[96+] GRAVITY STUDIOS
Dungeon Of Noise
home to Chicago's heavy rock and metal bands as
well as plenty of elite musicians from throughout
the United States. This isn't your usual loft/office
space with a wall as a divider. This is a room
designed, built, and tuned back in the day by the
pros. The don't build 'em this pretty anymore! We
are near great 4 star hotels (bargain priced), awesome eats, and a few minutes of a drive or public
transportation from downtown Chicago. We have
a pickup and delivery service for those bands that
do not have a moving vehicle and are tracking for
the week/month. Shuttle to and from nearby
hotels Because of the array of equipment and serious dedication to music and helping bring to life a
beautifully crafted sonic end product. There are
plenty of Joe Shmoes with Pro Tools laptops these
days, but do they have the rooms? The studio
mics? SSL Boards? The analog tape consoles?
Absolutely not, but we do.
2250 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 (773) 8621880
Web
site:
www.gravitystudios.com
Engineers/Producers: Doug McBride, Mike Penny,
Tim Yamaya, Sam Fell, George Balogi, Joseph
Peven. Freelance producers and engineers welcome!
Dimensions: Studio A: Live Room:
30'x20'x11,' Live Booth: 12'x11'x10,' Vocal Booth:
8'x5'x8,'Amp Booth: 3'x4'x8,' Control Room:
19'x16'x11.' Studio B: Isolation Booth: 7'x6'x11',
Control Room: 20'x12'x11'. Studio A: Digital
Audio Workstation: ProTools HD Native running
Pro Tools 11, with HD I/O (16x16) and Omni
interfaces. Monitors: ATC SCM25As, LARGE
Genelec Subwoofer, Yamaha NS-10M. Amplifiers:
Hafler. Outboard Gear: Shadow Hills Quad Gama
(4 press), CAPI VP28 (8), and other 500 series pres.
Shadow Hills Stereo Vandergraph compressor,
and Mono Optgraph comp. Dangerous Monitor
ST controller. Avid Artist Control Control Surface.
Studio B Monitors: Genelec 8250DSPs, with Active
Sub. Digital Audio Workstations: ProTools HD
Native running Pro Tools 9, Reason, Samplitude
ver. 10. Amplifiers: Hafler Transnova P3000,
Bryston SST 3-B. Outboard Gear: Cranesong
Hedd 192 A/D/A, Dangerous Master, Dangerous
MQ, Dangerous Monitor, Manley Vari-MU Limiter
Compressor (Mastering Edition), Maselec MDS-2
DeEsser, Sony CDP-D11, Plextor PX-820A DVDR/CD-R Microphones: Bock 151, AKG C-414 BULS (2), AEA A840 active ribbon, AEA R88 stereo
ribbon, AKG D-112E, , Royer R-122, Shure SM 7,
Shure Beta 58, Shure SM 57 (8), Audix D4, Shure
Beta 56 (3), Instruments: Ampeg bass amp,
Orange OR15 tube head, Bogner cabinet, DW 5 pc.
drum kit, Yamaha Recording Series 5 pc. drum kit
with Zildjian, Paiste, and Sabian cymbals and DW
pedal, Pearl Rates: Vary depending on availability
and producer or engineer desired. Specialties:
Excellent drum room, clean signal path, experienced engineers, comfortable and non-distracting
atmosphere and world class mastering!
www.gravitymastering.com. Previous Clients:
Clients include but not limited to: Live,
Augustana, Silversun Pickups, The Sounds, Story
Of The Year, Secret Machines, Rachael Yamagata,
Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Rise
Against, Kasabian, Badly Drawn Boy, The
Walkmen, Ben Kweller, Elefant, Skillet, The Hush
Sound, Plain White T's, Umphrey's McGee, Oh My
God, Goo Goo Dolls, Buddy Guy, Smashing
Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Josh Homme (Queens Of
The Stone Age), Motion City Soundtrack, Kill
Hannah, Lucky Boys Confusion, Filligar, Nico
Vega, more.
[96+] MILLION YEN STUDIOS
PO Box 18113, Chicago, IL 60618 (773) 267-8551 Email: [email protected]; :www.millionyen.com Owner/Chief Producer/Engineer:
Andy Gerber. Producer/Engineers: Jeff Dean (773)
450-7881, Pete Carparelli (773) 641-9800, Sciphonic
Productions (847) 648-2140. Mixing Console:
AMEK/TAC Scorpion II 30/8/8/2 British analog
mixing console, re-capped and modified with
Graham Langley Design pre-amps in 2008.
Recorders: PRO TOOLS HD with AVID HD I/O,
24 in/32 out loaded with plug-ins (currently running PT 9), STUDER A810 (2 track 1/4" 30 IPS analog tape deck), MACKIE HDR 24/96, TASCAM
DA-30 DAT, FOSTEX RD-8 ADAT. Monitor
Speakers: YAMAHA HS8 w/FOCAL CMS SUB,
YAMAHA NS-10M, FOSTEX 6301B. Mic Pres:
UNIVERSAL AUDIO 2-610, UNIVERSAL AUDIO
2108, FOCUSRITE ISA428, AUDITRONICS 110B (2
modules), PRESONUS M80, BELLARI RP220, ART
Dual MP. Compressors: EMPIRICAL LABS
Distressor, UNIVERSAL AUDIO 1176, SUMMIT
AUDIO TLA-50 (2), DBX 160A (3), DBX 163X (10),
PRESONUS ACP88, ART Pro VLA. Effects:
ROLAND RE-201 Space Echo, LEXICON ALEX,
LEXICON MPX 100 (2), ALESIS Quadraverb (2),
YAMAHA R100, ZOOM 1201. Microphones:
ROYER R-122 ribbon (2), GROOVE TUBES 1A
tube condensor (2), GROOVE TUBES GT55 FET
condensor, SENNHEISER 421, AUDIO TECHNICA 4033 (2), AUDIO TECHNICA AT-25 (5),
SHURE KSM44 (2), SHURE SM7, SHURE SM-81
(3), SHURE BETA 57 (3), SHURE BETA 57A,
SHURE 57s & 58s, YAMAHA Sub Kick, much
more including some strange vintage mics. Amps:
MARSHALL-76 4 input 50w, 79 Master Volume
50w, 79 Club & Country 100w combo, 90 50w 900,
90 50w 900 combo, 3 4x12 cabs. FENDER-67
Blackface Bandmaster, 77 Twin Reverb w/Orange
JBLs, 75 Vibrochamp, 64 Tube Reverb, Champion
600. AMPEG-71 SVT Head & 8x10 cab, 63 Reverb
Rocket, 76 B-25. G P