Audio-Video Mastering and Recording

"Studio of Blue Light" E-mail: jay(at)salsburg(dot)com

Poised on what was a two acre Nursery it is far enough from the Highway for quiet enjoyment, yet is only seconds driving time from the Inner Loop.

Live and Studio Audio/Video Recording
3,500 Watt Sound System
Audio/Video/CD Production and Mastering
DVD Mastering including 5.1 AC3 Digital Audio
Web Site Hosting with Broadband Media Streaming
Static IP with multiple Servers and fat pipe

Equipment Roster:

Super Computer Digital Audio Rack-mounted Workstation (DAW) - Windows XP Pro x64 - Intel D975XBX Motherboard, Intel 2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad CPU, 2 Gigs RAM, 750 Gig HD, Dual 1600 X 1200 LCD Displays, 20X DVD Writer, Firewire to MOTU 828 mkII.

Digital Video Workstation
Dell XPS GEN3 3.6 GHz Workstation
Dell Inspiron, with outboard Creative Audigy, w/Audigy2
2 Windows Servers hosting this site and others.

MOTU 828 mkII
MOTU micro lite
Soundcraft Spirit ES
Soundcraft MPM 20/2
Phonic MM1705
Behringer DEQ2496 Ultra-Curve Pro Mastering Processor
t.c. electronic M300 Dual Engine Processor
Lexicon MPX 100 Dual Channel Processor
Antares AVP-1 Vocal Processor
dbx 120A Subharmonic Synthesizer
Kurzweil Micro Ensemble
Alesis Nano Synth
Korg microKORG Analog-Modeling Synthesizer/Vocorder
Korg ES-1 Electribe Sampling Rhythm Production Sampler
CME UF80 Fully Weighted Keyboard Control Surface
Kaysound MK-4902 49 Note Full-Size Velocity Sensitive Key Controller
Novation ReMOTE ZeRO SL Control Surface
ROCKTRON MIDI MATE
IBANEZ FP-777 Flying Pan (New 2007 Edition)
MUSITRONICS MU-TRON III
4 Bose 301s for studio mastering (not shown)
Shure Drum Mic Set

(Click for larger view - Not Shown to Scale)
Souncraft MPM 20/2

UF80

Yamaha Drums

Yamaha Drums Photo
Here are the Yamaha Drums/Zildjian Cymbals in their IsoBooth. Notice the Shure Drum Mics.

Mastering Station

Mastering Station from Front

View into Studio. Notice Guitar in Distance.

Studio Sound System.
Bedroom
Bedroom. For increased privacy the Bedroom is in the far wing of the Studio making those long duration Recording Sessions very comfortable. The Bedroom has its own Outside Door to its own Parking Lot, a large Private full Bathroom, Refridgerator, and large Closet.

PA System:

Rack-mount Amplifier Road Case
Crown CE2000 2000 Watt Strereo Amplifier
2 Alesis RA500 500 Watt Stereo Amplifiers
4 Highly enhanced 500 Watt Sound Cabinets with Carvin 15 inch woofers, Carvin Horns, and High-end domes, with elevating stands
2 ElectroVoice Eliminator 10s each enhanced with high power JBL woofers (vintage folded horns)
JBL EON10 G2 with telecoping stand (stage monitor)
Cerwin-Vega LR-36 High-Excursion 750 Watt Woofer
100 foot, 16 in / 4 out Instrument Snake
Sure KSM27
2 Condenser Microphones with boom stands
Dynamic Microphones, Cables, Stands

Software:

Ableton Live 6
SONY Acid Pro 7.0
SONY Sonic Foundry
SONY Sound Forge 8.0
SONY Vegas 9.0
SONY DVD Architect 5.0
Traktor DJ Studio 2
ULead DVD Factory
Cakewalk Sonar 7 Producer Edition
Cakewalk VST Adapter
Cakewalk Project5
Cakewalk Kinetic
CuBase Sx 3
CuBase Hypersonic
Sonic Reality
Propellerhead Reason and Samples
Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
Spectrasonics Atmosphere
Tascam GigaStudio
Yellow Tools Suite
Sonik Synth
Hypersonic VST modules
WIDI Recognition System
Melodyne 2.6
IZotope OZONE
Spectrum Analyzer Pro Live
MOTU Clockworks
MOTU Firewaire Cuemix
MOTU Firewire SIMPTE
MOTU Firewire Audio
Adobe Suite
20,000 MIDI files
10,000 Karaoke files
Many Gigs Library of VST Instrument Plugins
Many Gigs Library of Samples
Huge Library of Plugins

Bands and Tours for which I have worked in various capacities, Stage Manager, Roady, Sound and Lighting Technician, Hospitality Host, Driver: