C.A.T. TRACKS RECORDING STUDIO

C.A.T. TRACKS RECORDING STUDIO (Previously Astra Studio) is owned & operated by Charles Eichelberger and Terry Westbrook. Charles and Terry (hence C.A.T.) have many years experience between the two of them.
The 'C' in C.A.T. is Charles Eichelberger. Charles has been engineering since the late 70's, when out in Los Angeles, Ca. he enrolled in the engineering class at the R.I.A.A. (The Recording Industry Association of America - see http://www.riaa.com/ ). After graduating, he worked in several major studios in the L.A. area and worked in a band that played the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and The Roxy nightclubs among numerous others. But after many long nights in the clubs and laborious days in the studio without seeing the light of day, he got disillusioned and homesick for Texas family and friends. So, he came back to try the big fish in the small pond thing for a while, and ya know...it must have worked because he's never looked back! Going to work for future lifetime friend Mr. Bob Swearingen, he found a home at Cedar Ridge Recording Studio. Working with studio musicians from the Muscle Shoals area living in Houston at the time turned out to be just what the musical doctor ordered. Charlie's guitar playing and song conceptualization bloomed along with his production skills! Terry of C.A.T. TRACK says: "I've been an engineer/producer for some years now, and it's just SUCH a pleasure to work with someone who 'gets it' on the level that Charles does...he must have been born on top of a mixing board, and I hear he practically sleeps with his guitar!!"
This brings us to the 'T' in C.A.T...that would be Terry Westbrook. Terry started learning the drums at about age 4 and had his first paying gigs by age 7 1/2. He played on weekends until graduating high school in 1977. The following year he landed the job as house drummer for Gilley's Club & Recording Studio, holding that job for 11 years. It was during this period of time that he cut his musical teeth in the studio on the inside of the drum booth at Gilley's Studio as well as most of the other studios in town including Cedar Ridge Studio where he first met Charles. (Funnily enough, neither one remembered the other until meeting back up thirty years later through former studio owner Keith McCoy.) In 1989, upon Gilley's Club closing down, Terry went to work at Limelight Recording Studio as staff recording engineer, producer & studio musician. For the next 9 years he honed his engineering and production skills in the studio behind the board as well as playing drums on sessions and booking recording dates gaining a well-rounded knowledge of the studio business.
Together, Charles and Terry make a dream team in the studio that's hard to beat! As a matter of a fact, it's hard to think of two folks teaming up in the recording industry on this level with more time, knowledge and longevity than these two. You owe it to yourself and your next project to check into the C.A.T. TRACKS 'dream team'!!
STUDIO EQUIPMENT LIST
CONSOLE
Mackie 24x8 bus recording analog board with computer -and pro tool editing software
Mackie 24 channel expander board
(2) Mackie 220 watt power supplies
Mackie console desk
MONITORS
1974 Vintage JBL 4311 WX-A speakers - match set hand -picked by Bill “Obie" O’Brien, sound engineer for Bon -Jovi
1986 Vintage Yamaha NS10M's matched pair monitors
JBL 6208 powered monitors
Alesis Studio 2 Reference monitors
Event 20/20 powered monitors
Studiophile BX5 bi-amped Nearfield monitors
Altec Lansing surround sound with JBL speakers
JVC RX-552V Audio / Video pro logic Dolby surround
AMPS
1967 Vintage Crown dual channel DC 300A silver face -power amp
Alesis Matica 250 watt dual channel power amp
(2) Behringer Powerplay Pro XL HA4700 4 channel -headphone amps
Rolls 6 channel headphone amp
RECORDERS
(2) Mackie HDR 24/96 hard disk recorders with monitor / mouse / keyboard with Pro Tools editing tools
Alesis Adat HD24 24 track of analog and digital with -Adat optical input and outputs
Alesis Master Link 9600 High-Resolution Master Disk -Recorder
Panasonic SV 3800 Professional dat recorder
Kenwood dual high speed cassette recorder
Sony dual high speed stereo cassette recorder
Tascam 112 MK II cassette recorder/player
Tascam CD-201 CD player with remote
Tascam MOTU 2408 - Mark of the Unicorn
TEAC A-3440 Recorder
STUDIO MICROPHONES
(2) ADK – A51’s condenser mics
AKG – 414 – B - ULS condenser mic
(2) Audio Technica ATM87R unidirectional condenser -hi-SPL boundary mics
Audio Technica AT4050/CM5 transformerless capacitor -multi pattern mic
Audio Technica AT4060 vacuum tube capacitor mic
(1) Set Audix D series drum mics
CAD – Equitek E100 studio condenser mic
CAD – Equitek E300 studio condenser mic
Earthworks TC30K
Neumann TLM – 170 P24 stereo mic
Neumann TLM – 170 P48 stereo mic
Rode Classic preamp tube mic “The Classic”
(2) Rode NT1 mics
Shure Beta 56 mic
(2) Shure 55 H Series II mics
(2) Shure VP 88 phantom powered stereo mics
(10) Shure 58 mics
(12) Shure 57 mics
REVERBS
Alesis Midi Verb 4 dual channel parallel processor
Apex 104 aural exciter
Boss RV-70 digital stereo reverb / delay unit
Vintage Echoplex
Eventide DSP 4500 Ultra Harmonizer limited edition
Lexicon 300 digital effects system
Lexicon MPX-1 reverb unit
Roland SDE-330 dimensional space delay
T.C. Electronics M300 dual engine effects
EFFECTS
Alesis 1/3 octave precision equalizer
Antares ATR1 autotune intonation / pitch corrector
(2) Aphex 104 aural exciters
(2) Aphex 107 Tubessence 2 channel thermionic -microphone preamplifiers
Apogee Rosetta 24 bit analog to digital converter
Audio Technica AT8560 tube microphone powering unit
Avalon Design AD 2044 pure class 2 channel tube -compressor
Behringer Composer MDX 2100 audio interactive -dynamics processor
Behringer Edison Model EX1 stereo image processor -with phase meter
Behringer Multigate MEX3100 audio interactive quad -expander/gate compressor
Behringer Pro XL MDX 2600 Multicom processor and -composer
Behringer Pro XL MDX 4600 Multicom processor
Behringer Ultrafex II Model EX3100 multi-band sound -enhancement processor
Behringer Ultra-Q equalizer
Bellari dual channel tube microphone preamp
DBX 286 preamp microphone processor
(2) DBX – 363X dual gate stereo couplers
(2) DBX – 1231 graphic equalizers
Digitech Studio 400 Quad effects unit
Digitech Studio Quad 4 in 4 out multi effects processor
Digitech Studio Vocalist vocal harmony processor
Digitech VTP1 dual channel vacuum tube preamp / EQ / -converter
(2) Empirical Labs EL8 distressors – original mode
Focusrite Platinum 2 channel compressor / -compounder
Greg Hanks BA-660 tube preamp / limiter / compressor
Joe Meek Studio Channel VC1 enhancer / compressor
M-Audio Delta 44 Digital Audio Sound Card w/ breakout -box 4 in 4 out unlimited track recording
Oram Sonics microphone work station
Roland Soundcanvas SC-88
Sunn SGA 310 graphic equalizer amplifier
TC Electronics dual engine effects processor
TL Audio 2 channel tube preamp / compressor / dual -valve
TL Audio 2 channel tube preamp/equalizer
Ultra Proteus E-MU
PATCHBAYS
Neutrik audio patchbay
(13) Re’an AP audio patchbays
Z Systems digital patch bay 8 channel Z-8.8 digital -detangler
DRUM MODULES
Alesis D4 drum module
Alesis DM5 drum module
INSTRUMENTS
Yamaha P-60 Piano / controller
Roland JP 8080 voice and instrument modulator with -amp and filter
Korg Triton Rack with 2 added cards
Alesis NanoBass synthesizer module
INSTRUMENT AMPS
Fender Twin Reverb (tube)
Mesa Boogie (tube)
DRUMS
Ludwig 1972 vintage 4-piece set:
24” bass drum
12”/14” rack toms
16” floor tom
With:
10” Pearl rack tom
14” Tama brass shell piccolo snare drum
Paiste Cymbals: 20” ride/18” crash/14” Sound-Edge -hi-hats
TURNTABLE
Technique SC1200MK2 direct drive turntable
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