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SWEET SPOT STUDIO

About Me

RATES:
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LOCATION:
9 Tower Hill Drive Washingtonville, NY 10992
BOOKING:
Message us here on MySpace or e-mail us:
[email protected]
HARDWARE:
Digidesign Digi002 audio interface
Apple G4 1.25GHz PowerMac
Tascam M-308 8 channel analog mixing console
Soundcraft Spirit Folio RacPac mixer
SOFTWARE:
Digidesign ProTools 8.0
Celemony Melodyne 3.2
Propellerhead Reason Adapted 2.0
Adaptec Toast 10
Soundhack

PLUG-INS of all sorts, but here are the ones we use most:
Amplitube guitar amp modeler/effects unit (now we're just being lazy)
Antares Autotune 3 (the "no way, man. it sounded perfect in that Lil Wayne kinda way." vocal effect/pitch correction tool)
Bombfactory LA2A and 1176 compressor/limiter (killer on everything)
Celemony Melodyne plug-in (the "at least it doesn't sound like Lil Wayne" pitch correction tool) Digirack reverb, dynamic effects, eq, gate, compressor/limiter, etc.
Filterbank eq, compressor/limiter (classy)
Joe Meek eq, compressor (character)
Moogerfooger delay (space), ring modulator (grimey springs in space!)
Sansamp distortion (overused on recordings since 1995)
Sound Replacer (usually for drum triggering)
Tel-Ray delay ('Shins' as fuck)
VocAlign (hey, it's almost like you played it right!)
VoceSpin (spinny-maker; much smaller & quieter than the "leslie")
AND a shit-ton more available!
MONITORS:
Mackie HD824 nearfield
Yamaha NS10 nearfield
MICS:
AKG 414
Audio Technica AT4033
Audio Technica AT813 (2)
Audix D6 (2)
Beyer M260 ribbon
Oktava MK012 w/ omni or LO-MO (U87 style) cardiod capsule
Rode NTK tube condenser
Sennheiser e609
Sennheiser MD409
Sennheiser MD421 (3)
Shure Beta 52
Shure Green Bullet
Shure KSM44
Shure SM57 (4)
Shure SM7
Shure SM81 (2)
Shure 545SD
Sony C500
OUTBOARD:
Alesis 3630 2-channel compressor/gate
Alesis MidiVerb stereo multi-effects unit
Alesis RA150 stereo power amplifier
Antares AVP-1 Vocal Producer (Auto-Tune)
Aphex 2 Channel Aural Exciter/Big Bottom
Empirical Labs Distressor (w/ 1:1 British mode mod)
FMR RNC1773 2-channel compressor
Focusrite Platinum Penta mic preamp/opto-compressor
Line 6 Bass Pod Pro
Presonus Digimax LT 8-channel mic preamp
Samson 4-channel stereo headphone amp
Tech 21 Sansamp RBI rackmount DI/bass tube amp emulator
Trident S20 2-channel mic preamp
AMPS:
Ampeg B-15N combo (1975)
Ampeg SVT-3 bass head
Ampeg Portabass (2x10") bass cabinet
Ashdown ABM 500 RC EVOII bass head
Ashdown ABM 810 (8x10") bass cabinet
Fender Bandmaster (1966 Blackface)
Fender Bassman '59 Re-issue (4x10") combo
Fender Dual Showman (80's Silverface) w/ Hi-gain mods by Cesar Diaz
Fender Princeton combo (1978 Silverface)
Harmony combo ('60s?)
Leslie rotating speaker & preamp w/ Hi-Lo speed switch
Marshall 1960 (4x12") cabinet w/ "Greenback" speakers
Marshall JCM 800 50-watt dual channel head
Marshall Mini (9V)
Peavey 5150 head
Silvertone 1483 head w/ tube mods & matching (1x15") cabinet ('60s)
Smokey (Camel Lights)
DRUMS*:
14" Ludwig Acrolite aluminum snare (1970s)
14" Pearl wood snare (1960's)
12" Rogers rack tom (1960's)
16" Rogers copy floor tom (1960's)
22" Rogers kick (1960's)
14" Slingerland copy floor tom (1960s)
12" Stewart rack tom (1960s)
20" Stewart kick (1960s)
CYMBALS:
20" Ludwig suspended cymbal w/rivets
14" Zildjian A Mastersound Hi-hats
22" Zildjian A Medium Ride
20" Zildjian K Ride
20" w/rivets
PERCUSSION:
assorted tambourines, egg shakers, cabasa, knick-knacks,
+ random metal objects available.
*drum hardware available upon request
MANY DISTORTION and EFFECTS PEDALS also available
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/07/2005
Band Website: This is it
Band Members: Keith Bogart (owner/producer/engineer)
Sean Hansen (producer/engineer)
Influences: things recorded by:
Chris Walla
J. Robbins
Ethan Johns
Chad Clark
John Agnello
Steve Albini
Matt Bayles
Rob Schnapf
Alan Parsons
Ted Nicely
Sounds Like: Clients include:

PARK RANGER
THE ATARIS
matt pond PA
ROBOTS & EMPIRE
CASKET ARCHITECTS
MY BITTER END
MABUS
MANPOWER
COBRA COMMANDER
NERVE GAS TRAGEDY
THIS SHIP WILL SAIL
FORMAL ENGINE
CALVIN JAMES
MONTHLY PARKER
CHRIS HANSEN
THE NERVOUS BAND
KNIVES WIDE OPEN
+ many many more
Record Label: SONY, SANCTUARY, PARROT ON A PORCH, GLACIAL & more
Type of Label: Major

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about us

Sweet Spot Studio is a low-cost recording space ($30 p/hr), located in Orange County NY. A collection of modern and vintage equipment and musical instruments accumulated over the years by Keith Bogart...
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