Mix Position Middle Ridge Studio Log Cabin Recording Studio Central Coast California Mixing Mastering Production SLO San Luis Obispo Paso Robles

Live Room Middle Ridge Studio Recording Studio Central Coast Recording Mixing Mastering Music Log Cabin

Musicians in a rustic recording studio with instruments and audio equipment.

Middle Ridge Studio Recording Studio Central Coast California Vintage Microphones and Equipment Recording Mixing Mastering San Luis Obispo Paso Robles SLO Monterey

Middle Ridge Studio Log Cabin Recording Studio Central Coast California Recording Mixing Mastering Production SLO Paso Robles San Luis Obispo Monterey

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Close-up of a professional condenser microphone with a shock mount in a wooden recording studio.

Close-up of a condenser microphone on a stand in a recording studio with a piano and drum set in the background.

A man playing an acoustic guitar in a recording studio with microphones set up in front of him. He is sitting on a stool, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. The room has wooden walls and a patterned rug on the floor.

Conversion

Universal Audio Apollo 16 II Quad
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Duo

Preamps

2 x BAE 1073 MPL 500 Series - LISTEN HERE
2 x Heritage Audio Lang 312L 500 series - LISTEN HERE
UAD 4-710d
Toft ATB 08M (Providing 8 channel strips based on the Trident 80B)
2 Universal Audio Unison Preamps (Apollo Twin X)

The Space

20’ x 30’ one room, log cabin studio
Vaulted ceiling

Condensers

Neumann U87 AI
2 x AKG C 414 B-XLS
2 x Soyuz 013 FET
United Studio Technologies UT FET47
Advanced Audio CM47 (Neumann U47 Clone)
2 x Lewitt 240
Shure Beta 91a

Dynamics

Shure SM7b
Sennheiser 421 II
Sennheiser 421 U5
Shure Unidyne III 545
Shure 540 S
EV 635A
EV DS30
2 x Shure Beta SM57’s
4 x Shure SM57’s
4 x Shure SM58’s
Sennheiser e606
Shure Beta 52
Beyerdynamic M610N - LISTEN HERE
Telefunken M811
Strasser M17N (Beyerdynamic M69N)

Ribbons

2 x Bang and Olufsen BM2 (Serviced by Cole Picks Vintage)
Altec 670A - LISTEN HERE
Beyerdynamic M260

Instruments and Amplifiers

Hammond C2
Leslie 710
Yamaha B1 Piano
Ludwig NeuSonic Powder Blue 3 Piece kit
Ludwig 6” Supralite Snare Drum
Ludwig 6” Universal Mahogany Snare Drum
20” Zildjian K Dark Ride
14” 70’s Zildjian A Hi Hats
Fender Bassman 100 Amp Head
Fender Bassman 100 4x12 Pyramid Cab
Fender Twin Amp (Pro Tube Series)
Roland JC55
Waikkiki #97 1950’s 12 watt tube amp
Arturia Minibrute
Arturia Keystep
Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin II
Squier Classic Vibe Custom Baritone Telecaster
Fender P Bass MIM 1993
Yamaha FG-140 MIJ

MAchine

2020 Mac Mini, 32GB RAM, Intel I7

D.A.W’s

Pro Tools
Logic
Universal Audio Luna

Monitoring

2 x Adam A44H
Adam 8 Sub
Sonarworks + A Control Tuning
Avantone Mix Cubes
Behringer P16 I + 5 x P16m

book a session

One Mic Sessions

NOT GEAR REVIEWS, JUST SOME OF THE SOUNDS POSSIBLE AT MIDDLE RIDGE STUDIO

ALTEC 670 A RIBBON MICROPHONE

A staple of the Middle Ridge Studio mic locker. I give some brief thoughts on the mic while speaking into it and then record a quick demo featuring acoustic guitar, piano and drums all using the Altec 670 A into the ‪Heritage Audio 312L 500 series preamp. The preamp came in handy with the "Ribbon & SM7" button adding tons of extra clean gain for the low output of the ribbon mic. I tracked bass along side, but it was DI'd into the 312L.

BEYERDYNAMIC M610N DYNAMIC MICROPHONE

The vintage ‪Beyerdynamic M610N through our ‪BAE Audio 1073MPL 500 series unit. I give some brief thoughts on the mic while speaking into it and then record a quick demo featuring acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums and synth all using the Beyerdynamic M610N into the ‪BAE Audio 1073MPL 500 series preamp.