Juke Village is a state-of-the-art studio equipped with the same high-end equipment major recording studios use for their top artists. Our vocal microphones are the best on the East coast. In fact, the complete recording chain uses only top-of-the-line preamps, equalizers, compressors and reverb. The producer, Don Hooper, has experience mixing a #1 country/pop hit, and has co-written another #1 contemporary hit. All in all, you are assured of the highest quality recording, with utmost care taken to achieve your satisfaction.
Some features:
- Legendary vocal microphones - Telefunken ELA M 251AC (custom made to order). This is no ordinary microphone. Custom-made with a handpicked 40-year old new AC701K tube, the vocal quality of this microphone puts it with a handful in the world that only top artists have opportunity to use. Also a Brauner VMA (with VMX and VM1), and ADK CS-251.
- Top instrument microphones - Neumann, Brauner, AKG.
- Classic analog recording chain, best of the best- Telefunken ELAM 251AC, Neumann and AKG microphones, Avalon 737 tube preamp,Tube Tech tube preamp, Tube Tech CL-1B, Manley Massive Passive tube equalizer, Tube Tech Pultec tube equalizer, Bricasti M7 reverb.
- Total mixdown flexibility - using 4ft 48-channel display on Pro Tools HD with 192kb A/D conversion.
- State-of-the-art acoustics - The recording room is a live setting with perfect diffusion from 45-30khz. It uses a wall design called fractal QRD, the next generation beyond what is found in major studios. No glass, no unwanted reflections.
When you hear your vocals as through the Telefunken ELA M 251AC (custom-made just for us), Brauner VMA, or ADK CS-251 tube microphones, you will immediately know the difference from what you've been using. Clear and detailed, each one great in it's own way. Over the years we have moved up through better and better microphones, continually A/B comparing results, finally settling on the best of the best.
When you hear your music with full spectrum-diffused room sound, you will know the difference compared to dead space studios. No muffled, muddy vocals. No unwanted reflected sounds. This took us 5 years of development to achieve.
Unique equipment -
Telefunken ELA M 251AC custom-built just for us to rival the best vintage ones.
The Bricasti M7 reverb is the best in the business, bar none. With our hand-tuned reverb, artists have said they cannot tell the difference between it and the the classic EMT and sun sound chamber reverbs.
Our particular Manley Massive Passive tube equalizer has been preferred by musicians over others of the same model.
1942 Gibson Banner J45 is quite simply one-of-a -kind, a Nashville treasure. For that bluesy sound.
Beckwith Strings hand-crafted maple guitar, also one-of-a-kind, beautiful clarity and tone, preferred by musicians over their own guitar.
National Vintage Steel resonator, double-plated just for us. Listen to our sound sample "In Big Trouble" to hear it's cut-through sound.
The vintage Turner bullet microphone gives the best Chicago blues edge we've ever heard.
Mixdown/mastering assistant for England Dan and John Ford Coleyrecording at Seals & Crofts Studio. Participated in mixdown for #1 country crossover hit "Bop" by Dan Seals.
Wired and setup studio for John Barnes (producer for Janet Jackson, and arranger for Michael Jackson recordings, in collaboration with Quincy Jones). Recording engineer at this studio.
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