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Excello Recording

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Control Room: 21' x 16' x 15' w/ skylights
"Quietly and with rock-solid determination, Excello Recording has served the New York rock community for over 11 years."- Mix Magazine. Quality analog and digital recording conveniently located in Williamsburg Brooklyn
From MIX Magazine, October 2006
By David Weiss
The technical importance of having a great console in a control room has arguably shifted in the past several years, but the emotional significance has not. Special mixing desks have the power to inspire, and in the hands of the right engineer, can take a tracking or mix session to a place that a DAW alone just can't.
EXCELLO RECORDING is home to a spacious and airy live room on one side of the glass and a tank-like Calrec Series B 40x16x18 console on the other. Built exclusively for the BBC, the board is one of only four of its type ever constructed, and it was used to broadcast and record from London's Royal Albert Hall from 1990 to 1999. Put into retirement by the Brits, it has since found a most appreciative fan club in Brooklyn.
"The BBC wanted a console with what you want, too," says Excello partner/engineer Hugh Pool. "Low distortion, loud and clean with tons of headroom. All of the output cards have hand-wired Lundahl transformers, and the weight when you pull them out is amazing - approximately six ounces per board." Although Excello initially sought a Neve or API to complement its wealth of vintage gear (including an equally notable Neve 12x4 1063 sidecar), the studio and its clientele have fallen in love with the Calrec's extreme flexibility and ultra-low noise.
Live Room: 40' x 24' x17' w/2 skylights
*** Attention bands ***
Excello Recording is in the process of trying to reunite you with your old tapes. If you have some here please contact us via phone, email, or myspace message. Let us know how many reels of tape you think we have and all pertinent information like band name or client name. We'll call you back and set up a time for you to come by and pick them up and say hello.
We'd love to see ya again, hear what you've been up to, and show you all the new gear and improvements we've made to the studio!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2007
Band Website: http://www.excellorecording.com
Band Members:

Hugh Pool - Owner/Chief Engineer, blues guitar man

Nathan Rosborough - Assistant Engineer, all things bass

Leslye Leaness - Studio Manager

Charette Electronics - The Amps

CONTACT US:
Phone: 718.486.6427
Fax: 718.599.0793
[email protected]

Influences:

EQUIPMENT:

Consoles & Mic Preamps
CALREC Series B 40x16x18
NEVE 12 x 4 x 4 12 x 1063 modules
API mic-preamps, (10)
ALTEC 1567A 5x1 Tube Mixer

Tape Machines
PROTOOLS HD 24 I/0
STUDER A-800 MK III 24-track Recorder
AMPEX Atr 102 1/2 inch 2-track
STUDER A-80 RC 1/4 2-track
PANASONIC SV3700 DAT Recorder (2)
HHB CD-R 850 CD BURNER
ALESIS ADAT (2)

Monitors & Headphones
YAMAHA NS-10M Studio Monitors
Westlake Lc3W 12
ALTEC 604 w/Mastering Lab Crossovers
AKG 240's and 140's headphones
MYTEK Private Cue System

Microphones
Neumann U-67
Neumann U-87
Neumann KM-84 (2)
Micro Tech Geffel M71 (2)
AKG 414 ULS (2)
AKG 460 (2)
Audio Technica 4033
RCA 77 DX
Sennheiser 421 (3)
Electrovoice RE20 (2)
American 330 Ribbons (4)
American omni dynamics (2)
Shure 57 (4)
Shure 58
Assorted vintage dynamic

EQs
API 550 3-band EQ (7)
Pultec EQH-2
Summit EQP-200A Stereo Tube EQ
Aphex Aural Exciter

Compressors
NEVE 2254E, (Stereo Pair)
TELETRONICS LA2A
UREI LA-3A Limiter/Compressor (3)
UREI 1176 Limiter (2)
DBX 160 VU (2)
SUMMIT TLA-100A Tube Compressor
EMPERICAL LABS Distressor
DBX 902 De-esser (2)
UREI LA22
VALLEY PEOPLE DYNA-MITE (4)

Instruments
PREMIER 5 piece Drum Kit
Vintage ROGERS "Holiday" 4 Piece Kit
HAMMOND M3 Organ w/ 145 leslie
WURLITZER 200B Electric Piano
ARP String Ensemble
CRUMAR Organ
FARFISA
BALDWIN Hamilton Upright Piano
*Large Selection of vintage guitars,basses,
and other instruments personally owned by
the engineers avaiable on a case by case basis

Gates
Drawmer DS-201 Stereo
Drawmer DS404 quad gates
Gatex quad gates (8)

Reverbs & Digital
EMT 140 plate
EMT Echoplate 1
Eventide H3000
Lexicon PCM-90
Lexicon PCM-42
TC Electronics 2290
Yamaha REV-7
Yamaha SPX-90
Yamaha SPX 50D
Sony DPS-V55 reverb
Sony SDR 1000 reverbs
Korg DRV 3000 reverb
ADA multitap delay
Akai S-1000 w/ 32 Meg Ram, scsi & Syquest Drive

Amps & Cabs
Marshall 50w head (1970)
Marshall JCM 800
Marshall JCM 900
Marshall 4x12 cab greenbacks (1971)
Marshall 1960 4 x 12 cab w/greenbacks
Fender Twin (blackface)
Fender Princeton (1965)
Fender Deluxe (1965)
Fender Pro Reverb Silver Face
Fender Black Face Bassman
Musicman 410
Ampeg B-15S
Ampeg Reverborocket (1960)
Ampeg V4 (1970)
Ampeg 4x10 cab
Gallien-Krueger 800RB Bass Head
Hartke XL Series 4 x 10 Cab
Acoustic 2 x 15 Cab

Sounds Like: PAST CLIENTS:

Antibalas, Marky Ramone, Battles, They Might Be Giants,
Rufus Wainwright, Klezmatics, Marc Bingham, David Byrne,
Debbie Harry, Radio 4, The Phychic Ills, Isaac Mizrahi,
Molly Ringwald, Martha Wainwright, Steven Trask,
James Wormsworth, The Rogers Sisters, American Amulance,
Michael Brecker, Read Yellow, Lunachicks, and more...

Record Label: none

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Attention past clients - we have your old tapes!

Excello Recording is in the process of trying to reunite you with your old tapes. If you have some here please contact us via phone, email, or myspace message. Let us know how many reels of tape you t...
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