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Bengineer

About Me

The Rec Room Studio is my place to record music with my friends. Great gear, great vibe. A comfy hideout to be your most creative!

Recent projects at The Rec Room:

Here are some pictures of The Rec Room:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: www.therecroomstudio.com
Band Members:

Bengineer- Ben Surratt, Recording Engineer


Here is the cast of characters:
ProTools HD
Antares Vocal Tune
Neumann M582's
AT 4060 tube
AKG TLII
Rode NT-5's
Rode NT 1000
AT 3060 tube
RCA 77DX
Octava MK12's
assorted other fun mics
Furman 6 channel cue for the pickers & singers
Furman balanced power (keeps things nice & quiet!)
Influences: Al Schmitt (how the heck do you do that, Al?) Cecil Jones, George Massenberg (love the pres, George!), Bob Clearmountain, Roy Homer, Bill McElroy, Billy Wolf, John Nagy, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Ed H. Oliver, Reno & Smiley, Mac Wiseman, Louvin Brothers, Delmore Brothers, Terry Smith Oliver, Thomas B. Oliver, S. A. Oliver, I.E. Richardson III, Tony Rice, J.D. Crowe, Country Gentlemen, J.F. Surratt Jr., Jimmy Martin, Bluegrass Cardinals, The Osborne Brothers, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Wills, J. F. Surratt, Ray Price, Faron Young, Gene Watson, Gus Vollmar, Lester Moran, Rebel O'Leary, Bruce Dickenson, Esteban, not necessarily in that order.
Sounds Like: we need more cowbell!
Record Label: I record for them all

My Blog

Update in studio-land

I'm nearly always down in the studio puttering around on this or that, and I thought I'd get all the latest accomplishments down on paper before I forgot. The biggest news was the aquisition of a new ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:15:00 GMT

my wife, my studio

My wife is too cool sometimes.  Came home from a hard day behind the console, and what did she get me?  A new lava lamp!  For those of you who have one, you know how cool that is. ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:39:00 GMT

Music on the Rec Room Myspace

Hey folks, I've started adding some tunes that were recorded here at The Rec Room to give you an idea of what things sound like.  First up is Claire Lynch from "New Day".  I've got others to...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:04:00 GMT

Pine Mountain Railroad at The Rec Room

I just got a spare moment so I thought I would bring you up to date on recent fun and games here at The Rec Room. First things first, I finished mixing the new Pine Mountain Railroad project Heartache...
Posted by on Mon, 15 May 2006 17:37:00 GMT

About the Rec Room

I thought I'd take a moment to describe my own personal recording space, The Rec Room Studio.  For years I've wanted to have my own place, with my wife and friends encouraging me along to way to ...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:33:00 GMT