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Test Tube Audio

About Me

Test Tube Audio is a fully equipped digital and analog recording studio located in Austin, TX. Our 350 sf floating live room features wood floors, vaulted ceilings, and non-parallel walls. It was designed and built to capture gigantic and organic drum sounds. The Isolation Booth (also floating and independent from the live room and control room) is appx. 80 sf and looks into the live room and control room via large glass doors. The control room and lounge area share a spacious 540 sf room allowing for a comfortable and relaxing recording experience.
new(ish) stuff:
62 reissue Fender custom Telecaster
Tama Starclassic Bubinga Kit
3/7/07 Currently working with Lower 4th on their debut full length, Jetsuns debut full length, an EP for Set Aflame, another full length for Slider, an EP for A Ghost Story and a full length for Rescue Mission. Be on the look out for all these discs!
New gear includes:
FMR RNP 2 channel mic pre
Randall RMS100M w/ Fender blackface, VOX AC30, and MesaBoogie preamps

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/11/2005
Band Website: www.testtubeaudio.com
Band Members: Kevin Butler - Producer, Engineer, Owner

interested in interning? email [email protected]
Influences:

Sounds Like: main_working_FINAL

Test Tube Audio



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Test Tube Audio's Main Facility

Digidesign 002R with Presonus Digimax LT ( 16 total simultaneous analog inputs )
PowerMac Dual 2.3 GHz G5
Akai 1/4" 2 track reel to reel recorder
Pro Tools 6.9.2
Logic Pro 7.2
Elemental Audio Neodynium / Eqium Bundle (awesome compressor/EQ plugins!)
Drumagog Drum Sampler / Replacer
Dual 19" Flatscreen displays
Mackie HR824 High Definition Studio Monitors
Yamaha HS10 W Powered Subwoofer
Alesis mkII powered monitors
FMR audio RNLA 7239 Stereo Leveling Amp
FMR audio RNP 2 channel Mic Pre
Mackie HMX56 headphone mixer
Presonus stereo tube preamp
Roland VM-3100pro 20 channel Digital Mixer
Yamaha RX-350 Heaphone Power Amp
(x2)Metrophones Headphones
AKG 240k Headphones
(x2)Sennheiser HD280 pro headphones
Yamaha rh3C Headphones
(x2)Audio Technica ATHM20

Mics: ( see picture above )
Groove Tubes GT 67 (Multipattern Tube Condenser)
M-Audio Solaris (Multipattern Large Diaphram Condenser)
(x2)Octava MC012
Sennheiser E609
GT Electronics AM51 Large Diaphram Condenser
Octava MK219 Large Diaphram Condenser
(x2) Shure KSM109 Small Diaphram Condenser
(x4) Shure SM57
Shure SM58
Shure Beta 56A
Shure Beta 52
Realistic SH-58

Instruments:
Yamaha Upright Piano
Hammond Chord Organ
1957 Gretsch Streamliner Hollowbody Electric
80's Ludwig Drum Kit - 19"K custom dark crash, 16" Sabian HHX dark crash, 14" Zildjian Mastersound Hi-Hats, 20" Zildjian Avedis Ride
Sigma Acoustic Guitar
30 watt tube Marshall Combo ( makes a geat head for a 4x12 cab too)
Software Instruments:
Apple Logic Pro 7.2
Native Instrumetns Battery 2.0 ( great drum sampler )
Reason 3.0 ( samples of just about any instrument you can think of)

.. http-equiv="Content-Type" c.."text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" Test Tube Audio ::: Clients ::: Recent Clients ('07):
Clouds Are Ghost
Death Is Not A Joyride
The Lower Fourth
Ordet
Thanks For The Warning
Relentless Jones
Bronson Wood


Goodnight GoddessHard Rock Produced, Engineered, Mastered Oprah vs. Halliburton.mp3
Sunset VeilHard Rock Produced, Engineered, Mastered Stir.mp3
Alejandro EscovedoFolk/Rock Engineering
Set AflameMetal Produced, Engineered 8mm.mp3
VerneshotHard Rock Produced, Engineered Stuck.mp3
The Jetsuns Space RockProduced, Engineered Earthquake.mp3
Natalie Flowers Folk, Jazz EngineeringAll Of This Is Better
Isaac The BlindMetal Produced, Engineered, Mastered Track 03.mp3
ExeterSpace Rock Produced, Engineered, Mastered Jihad.mp3
Skylines EndPop Punk Producing, Engineering
Forever In A MomentPost Hardcore

Paradox
VoiceBox Records

Hip Hop Mixing Mastering Drop The Drums.mp3
FelsonRock
Consider The Source Rock, IndieMastering
Kazki Rock, Blues, R&BEngineering
Preserve The Sound Rock, Indie Mastering
Set Aside Metal Engineering
Color Of Violence Grindcore Engineering
Squares Are Best Hard Rock/Pop Produced, Engineered Overdone.mp3
Whiskey Decision Punk Rock Produced, Engineered, Mastered
Micah JollyFolk, Blues, Rock Mixed, Mastered
Sava ExperimentalProduced, Engineered
Out Of The Blue
And Start West

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

rates ( engineering , producing , studio )

Studio + Engineer:Day Rate (10+ hrs): $300Hourly Rate: $40_________________________________________________________ ______________Studio + Producer/ Engineer:I often work on projects in the studio as t...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:55:00 GMT

Process

Kevin Butler's take on what goes into making an excellent recording: Preproduction:Preproduction! Preproduction! Preproduction!If you come to Test Tube to record, I'm not going to just set up some mic...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:53:00 GMT

deposit info

For full day bookings ( usually drum sessions for "projects" ) A $150 deposit is required for each day. Cancelletions less than 24 hours prior to session start time will result in a loss of deposit. S...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:41:00 GMT