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Innovation Studios

Studies have shown that this studio rocks.

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Our clients's recordings consistently receive stellar reviews, have landed record deals, and have won numerous awards. One review from the Oct. 2006 issue of Northeast In-Tune magazine says "Maybe what is most laudable about [Innovation Studios Client] Peacefield is that the music is so well written and produced that it has the makings of anything that comes out of the major league recording studios."
Innovation Studios (owned and operated by producer/engineer Mike Ofca) has earned a reputation for excellence, serving artists and record companies with professional, national quality results at reasonable rates. Only 40 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, and 1/2 hour from the airport, Innovation Studios is the area's premier recording venue. Our growing client roster includes: Chris Padgett, Peacefield, Righteous B, Backyard Galaxy, Ryan Meyers, Bob Rice, Joia Farmer, Ben Walther, Katie Rose, Eric Himan, Jim Cowan, Punchline, The Victory Year, Martin Doman, Dodging August, Fiction City, Friday Mourning, The Known World, Plague The City, Barely Blind, Sandlot Heros, Erik Kerr, Singine, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Matthew Baute , plus many more. Please visit our website at www.innovationstudios.net .
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Member Since: 4/26/2005
Band Website: innovationstudios.net
Band Members: Mike Ofca (owner, chief engineer, and studio musician player) Kate Bennett (office Manager) Dan Bozek (engineer, studio musician) and Erik Kerr (studio musician.)
If you are thinking about recording, you have found the right place. Call (740) 283-2626 to schedule a free consultation and studio tour. We will be happy to work out an arrangement that fits your budget. We are confident that you will not find another recording facility that delivers our level of quality at our price point.
Influences: Equipment:
CONSOLES
Tascam DM-3200 48Channel digital board with flying faders, meter bridge, and HUI control for Protools

MONITORS
Mackie HR824 (2)
M-Audio Studiopro 3
VW Jetta stock car stereo
Piece of crap Radio Shack computer speakers
I-Pod Boombox speakers
Dan's Ford Focus

RECORDERS
Tascam MX2424 24-track HDR
Pro Tools LE 7.3 with Production Toolkit upgrade
Digi 003 interface
Sony PCM R-300 DAT recorder
Dual Core PC equipped with:
- 4 gigs of RAM
- 17" dual LCD display
- Echo Mia MIDI 24/96 interface
- also running Sound Forge 9.0, Acid 6.0, MXView
1 tera byte total hard drive storage
Sony 52x CDR-W
Teac V-390CHX Cassette Recorder

ANALOG DYNAMIC PROCESSORS
(2) Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor
DBX 160A Compressor/Limiter
DBX 163x Compressor/Limiter (2)

TIME PROCESSORS
Lexicon MPX1
Lexicon MPX 500
Yamaha REV500 Digital Reverb
Korg SDD-2000 Digital Delay
TC Works digital reverb

SOFTWARE PLUGINS
Too numerous to list them all, but here's some of the good ones:
Antares Autotune
Waves Diamond Bundle
Waves Vocal Bundle
Antares Filter
Antares Mic Modeler
Amplitube Guitar Modeling
Lexicon PSP84
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2.0
Native Instruments B4 Hammond Organ Modeler
Propellorhead Reason 3.0
Sonic Foundry Plugin pack
D-sound and Beatmodel
Several gigs of Acid Loops
BFD
Drumagog
Har-Bal

MICROPHONE PREAMPS
(2) Neve 1272 by Brent Averill
Avalon VT 737sp single channel mic pre / compressor / eq
DBX 386 Dual Channel Tube Mic Pre w/digital out
Joe Meek VC6Q British Channel
(4) Presonus Blue Tube Dual Channel Tube Mic Pre
(16) Tascam onboard Mic/Line inputs

KEYBOARDS AND MIDI
Kork Triton 88 key sampler/workstation
Roland PC-70 Midi Keyboard Controller
Xpand! by Digidesign Analog Factory Gigastudio 3.0 Orchestra Propellorhead Reason 3.0
M-Tron Mellotron

MICROPHONES
AKG C1000 (2)
AKG D112
Audix D1
Audix D2 (2)
Audix D4
Audix ADX-51 (2)
Audix OM-2
Neumann TLM103
Rode NT1
Rode NTX Tube
Sennheiser MD421 (2)
Studio Projects C4 (2)
Shure SM57 (3)
Shure SM 58 (2)

GUITARS - AMPS
Ernie Ball Axis Super Sport
PRS 22 fret, purple with a tremelo Takamine Dreadnought Acoustic
Epiphone Riviera Hollowbody elecric
Ibanez S-series
Guitar Rig 2.0 with foot controller
Mesa-Boogie F-50
POD 2.0 Guitar Direct recording system
Carvin MTS212
Sansamp bass driver / DI
Hotbox active DI
2x12 cabs loaded with Celestion Greenbacks
Full assortment of stomp boxes from Boss, Ibanez, Carl Martin, Zoom

SIGNAL ROUTING
All equipment connected via 240 point balanced analog patch bay.

MISCELLANEOUS
Sony CDP-XE500 compact disc player w/digital out
Gourmet coffee & espresso (perhaps the most important studio tool)

Sounds Like: Listen to samples of our work on this page. If you would like to hear more you can request a FREE demo CD in the mail. Send us a message that includes your mailing address and we'll send it right out!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BIG BIG NEWS!!

I'm moving. Not the studio, just me! Yes its official that my residence will be a seperate entity from the studio. That means when you rent studio time, you get the whole house (well, most of it). The...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:09:00 PST

We've upgraded again.

The highlights:Pro Tools 7.3 and Digi003Lots of amazing new plug ins.A smokin' fast dual core computer with too much ram.Two computer screens.Served up with a side of inspiration. Lets rock!All of our...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:03:00 PST

Yet another video from the studio . . . brought to you by Barely Blind

Barely Blind Recording Add to My Profile |   More Videos...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:25:00 PST

Barely Blind in the studio

Currently in the studio, Steve Soboslai and Mike Ofca are working with the band "Barely Blind" from Groves, Texas. They are cool guys and a great band. They are blogging the experience at http://www.m...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:09:00 PST

Check out this video!

This is a video that the band Punchline made while recording at Innovation Studios. ...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:48:00 PST

Unity Awards Nominees are in and many are our clients!

The United Catholic Music and Video Association holds an annual awards show called the "Unity Awards". See the website It's like the Grammys of Catholic music. The nominees for 2006 include Innovation...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:37:00 PST

Cool Random Facts (ok, we're bragging)

One of our clients, Peacefield (www.myspace.com/peacefield), has spent over 10 weeks in the myspacecharts.com top ten for alternative bands. The song "Are You Amazed" by Backyard Galaxy was chosen to...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:38:00 PST

Announcing major equipment upgrades!

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the following new equipment: (2) Brent Averill Neve 1272 Mic Preamps - Yield a super fat sound, great for drums and vocals. A second EL8 Distressor - now we h...
Posted by Innovation Studios on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:40:00 PST

Finally, the new podcast with Friday Mourning

Thats right, we've finally updated the podcast. This episode features the band Friday Mourning. To listen, go to the Innovation Studios Podcast website....
Posted by Innovation Studios on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:33:00 PST

Blog changes, new entries, etc.

I've moved the blog to here: http://innovationmike.blogspot.com/ I will try to update it weekly. The podcast is next.
Posted by Innovation Studios on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:15:00 PST