Oak Park, IL - any recommendations?

[zoetrope]

I'm looking for a good studio in Oak Park or close by; anyone have a recommendation or a pitch?

[clodock]

I have a studio in Oak Park. It's nuendo based, 24 channels of Lucid AD/DA converters that sound real nice, and a 1/2" 8track (otari mx5050) if you feel like going to tape first, or going old school. I'm still working on a website for the place, but in the meantime, here's our gear list:

Tac Matchless 26x24x8x2 board
Nuendo 1.6 with 24 channels I/O and UAD plug-ins
Cranesong HEDD 2 Channel Converter with Tape and Tube simulation

Mics:
Lawson L47MP
Royer R121
Blue Dragonfly
Shure KSM-44
Blue Baby Bottle
Octava MC-012 match pair, omni, cardoid, and hypercardoid capsules
SM57 x3
Sennheiser 421 x4

Outboard:
Avalon 737sp
Langevin Dual Vocal Combo 2 channel
Sytek 4 channel pre
Aphex 207 2 channel
TC M-One Reverb

Instruments:
Fender 52 reissue tele
Fender Japanese tele thinline reissue
Fender 54 Strat reissue
Fender Mexican 60's strat reissue
Gibson Historic 335 reissue
Gibson SG
Martin D-42 Koa
Martin OO-17 Mahogany
Fender reissue P-Bass, Japanese Jazz Bass
Guild Starfire bass
Standup bass
Rickenbacker lap steel
dean dobro (who knew, sadly not a flying v resonator, pawn shop score)
baldoni accordian

Amps (lovingly maintained by Ian at Specimen)
Victoria Victoriette (2x10, 20watt, reverb, trem)
65 Blackface Fender Bassman with 1x15 Music man cabinet
64 Blackface Fender Bandmaster with weber-loaded 2x12 cabinet
Silverface fender vibro-champ
Brownface Fender Vibroverb reissue
THD plexi 50 replica with 2x12 vintage 30 loaded bogner cabinet
old ampeg b-15
mesa 400+ with 2, 1x15 ev loaded mesa road cabs

great selection of boutique guitar pedals, mostly fulltone.

You can here some stuff recently done here at http://leprecore.com.
I would refer you to "make-it-over" and "window-web" as examples of the sounds we've been getting lately. There's also a picture of the live room there. We feature a homey atmosphere and comfortable surroundings.

If you are interested, our # is 773.330.1631. I'd love to discuss your project with you.

[xonlocust]

john who posts here also has a nice place near there....

http://www.chicagosoundlab.com/menu.html

[zoetrope]

There's also a picture of the live room there.

I just want to see the back scratcher.

[ericblam]

What style of music are you recording? Do you need a really nice tracking room, or are you doing more electronic based music?

eric@blam
blamrecording@aol.com

[moogrocker]

Thanks for the nod Nick,


If you want the pitch....

SSL 6040E/G+ console
Pro tools HD 192
2" analog
Huge brick live room with hard wood and 12' ceilings
located 5 miles west of Midway
and we're SUPER cheap since we just opened up.

Give me a call if you've got questions.

John 630-362-1295
www.chicagosoundlab.com

[xonlocust]

john no problem-
and to be fair, eric's got a few great setups as well, but he's more north side, that's the only reason i didn't mention him in that last post!

thats the cool thing about chicago, a lot of really cool, talented people all over!

[zoetrope]

What style of music are you recording?

Mostly acoustic guitar and vocals with other sonic fun tossed in for spice. Electronic stuff I can do at home, but acoustic stuff sounds like crap in my little basement set up.