Garges. It's out now with a new vocalist, more muscular arrangements, and a bigger sound. Check out this great new release from a really cool band!
https://www.akitafunk.com/

Website for music, merchandise, tour dates & news related to Akita 6 piece funk band out of North Carolina, bumping horn section and swirling Leslie organ, taking cues from legends such as James Brown, The Meters, Lettuce, Maceo Parker, Vulfpeck, Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, Tower

07/26/2021

07/25/2021

It's nice to come back from vacation to a session like this! The legendary Mark Stallings playing keys on new material for bassist Kroy Presley. Big thanks to producer/engineer Jason Keating for keeping my seat warm and recording a few projects here while I was gone!

06/18/2021

Happy Birthday to Paul McCartney!
https://bunkymoon.bandcamp.com/track/maybe-im-amazed

from the album Schtuff We Like

06/09/2021

Love recording this guy!

05/27/2021

TBT: Actor/comedian David Cross is a fan of our work! (And we're fans of the Alternative Champs!)

05/13/2021

TBT: Oteil Burbridge said that "the 'Go There' session was the first time [he'd] really had lots of fun in the studio." 2006 at Old House Studio on Scott Sawyer's "Go There" album with Kenny Soule on drums, Ron Brendle on upright bass, and the late Kofi Burbridge on organ and flute.

05/09/2021

Rock and/or Roll.

05/05/2021

TBT: That time that Fred Wesley called Maceo Parker from the Old House Studio control room.

05/03/2021

Colby Dobbs Band at Old House Studio a million years ago. So great to have these guys back in the studio this past weekend!

04/22/2021

TBT: Nicole Atkins recording at the original Old House Studio location in Gastonia, maybe 2006-ish.

04/14/2021

04/04/2021

Happy Easter from Old House Studio !

03/29/2021

Happy World Piano Day! (And thanks to our wonderful tech, Howard "Dutch" Adkins of Adkins Piano Service for taking such great care of our 1966 Yamaha grand piano and our little Melodigrand spinet piano!)

03/22/2021

Mixing some cool stuff this week! Gotta love the Charlotte music scene!

03/15/2021

Genius in the studio last week.
(Thanks, Mark Stallings!)

03/04/2021

More remote drum recording this week!

02/06/2021

Some of Charlotte's finest! Phillip Howe on piano, Al Sergel on drums, Ron Brendle on bass, and Troy Conn on guitar. It's a good day.

01/28/2021

TBT: Chief engineer Chris Garges cleaning tape heads on our old MCI JH-24 2" 24-track.

01/15/2021

TBT: Drum tracking at Old House Studio last fall. "Glynn Johns" style miking scheme with an extra "kick batter/snare bottom" mic. Lawson L251 up-top, Lomo 19a9 on the floor tom side, SM57 on snare, AKG D12E on kick, Altec 633 under the snare. API preamps, if I remember correctly, probably our ADR Compex across the stereo mics. Ludwig Signet series drums with a 5" Supra snare and Paiste 2002 and Giant Beat cymbals. Going for a "Who's Next" sort of vibe with the drum sound. Came out great!

Address

Charlotte, NC

Telephone

+19809609899

Website

http://www.oldhousestudio.com/

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