Fire K Studios

06/09/2024

Time to make my yearly and almost famous split pea soup with ham.

04/23/2024

Cooking up a good session tonight!

02/21/2024

Drum n bass n more drum

02/20/2023

Happy President's Day! Why not celebrate like the founding fathers intended? Watching a video about recording bass guitar:

For this video we are going to take on the task of recording bass guitar. And nothing quite beats tracking directly into a nice hardware compressor. Join me ...

12/22/2022

Studio lookin good for the holidays!

10/28/2022

Check out this cool Halloween and Munster themed short vid, recorded, mixed, and shot in and around Fire K. And thanks to Down There Bar & Grill for letting us shoot that scene!

The Faculty"Metal Munsters"Fire K StudiosDirected and edited by Scott BarbThank you Fire K Studios and Down There Bar and Grill for letting us film!

08/10/2022

08/02/2022

Hey Yinz! For the second year in a row, we were nominated by the City Paper for best Music Recording Studio. We earned a Best Of last year, help us make it 2 in row!
As always, we appreciate your continued support, and hope to work with many more amazing artists for years to come!

Best of PGH 2022 nominations are now open until June 30. Help your favorite restaurants, bands, and more reach for the stars!

07/21/2022

New Vid! And this one's not just for people who are "studio curious." I switch between knives everyone needs in their kitchen, and types of pro audio cables. Not really sure what cutlery you should buy? Not sure the difference between an XLR and TS cable? I got the video for you right here:
(oh and if you can, please subscribe. We're trying to keep this channel going)

This is a crossover video. Kitchen cutlery and pro audio cables collide in a one-stop informational video. I teach you about different types of analogue cabl...

07/11/2022

New Video is up!
This one is part tutorial on sound replacement/design of bass drums and part review of the audio plugin Chop Suey.
Got some screen cap and VO on this one, so join me in real time as I try out some new software.

The bass drum, or kick drum, is an integral part of most music genres. This video focuses on the use of drum samples to help push through a mix. We take drum...

06/29/2022

New Video Up!
I know it's been awhile, but we have a new video up on our YouTube channel. This one stars Kurt Liebmann!
Wanna watch him open up a brand-new DW Clear Acrylic Drum kit?
Wanna hear some random commentary?
How about some satisfying opening and unwrapping noises?
Click below! And please remember to like and subscribe, it means a lot to us.

Join us as we open up a new purchase here at Fire K Studios. It is a DW Design Series clear acrylic 5-piece pack with add on 3 additional toms. This drum kit...

06/10/2022

Fire K's own, Dr.Fire.K himself, will be performing as part of The Faculty at Pittsburgh's Arts Fest tomorrow.
New music recorded right here releasing next friday.

HYPE HYPE HYPE!

While we have done a few performances with Frzy, this will our first full live set. Come be part of history!

If you make it down, please tag us in any photos or videos, and we will share our favorites!

03/13/2022

New Video is up. This is another "unboxing" vid where I put tapewound bass strings on my viola bass. Come join me as I discuss types of bass strings, scale length, viola basses, and the "joys" of restringing a bass guitar.
If you've never heard tapewound strings before, I highly recommend this video. Spoiler: They're NEAT!

Join me as I restring my bass guitar with tape wound strings. I discuss types of strings, scale length, viola basses, and Punishing string changing.Gear used...

02/22/2022

Hey Yinz! New video!
Join me as I attempt to re-sample a snare drum (and other instruments) back into a snare drum. Watch me as I do some questionable setup and get some....results.

And check out our other videos while you there.

Join us on an adventure in sound design as we attempt to play sounds into a snare drum."English civil war drummer bronze statue by John McKenna.jpg" by Johns...

02/18/2022

Made an unboxing video for our new microphone. Give it a watch and see me play with bubble wrap and shock mounts

Join me as I open our long awaiting TG Microphone from Chandler Limited. Following along as I unpack this beauty and give some quick thoughts on it. ...

01/28/2022

Hey Yinz!
We just launched our You Tube channel and uploaded our first video.
For this video we ran a Low D flute into an Engl Savage 120 guitar amp. Curious what in the world that would sound like? Click below.
And make sure to subscribe to see more videos from us coming up.

We ran a Celtic Low D flute through an Engl guitar amplifier. Fun ensues.Shout out to Scott, The Guitar Barber, for help on this one:https://www.instagram.co...

11/23/2021

Check out the latest episode of the Barber Scott Quintet. This holiday episode of BSQ features turkeys, metal, and death. Perfect to sing along to at the family Thanksgiving table!
Raise a glass to all the turkeys!
Thanks to all the players that came to Fire K for this one:
Scott Barb
Doc Roulston
James Majernik

Remember the sacrifice the turkeys made.Instagram:Doc Roulston: https://www.instagram.com/doc.wood.x/Scott Barb: https://www.instagram.com/theguitarbarber/Ma...

10/02/2021

Thrilled to announce being voted a winner for 2021's Pittsburgh City Paper Best Of in the category Best Music Studio. Big thanks to everyone who voted. And an even bigger thanks for the support all these years. We went from 2 guys from Lincoln Place recording in a basement to one of the best studios around. And we couldn't have done it without the best clients around. Raise your glass!

08/03/2021

Hey All Yinz! This is the first year City Paper's Best Of contest has Recording Studio category and we've been nominated! Votes are appreciated!

🎮 Best of PGH 2021 voting is now open until August 31, help your favorite restaurants, bands, and more win the whole game!

03/26/2021

So happy to finally share this with the world. Wonderful artist Sunday Saari and stellar producer Josiah Handelman aka jbabysmooth equals one of my favorite projects to have worked on at Fire K. This track has been my jam for months, now you get to enjoy it too!

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