The Team

We are a team of local musicians and creatives devoted to developing our craft and collaborating with you to make your creative vision a reality. We are proud to work with a wide variety of local studio musicians, producers, engineers, filmmakers, and photographers to make your project come to life.

rick Kirschner
executive producer

sky seidel
songwriting mentor // creative collaborations // artist in residence

chris wells
engineer // producer // drums

sarah Canning
songwriting mentor // vocals // keys 

willi whiston
creative director // youth outreach worker // filmmaker

The gear

Our system has been modelled after world class studio spaces in Vancouver and around the world and features a powerful combination of sweet sounding analog gear and a fast, high definition modern digital work station.

microphones

You can't replace good sound and it is so vital to use the right tool to capture very voice, instrument, and sound at the very beginning of the signal chain with both accuracy and artistry.

Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphones

• Neumann u87 Ai
• Agk P220 (x2)

Small Diaphragm Condenser Microphones

• Shure KSM 141 (Stereo Pair)
• Rode NT5

Dynamic Microphones

• Shure SM7b
• Shure SM57 (x3)
• Sennheiser MD 421 Mk2 (x3)
• Electro-Voice RE20 (x2)
• Sennheiser e604 (x3)
• AKG D112 (x2)

analogue outboard gear

Compressors

• Emperical Labs Distressor (x2)
• SSL 611 E-Series (x2)
• BAE 500c FET (x2)
• dBX 266XL

Preamps

• API 3124 (4-Channel)
• Undertone Audio MPDI-4 (4-Channel)
• Presonus ADL 600 Tube ( 2-Channel)

the Console/mixing desk

It's no secret that the console is the centre of every studio. As soon as you walk into the control room you'll find the beautiful and powerful Audient ASP 4816, our very own small format analogue console from legendary designer David Dearden.

Console Specifications

• 48 Inputs
• 16 Audient Mic Pres
• 4 Band Splitable EQ
• Mix Bus Compressor
• 16 Record Buses
• 8 Subgroups/Inserts
• 6 Auxes , 2 Cue Sends
• Inline Architecture 
• 4 Stereo Monitor Outputs
• Comprehensive Monitor Control

the Control Room

​Monitoring

• Adam A7X Monitors (pair)
• KRK 10s Subwoofer
• Avantone Pro Active MixCubes (pair)
  

Hardware and Software

• Apple Mac Pro w/32gb RAM w/ dual 27" Viewing Monitors 
• Pro Tools HD 12 Native
• Logic Pro X

Featuring industry standard plugins from Waves Audio, Slate Digital, and Izotope.

AD/DA Converter

• Antelope Audio Orion 32HD featuring "zero latency monitoring, I/O streaming of 64-channel 192 kHz audio, industry-leading clocking, and pristine AD/DA conversion."

MIDI/Synth Controller

• Arturia KeyLab 88

Cabling

Every single step in the single chain in so important to having clean sound and no detail is to small to overlook. All of our input boxes are custom made from Vintage King Audio in Detroit with industry standard Neutrik Connectors.

All of our XLR and D-Sub Connectors are either Vintage King Audio Custom Order or Mogami Gold, and all our XLR mic cables are Mogami Gold Studio Grade.

The invitation

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