EQ Magazine - September 2007 - (Page 96)

ROOM w/ VU a STUDIO NAME: J Street Recorders LOCATION: Sacramento, CA CONTACT: www.jstreetrecorders.com KEY CREW: Brian Wheat, Michael Rosen, Dan Wallace CONSOLE: 56-channel Neve 8108 COMPUTERS: Mac G4, G5; PC (serves as loop station) INTERFACE: Apogee Ensemble RECORDERS: Digidesign Pro Tools HD, 002; MCI JH16-24 24track 2" tape machine; TASCAM X-48 48-track workstation MONITORING: Tannoy System 15 DMTII; Yamaha NS-10 MICS: AKG C414 B-ULS (2), D112; Audio-Technica AT4033 (3), AT4047 (4), AT4050/CM5, AT4051 (4), AT4060, AT815ST, AT841A, ATM25 (2); Avlex CI35 (4), AVS20 (4); Blue Bottle; Royer R-121 (2); Sennheiser MD421 II (4); Shure KSM44 (2), SM57 (4), SM58 (4), SM81 (2); Superlux CM-H8B (2), CM-H8D, CM-H8G PREAMPS/DI: API 543 (2), 550b (2), 560 (2), 7600 (2); Avalon U5; Millennia HV-3D, TD-1; Neve 1073 (8); Vintech Audio Model 473 COMPRESSORS/LIMITERS: Behringer Multigate Pro XR4400; dbx 160A (3), 160XT (3); Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor (2); Millennia HVD-8, STT-1; Teletronix LA-2A (2), 1176 (2) EFFECTS: Alesis Quadraverb; Aphex Aural Exciter Type C; Digitech Vocalist Access; Ensoniq DP/4; Eventide H3000 D/SX; Lexicon PCM-80; SPL Transient Designer 4 NOTES: Upon the completion of 1986’s Mechanical Resonance, Tesla bassist and gear hound Brian Wheat (pictured) began forging a plan to one day own and operate his own studio — a dream that was realized in 2004, when Wheat and cohort Marcos Busto opened up J Street Recorders. Nail by nail, Wheat and Marcos built the facility from the ground up, working from Wheat’s design as to what he, as a musician, envisioned his ideal studio to look like and sound like. Replete with a modified Neve 8108 courtesy of Pat Schneider, J Street Recorders is a perfect balance of vintage analog gear and modern state-of-the-art equipment — an amalgamation of some seriously sweet tools that made Wheat’s personal studio a utopian environment to work on the recent Tesla releases Real to Reel and Into the Now. But J Street is not a studio that Wheat holds close to his chest; he has opened the doors to major artists such as the Deftones and Jackie Greene. As a result, J Street has turned into a hub for his own production company, as well as a vehicle for serving the community of musicians with whom he has developed close ties over the course of 20 years in the music business. Finishing up work on the next Bullets and Romance album (a project Wheat says he’s extremely proud of), the bassist-turned-producer/engineer says that the main purpose of opening J Street wasn’t just to record his own music, but to provide a service to up-and-coming acts, as well as oldtime friends. “With this facility, an artist or band can make a record for a fraction of what I had to pay in the glory days of Tesla, he says. ” HEY, EQ READERS. WANT US TO FEATURE YOUR STUDIO? SEND PICS AND INFO TO eq@musicplayer.com. by Salvatore Russo 96 EQ SEPTEMBER 2007 www.eqmag.com http://www.jstreetrecorders.com http://www.eqmag.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of EQ Magazine - September 2007

Contents Talk Box Sounding Board Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Ben and Vesper Kaiser Chiefs Toolbox Ozma Porcupine Tree Rush The Software Power User Guide Guitar Trax Bass Management Key Issues Drumheads Vocal Cords Mix Bus Cheat Sheet Chameleon Labs TS1 and TS2 Primera Bravo Se Disc Publisher Roland MC-808 Magix Samplitude Professional 9.1 Massey Tape-Head Big Fish Audio Revolucion Reggaeton Sonivox World Beats Sony Pocket Diva Adobe Audition 2.0 Cakewalk Sonar 6 Room with a VU: J Street Recorders, Sacramento, CA

EQ Magazine - September 2007

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