Palomino Sound
Augusta, MI

I have a modest but comfortable recording studio in my basement.  I can handle four or five musicians at a time quite nicely.  I can accommodate as many musicians as necessary but I like to work with three or less at a time.  I have one isolation room for loud guitars and a small drum kit with lots of personality.  I can also furnish small recently refurbished vintage guitar amps with classic tone and character.  I use a Fostex 16 channel digital recorder for tracking.  For outboard mic preamps I have two dual-channel ART MPA Golds, and a two channel Aphex 107.  I have five condenser microphones, a ribbon (Nady RSM-2) and assorted dynamic mics.  The Fostex tracks are transferred to my computer where CuBase and other plug-in software are used for mixing and mastering of the final product.

My most recent session was with Schlitz Creek, a young bluegrass band from the mountains of Kalamazoo, MI.  We did three songs you can hear in the samples below.

Prior to that, a band from East Lansing, MI called My Neighbor's Dog was in the studio for two days and a total of about eight hours.  I tracked the guitars, bass and vocals on the first day and did the drums with 5 mics on the second day.  We did four of their original songs complete with multi-tracked parts.  Later I did the mixing and mastering in CuBase.

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