Audio technician Ken McKim started the company in 1986 as a side project while he was working at the renowned Bearsville Studios near Woodstock, NY. Trouble Report focused on the maintenance and repair of all audio recording studio equipment such as all types of: microphones, analog recording consoles, analog tape machines, analog outboard gear, and all electronic musical instruments. Over the cou
rse of Trouble Report’s 30-year history, Ken has worked with the following artists, engineers, industry groups, producers, recording studios, and schools. Artists:
~ Blue Man Group
~ Chris Stamey
~ Cyndi Lauper
~ David Holland
~ David Torn
~ Graham Maby
~ Jak Daley
~ Jerry Marotta
~ John Sebastian
~ Laurie Anderson
~ Leon Dorsey
~ Marshall Chess
~ Phish
~ Richard Hammond
~ Ricky Showalter
~ Sammy Meridino
~ Sean Lennon
~ Shahzad Ishmaily
~ Steve Swallow
~ Steven Jordan
~ The Band (Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko)
~ Tony Shanaham
Engineers/Producers:
~ Ben Collet (Phish)
~ John Hollbrook
~ John Siket
~ Julie Last
~ Kevin Salem
~ Leesa Dean
~ Michael Barbiero
~ Michael Bitterman
~ Michael Brauer
~ Mike Chapman
~ Peter Katis
~ Rich Costey
~ Rob Fraboni (Keith Richards)
~ Steven Hague
~ Stewart Lerman
~ Stewart Myers
~ Tom Dawes
Industry Groups:
~ Anthony DeMaria Labs
~ Geoff Daking
~ Mercenary Audio
~ Sonic Circus
~ Vintage King
Schools:
~ SAE Institute (NYC)
~ Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ)
~ West Point (West Point, NY)
Studios:
~ Applehead Studios (Woodstock, NY)
~ Atomic Studios (Brooklyn, NY)
~ Beartracks (Suffern, NY)
~ Brooklyn Recording
~ Bushwick Studios (Brooklyn, NY)
~ Club House Studios (Redhook, NY)
~ Douglass Street Studios (Brooklyn, NY)
~ Dreamland Studios (West Hurley, NY)
~ Electric Lady Studio (NYC)
~ Figure Eight Studios (Shahzad Ishmaily – Brooklyn, NY)
~ Follow Hollow Tracks (Todd Lundgren)
~ Green Chapel Studios (Schooleys Mountains, NJ)
~ Jake’s Kitchen Sink (John DiNicola)
~ Joe DeMaio (Shorefire Studios)
~ Millbrook Sound (Millbrook, NY)
~ Octaven Studios (Yonkers, NY)
~ Pilot Recording (Housatonic, MA)
~ Renegade ~ Nation (Steven Van Zandt)
~ Silvertone Mastering (Saratoga Springs, NY)
~ The Bunker Studios (Brooklyn, NY)
~ The Loove (Brooklyn, NY)
~ Trout Studios (Brooklyn, NY)
~ Water Music (Hoboken, NJ)
Types, and Brands, of Recording Studio Equipment Trouble Report Repairs:
Amplifiers:
~ BGW
~ Bryston (400B)
~ Crown (DC-300, DC-300A)
~ Hafler
Microphones:
~ AKG (412, 414, 451, C12, C24, D12)
~ Neumann (CMV3, CMV563, KM54A, KM56, KM56c, KM57, KM64, KM66, KM83, KM84, KM86, KM88, M7, M49, M50, M249, SM2, SM7, SM69, U47, U48, UM57, U60, U64, U67, U87, U89)
~ Sony (C37, C37A, C38, C38B, C800, CU2, ECM377)
~ Telefunken (251, CMV3 (Neumann))
Musical Instrument Amplifiers:
~ Fender
~ Gibson
~ Marshall
~ Vox
Musical Instruments:
~ Hammond Organ (A100, B3)
~ Fender/Rhodes
~ Melotron
~ Roland (Juno 6, Juno 106)
~ Wurlitzer Electric Piano (106, 140, 200 solid state, tube)
Outboard Signal Processors:
~ Audio Compressors (dbx (160, 162, 165, 900 series), Fairchild (660, 670), Gates, Helios, Neve (2254, 2264, 33609), RCA (BA-6A), Teletronix (LA-2A), Universal Audio (175, 176, 177), UREI)
~ Equalizers (API (A550A, A550A), dbx, GML, Lang, Langevin, Neve (Equalizers, Mic Pre-Amplifiers), Pultec (EQP-1A, EQP-1A2, EQH, MEQ), SSL, UREI (532, 536)
~ Mic Pre-Amplifiers (API, Neve, SSL, Universal Audio/UREI)
~ Reverb Systems (AKG (BX5, BX10, BX20), EMT (140, 240, 250))
Recording consoles:
~ API (1600 series, Discrete, Legacy)
~ Helios (all formats)
~ MCI (400, 500, 600)
~Neotek
~ Neve (53 series, 54, series, 80 series, 88 Series, BCM10, Kelso, VR)
~ Quad 8
~ Solid State Logic (4000 series, 6000 series, J9000 series)
~ Trident (80A, 80B, 80C, A Range, TSM)
Tape Machines:
~ 3M (M56, M64, M79)
~ Ampex (AG300, AG350, AG440, MM1000, MM1100, MM1200, ATR100 series)
~ Fostex
~ MCI (JH16, JH24, JH110)
~ Otari (MTR10, MTR80, MTR100, MX55, MX80, MX5050)
~ Stephens (811, 821A, 821B)
~ Studer (A77 (Revox), A80, A800, A810, A820, A827, B67)
~ Tascam/Teac
