Illinois Entertainer March 2014 | Page 53

(Cheap Trick), J Robbins, Purple Apple, The Bomb (Naked Raygun, Methadones), Dead Endings (Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, AOF), Small Brown Bike, Braid, AM Taxi, Scott Lucas & The Married Men, Articles Of Faith, Amusement Parks On Fire, Noise By Numbers, All Eyes West, The Magnificent, Viceroy, Bruder, Stoop Goodnoise, The Orions, Marshfield, Anxiety High, I Love Rich, Dead Town Revival, The Reputation, State & Madison, Kevin Flynn, Suffrajett, The Damnwells, Evil Beaver, Morningwood, Sullen, Caviar, Ness, The Cells, Kevin Tihista, The Ladies And Gentlemen, Blackmaker, Dollar Store, Venom Lords, No Idea Records, Asian Man Records, Alternative Tentacles Records, Victory Records, Thick Records, and many, many more. Computer with Windows XP, HP Vectra PC with NOKIA Multigraph 446Xpro monitor with Windows 98, Atari 1040ST computer with SMPTE Track Gold Sequencer. Monitors: JBL 4411 control monitors, headphones- Beyer, Koss, Sony. Amplifiers: Hafler model P-225, Crown Straight Line 2 pre-amp, Tascam MH-40 headphone amp. Echo/Reverb/Delay: Yamaha SPX90-II, Yamaha D1500 digital reverb, ART DR2a digital reverb, Alesis XT:C digital reverb, Roland RE- 501 chorus/echo. Additional Outboard Gear: DBX 166 dual compressor, Roland SVC-350 vocoder, Aphex Aural Exciter type C, Rane ME-30 graphic equalizer. Microphones: Shure, AKG, Peavey, AudioTechnica AT-4033. Instruments Available: Korg KARMA Artificial Intelligence keyboard, EMU XL-7 Command Station Drum Machine, EMU SP1200 Sampling Percussion System, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ with Leslie Speaker, E-MU E-Synth sampling keyboard, E-MU Proteus, Oberheim Matrix-1000, Oberheim Xpander, Oberheim OB-8, Korg Wavestation EX, E-MU EMAX sampling keyboard. Rates: $35 per hour. Specialties: Original Backing tracks for Solo artists, Remixing, Songwriting, Arrangement, and Production, Jingle Production, Band and Ensemble Recording, Independent Record Label, Partner with Amazon.com, CDbaby.com, Target.com, Ebay.com. Recent Clients: Bridge The Gap (Christian Rock), Zodiac, Phive, Deadly Orchids, Faith Baptist Choir, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, Girl Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America, Mattel Toys, The Deviants. EMT plate reverbs and plenty of huge concrete rooms and stairwells for natural reverberation. Paragon’s microphone collection consists of Neumann, Sennheiser, Shure, RCA, and ElectroVoice. The monitors that we use include Genelec, Mackie, and JBL. The mediums which our studio records in include Pro Tools HD, Logic 9, HD24, 2 MCI JH24 2", and a MCI JH110 1/2" mastering tape machine. Specialties: Paragon Studios caters towards live band multi-tracking, overdubbing, voice-overs and an emphasis on music and production. Our studio has in-house producers and songwriters, of which the newest being The Mighty Achilles very own Kelly Milionis, who can help you develop new material so that you will walk away with a quality and polished product. Additional Services: Working in association with Paragon Studios, Music Dealer Services is a fullservice repair shop that specializes in amplifier custom modifications and keyboard repair. Our studio also houses the renowned 40HZ Productions founded by producers Max-a-million and Terry "Trademark" Martin. DJ Jem also has a space in our studio, which he calls home. Recent Clients: Father Peter Bowes, Abdullah Shukur, Rachel Sarah Thomas, Portable Models, Jeff Massey, Soulystic, Killer Moon, Rogers Fit Squad, Rev. Terry House [8+] NEU ELECTRO PRODUCTIONS PO Box 1582, Bridgeview, IL. 60455 630.254.5833 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.neuelectro.com Owner, Manager and Engineer: Bob Neumann. Dimensions: Control room 30' x 14', vocal/Isolation Booth 11'x14'. Analog/Digital Recorders: Panasonic SV-3700 DAT, Panasonic SV- 3800 DAT, Tascam model 38 8trk. 1/2" with dbx type 1 noise reduction, Tascam model 32 1/4" with dbx type 1 noise reduction, HHB CDR800 Compact Disk Recorder, Nakamichi 500 cassette. Mixing Consoles: Soundcraft Ghost LE with overhead monitoring meter bridge, 32 inputs, 8 buss outputs, 8 auxiliary sends. Software/Hardware: HP Pavilion a1410n Personal [96+] PARAGON STUDIOS, INC "Home of the Hits Since '96"; 820 W Fulton Market; Chicago, IL 60607; 312-942-0075 website: www.paragonstudiosinc.com; Company email: [email protected] Owner: Paragon Studios, Inc.; Contact: Ned Engelhart, Joseph Connors Engineers/Producers: Joseph Connors, Bob Picha, Sean Murphy. Description: Paragon Studios Inc., located in heart of Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, houses a 1800 square foot live room, with a 12 by 20 foot drum booth, 12 by 9 foot vocal booth, and two other iso-rooms for guitars and other instruments. Our 24 by 24 foot control room which houses our legendary Trident TSM #9 console contains a large 18 foot window. Vintage [198+] SONGWERKS - MULTIMEDIA & MORE Addison,