STEVE E. LOVE SOUND is a full service, 3-room recording studio featuring 24-track, 24-bit digital, and, 2-track 15 ips analog recording. The beautifully lit rooms have a warm ambiance.

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The Rooms

The performance room is a 20’ x 16’ acoustically designed room with wood accents, a black-carpeted floor, 2 brick walls, and a wooden ‘I’ beam with soft, multicolored halogen lights. The walls and ceiling are covered with charcoal Auralex   2” Studiofoam and LENRD Bass Traps. The entire room is bordered in a warm, glowing rope light.

The isolation room is 16’ x 9’, has a wood floor made of 2” thick, 12” wide planks partially covered by an oriental rug, exposed oak ‘I’ beams over 2 wooden doors, and walls covered with charcoal Auralex   2” Studiofoam and LENRD Bass Traps. It offers a live sound without deflections and is perfect for vocals, percussion, acoustic and electric guitars.

The recording suite is 15’ x 12’ with a wood floor made of 2” thick, 12” wide planks. The side and front walls are covered with 4’ high mahogany wainscoting. The remaining walls and ceiling are covered with charcoal Auralex   2” Studiofoam and LENRD Bass Traps. The rear wall is brick.

The Equipment

Amplifiers and Cabinets

Ø     BLB 1x12” guitar cabinet

Ø     Eden D-118XL bass cabinet

Ø     Eden D-410XLT bass cabinet

Ø     Fender Bassman amp (50 watts, tube) –1961

Ø     Fender Bassman 2x12” cabinet – 1961

Ø     Fender Bassman amp (100 watts, tube) – 1974

Ø     Fender Bassman 4x12” cabinet –1974

Ø     Hartke 7000 bass amp

Ø     (2) Mesa Boogie V-Twin tube preamp

Basses and Guitars

Ø     Acoustic parlor 6-string guitar – 1940’s

Ø     Fender acoustic 6-string –early 1980’s

Ø     Fender fretless Jazz Bass – Late 1990’s

Ø     Gibson SG Standard guitar – mid-1980’s

Ø     Gibson Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty” – mid 1970’s

Ø     Hofner violin-shaped Beatle bass – 1969

Ø     Rickenbacker 4001bass – mid 1980’s

Ø     Vox 12-string acoustic/electric guitar – 1968

Percussion

Ø     Assorted Latin Percussion instruments

Ø     Roc ‘N Soc motorcycle throne

Ø     Tama Iron Cobra hi-hat stand

Ø     Yamaha Pedal

Ø     Yamaha Stage Customs – 6-piece kick 22”, toms 10”, 12”, 14”, 16”

Ø     Zildjian 21” Rock Ride

Ø     Zildjian 16” hand-hammered Constantinople crash

Ø     Zildjian 16” sizzle (with rivets)

Ø     Zildjian 14” Quick Beat hi-hat cymbals

Ø     Zildjian 12” splash

Keyboard 

Ø     Korg SG-SD 88-weighted-key sampling grand

Microphones  

Ø     AKG C414 B-TL II

Ø     AKG D-112 (5)

Ø     Audio-technica 4050/CM5

Ø     Audix OM5 (5)

Ø     Beyerdynamic M300 TG

Ø     Electro Voice ND 757

Ø     Electro Voice ND 468 (4)

Ø     Electro Voice 635

Ø     Neumann Kmi 84 (2)

Ø     Rode NT3 (2)

Ø     Shure Beta SM 58 (4)

Ø     Shure Beta 56

Ø     Shure SM 58 (2)

Ø     Shure SM 57 (4)

Ø     Sony C-37A

Monitoring

Ø     AKG K 240 headphones (5)

Ø     Audio-technica ATH-M40 headphones (5)

Ø     Behringer Powerplay Pro headphone distro amp

Ø     JBL 4312A (powered by a Macintosh C-26 pre-amp /Crown DC 300A

Ø     KRK V8  (internally powered)

Ø     Tascam MH-40 headphone amp

Recording

Ø     Allen & Heath GL2200 24 channel mixing console

Ø     Antares AT3 Auto Tune pitch correction software

Ø     Apple Power Mac G4 dual 800 GHz processors, 1.5 GIG ram, CDRW/DVD burner, OSX

Ø     Avalon AD2022 Pure Class A mic/instrument preamplifier

Ø     Avalon Vt 747sp Pure Class A spectral opto-compressor EQ

Ø     Digital Performer 4.5

Ø     Manley Vari-VU

Ø     MOTU 24i analog/digital interface

Ø     Nakamichi BX 125 cassette deck

Ø     Tascam 32 1/4” 15ips open reel analog mastering deck

Ø     Universal Audio UAD-1 Studio Pak Mastering Software