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(EQP'T DETAILS BELOW DESCRIPTION) Studio Shmudio is a comfortable, professionally-equipped recording studio in my home. My name is Scottish McMillan, and I'm a longtime Chicago-area musician and pro audio engineer. I am located in Des Plaines, IL, just a three-minute walk from the UP/NW Metra Des Plaines stop, at the edge of the town's scenic "Silk Stocking" neighborhood, named in the early 20th century, due to the wealthy nature of the residents at the time -- it's a really pretty area, and street parking is fairly abundant. Overnight parking is OK in Des Plaines, as there are currently NO street parking "curfews". The cottage's cozy feel allows you and/or your band to relax and create comfortably in a "living-room" type environment, while attaining the finest audio production quality available, at very affordable rates. Stay all day -- order food from various local eateries, enjoy the (non-felonious) indulgences of your choice, and stay overnight, if you wish. Overnight stays can be accommodated, with enough soft surfaces for at least 3, or more, if you don't mind "getting close" - and there are a couple of air mattresses available, if not. Unlike the super-polished coldness of so many "downtown" studios, this place feels like home, because it IS home -- MY home -- and I'm happy to be able to help other artists have fun making recordings they can be proud of! The Control Room is great for recording soloists or duets, who may not need as much space to "stretch out". Booking ONLY this room can be done at a discount, as it doesn't impede other areas of the house. The Living Room is for drums and other larger endeavors, like bands who wish to all play together at once. This room also serves as the Listening Room, with headphone positions available all around the couch and high-quality studio monitors and subwoofer for rockin' your mix out loud and proud, to hear it in the "real world". Headphone mixes can be controlled by each player, through the use of an iPad. Amplifier isolation is, admittedly, NOT Studio Shmudio's strongest suit, BUT I can get the amps far enough away from the drum mics, and from each other, that "amp bleed" can be minimized, if not totally eliminated, so that certain overdubs, should they be required, may be possible, depending on the track in question, of course. Bass and drums are usually no problem to record together, with a "scratch" track of your choice in the headphones, or just a click. Regardless of how decide to record, you'll be sure to get that "downtown sound" for a small-town price! Lastly, I should mention that Studio Shmudio has a full drum kit (Crush 6-pc "Sublime" maple), two modeling guitar amps (Fender Mustang III & Vox VT80+), and a sweet bass amp (tc electronic BG250), as well as a few decent electric and acoustic guitars and basses. Hours are 10am-10pm, by appointment only. Bulk time rates come at a discount - book your time today! --------------------------------------------------------------- "THE BIG LIST", for those who care: STUDIO A (18' x 12') Record/Playback Room - most bands can fit all at once, incl. drums STUDIO B - CONTROL ROOM (12' x 9') good for solo/duo singers/instrumentalists --------------------------------------- STUDIO INSTRUMENTS (available for recording / rehearsals / jams) CRUSH "SUBLIME" Maple 6-piece drum kit: SNARE: 10-ply 13x7 KICK: 20"x20" deep kick, 8-ply TOMS: 6-ply maple, w rim mounts; 10" x 7" (stand), 12" x 8" (stand), 14" x 13" (floor), 16" x 14" (floor) Kick pedal: DW 7000 single/double Hi-Hat stand: Tama Iron Kobra 2-leg (super smooth/quiet) Zildjian A 14" Master Sound Hi-Hat (vented bottom) Zildjian A 21" Sweet Ride Zildjian A 18" Medium Thin Crash Zildjian 16" Medium Thin Crash BASSES: IBANEZ SDGR 4-string - Neck-thru body design, 24 frets, (2) active Bartolini P/U's, P/U blender, 3-band EQ 1981 KRAMER XKE 4-string - short-height frets, fretless above 11th fret, bolt-on aluminum neck, (1) P-Bass-style P/U, tone & volume k***s MONTANA (Kaman-made, in Korea) Acoustic bass guitar, jumbo body, passive piezo pickup GUITARS (all great-playing axes - no junk): FENDER COPY Strat-style guitar, (3) single coil pickups, 5-pos. P/U switch, "Gilmour" option switch (turns neck pickup on/off, regardless of P/U switch position) FERNANDES REVOLVER (Strat style) with (1) single coil, (2) humbuckers, coil tap switch for humbuckers, and Sustainer switch, with high/low harmonics option DANELECTRO BARITONE electric guitar, with 2 single coil "lipstick tube" pickups 1981 HOHNER 6-string acoustic guitar (great player - solid midrange - great for adding to a full band) RAINSONG 100% carbon-fiber acoustic guitar, strung for baritone, but could switch to standard tuning, if needed. (Big sound, good for solo acoustic players) ----------------------------------------- AMPLIFIERS: BASS AMP: TC ELECTRONIC BG250 w/TonePrint FX - 15" cone / tweeter, 250W, built-in overdrive circuit (foot switchable) uses free iPhone app to inject any one dozens of effects into amp thru P/U, 3-button footswitch GUITAR AMPS: VOX VT80+ - single-12" combo, 120W tube-driven modeling amp FENDER MUSTANG III - 12" combo, 100W modeling amp, w/USB to load custom settings from PC ------------------------------------------- RECORDING / MIXING / MASTERING PC: Windows 10, 64-bit, Intel Core i7 Quad 3.07 GHz, 24GB RAM UAD-2 Quad-Core PCIe card (audio plugin processing) UAD-2 Octo-Core PCIe card (audio plugin processing) AUDIO INTERFACE: (2) RME Fireface 800 DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS: Presonus Studio One Pro 3 (always updated) Pro Tools 10 (mostly for audio file transfers, but can be used for editing, if needed) MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIERS (53 total) (1) Grace Design M801 8-channel, solid-state mic preamp; world-class clarity, stellar headroom (1) 4-channel API 3124+ mic/instrument preamps, solid state; one of the industry's most beloved "rock and roll" preamps (2) 4-channel Universal Audio 4-710d (totals 8 tube-driven channels, with UA's classic 1176 compressor circuitry built in) (8) RME Fireface 800 mic preamps, solid state (1) Black Lion Audio B173, solid state (clone of the classic Neve 1073) (2) Black Lion B12a mkII, solid state (clone of the classic API 312A, with enhanced input gain and improved S/N ratio) (1) Behringer X32 Rack (14 Midas mic preamps available) Bahringer ADA8000, w/(8) mic preamps (mostly for "scratch" and "rehearsal" tracking, but available, nonetheless) STEREO HEADPHONE MIXES: 7+1 available at once;( the +1 is sent to 4-channel headphone amp at Studio A couch, for remote listening during others' sessions). Use of iPad allows players to control their own stereo headphone mixes. House Headphones: (8) Sennheiser HD280 Pro, but feel free to bring your favorites. WAVES PLUGINS: Abbey Road Collection Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter API 550, 560, & 2500 Bass Rider BSS DPR-402 Compressor C1 Compressor C6 Multi-Band Compressor Center CLA-2A CLA Drums CLA Guitars CLA Unplugged Cobalt Saphira (Harmonics/Overdrive) Codex Wavetable Synth dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter De-Esser Doubler Dorough Stereo Meter Dugan Automixer Element (MIDI Instrument) eMo D5 Dynamics Enigma GEQ Greg Wells MixCentric Greg Wells ToneCentric H-EQ H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb InPhase IR-L Convolution Reverb L1 UltraMaximizer J37 Tape JJP Analog legends The King's Microphones (Mic Modeler) Eddie Kramer Signature Series Eddie Kramer - Tape, Tubes, and Transistors L3-L16 Limiters Linear Phase EQ Linear Phase Multiband Compressor LoAir Manny Marroquin Delay Manny Marroquin EQ Manny Marroquin Reverb Manny Marroquin Tone Shaper Manny Marroquin Triple D Maserati DRM Maserati VX1 Maxx Bass Maxx Volume Meta Filter MetaFlanger MondoMod Morphoder MultiRack Native NLS Non-Linear Summer One K**b Series PAZ Analyzer Q10 ParaGraphic EQ Q-Clone Redd 17 & Redd 51 Channel Strips Reel ADT Vocal Doubler Renaissance Axx Renaissance Bass Renaissance Compressor Renaissance Equalizer Renaissance Vox RS56 Passive EQ S1 Stereo Imager Scheps 73 Channel Strip SoundGrid Studio Sound Shifter SSL 400 Collection Super Tap Trans-X TrueVerb UM225 / UM226 Scheps 73 Vocal Rider WLM Plus Loudness Meter WNS Noise Suppressor X-Noise UNIVERSAL AUDIO 'UAD2' PLUGINS: 1176LN Legacy Classic Limiting Amplifier 1176SE Legacy Classic Limiting Amplifier Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Brainworx bx_refinement Brainworx bx_saturator V2 Brigade Chorus Pedal Cambridge EQ Cooper® Time Cube Mk II Delay dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter Distortion Essentials Bundle DreamVerb Room Modeler Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor Compressor EMT® 140 Classic Plate Reverberator EMT® 250 Classic Electronic Reverb ENGL E646 VS Limited Edition ENGL E765 Retro Tube EP-34 Tape Echo Eventide® H910 Harmonizer Fairchild Plug-In for UAD-2 Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection FATSO™ Jr./Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor Fender ‘55 Tweed Deluxe Friedman BE100 Plug-In for UAD Friedman DS40 Plug-In for UAD Galaxy Tape Echo Harrison® 32C / 32C SE Channel EQ Helios™ Type 69 EQ Ibanez® Tube Screamer TS808 Little Labs® IBP Phase Alignment Tool Little Labs® Voice Of God Bass Resonance Maag EQ4® EQ Manley® Massive Passive EQ Moog Multimode Filter Plug-In for UAD-2 Neve 1073 / 1073SE Classic Console EQs Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection Neve 1081 / 1081SE Classic Console EQ Neve 31102 / 31102SE Classic Console EQs Neve 33609 / 33609SE Compressor Neve® 88RS Channel Strip Ocean Way Studios Oxide Tape Recorder Precision Buss Compressor Precision De-Esser Precision Enhancer Hz Precision Enhancer kHz Precision EQ Precision Limiter Precision Maximizer Precision Mix Rack Collection Precision Multiband Pultec EQP-1A Legacy Pultec Pro EQ Legacy Raw Plug-In for UAD-2 (ProCo RAT distortion pedal modeler) RealVerb-Pro Plug-In for UAD-2 Roland CE-1 Plug-In for UAD-2 Roland Dimension D Plug-In for UAD-2 Roland RE-201 Space Echo Plug-In for UAD-2 Softube® Bass Amp Room Softube® Metal Amp Room Softube® Vintage Amp Room SPL® Transient Designer Studer® A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder Studio D Chorus Teletronix® LA-2A Legacy Classic Leveling Amp. Teletronix® LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler Tonelux® Tilt EQ Trident® A-Range Classic Console EQ TS Overdrive Plugin for UAD-2 UAD 4K Buss Compressor UAD 4K Channel Strip Vertigo Sound VSC-2 Compressor Vertigo Sound VSM-3 Mix Satellite