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Making great sounding records in comfort and style in Boston's best recording studio

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Equipment in Studio A

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  • Neve 8068 Mark I, 32x16x32, fully refurbished and restored by Fred Hill of Nashville, TN

Tape & Digital Recorders

  • Studer A 827 2″ 24 track tape machine
  • Pro Tools HDX w/ 24 channels of AVID HD I/O, running Pro Tools 10.
  • An additional 8 channels of legacy converters (Digidesign 888’s) are available for sessions that require more inputs and outputs.
  • Ampex 102 1/2″ 2 track tape machine
  • Alesis ML-9600 Masterlink

Fun vintage stuff you can ask for, but we’re not sure why you would:

  • Fostex RD8 Digital 8-track recorder
  • Panasonic SV 3800 DAT Machine
  • Tascam 2000 Real Time CD-R

Mic Pre/ EQ

  • Pultec EQP-1A Tube EQ
  • Focusrite ISA-115 Dual Mic Pre w/2 Band Parametric, Hi/Lo Shelf
  • Westar Custom Dual 4-Band Parametric EQ w/Shelving Option

Monitoring

  • Genelec 1031 powered monitors
  • Yamaha NS-10M reference monitors
  • Minimus-7 reference monitors
  • Yamaha 2000 Series monitor amplifiers
  • Hearback Personal Monitoring System
  • Sennheiser headphones, and other options available upon request

Compression & Gates

  • Neve 33609j Stereo Compressor/Limiter
  • Neve 2254a Stereo Compressor/Limiter
  • Urei 1178 Stereo Compressor
  • Teletronix LA-3A (x2) Compressor
  • Universal Audio LA-4 (x2) Compressor/Limiter
  • Universal Audio 175-B Compressor
  • Summit Audio TLA-100A (x2) Compressor
  • Drawmer RS201 Dual Gate w/sidechain input
  • Dyna-mite Dual Gate/Expander/Limiter w/sidechain input x2
  • DBX 160x (x2) Compressor/Limiter
  • DBX FS900 (x2) DeEsser
  • Altec 436c Compressor(1)
  • Focusrite Red 2 Stereo Compressor/Limiter
  • Empirical Labs Distressor Compressor x2

Reverb & Effects

  • EMT Plate Reverb *
  • Lexicon 300 Digital Effects System
  • Lexicon PCM 70 (x2) Digital Effects System
  • Lexicon PCM 60 Reverberator
  • Lexicon PCM 42 Digital Delay Processor
  • Lexicon PCM 41 Digital Delay Processor
  • Yamaha SPX 90 (x2) Digital Effects System
  • Yamaha D 1500 (x2) Digital Delay
  • Sans Amp Rack Distortion Processor
  • Roland Space Echo *
  • Echoplex Tape Echo *

Microphones *

Check out our Mic List for an up to date inventory of our microphones.

Floating Racks *

  • Universal Audio 1176 rev D Compressor
  • SpectraSonics 610 mono Compressor

Instruments: Our instruments are listed under TOYS. Most instruments can be used in any room, but the piano and Hammond Organ live in A full time.

* Please note: While Studio A gets first pick of microphones (and the plate reverb) we do encourage our engineers to share as much as possible with other sessions that are taking place in our facility. We have plenty of microphones and instruments, so we don’t usually have any trouble accommodating 2 full sessions.

This is only an approximate list of what we have for client use. Other equipment may be available for your session — there are always a lot of fun toys around our studios. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are not always available. If you have questions about something on this list, or need something that you don’t see listed here, please give us a call (617-623-3500) with any questions. If we don’t have it, or can’t get it, we’re happy to help you locate it.

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Rooms & Equipment Lists

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  • Studio B
    • Equipment in Studio B
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  • Mic List
  • Voice Overs, Remote Interviews, Source Connect, and Phone Patches

In Studio A…

  • Juliana Hatfield Livestream 1/23/21

    Juliana Hatfield Livestream 1/23/21

  • Juliana Hatfield Live Stream!

    Juliana Hatfield Live Stream!

  • Dropkick Murphy’s Smash Shit Up

    Dropkick Murphy’s Smash Shit Up

  • April Renzella

    April Renzella

  • Muck and the Mires – Cupid’s Not a Friend of Mine

    Muck and the Mires – Cupid’s Not a Friend of Mine

  • The Providers

    The Providers

  • Magen Tracy & the Missed Connections – Long Burning Fuse

    Magen Tracy & the Missed Connections – Long Burning Fuse

  • Harpoon Sessions – Cliff Notez & Will Dailey

    Harpoon Sessions – Cliff Notez & Will Dailey

  • Juliana Hatfield releases “Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John”

    Juliana Hatfield releases “Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John”

  • The Gravel Project release Wishful Thinking

    The Gravel Project release Wishful Thinking

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We’re live with @julianahatfield - on YouTube... We’re live with @julianahatfield - on YouTube... 
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Thank you everyone for acknowledging Q through the Thank you everyone for acknowledging Q through the BMA’s - we’re lucky and grateful to our incredible engineers, producers, musicians, and interns (a top notch crop from 2015 seen here!), who - through their love of music and musicians - all come together to make recording at Q the special experience it is. Can’t wait to see what 2021 brings and to get together in person again. Be safe everyone!
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Room mic in Studio B - while recording drums for @ Room mic in Studio B - while recording drums for @fielddaymusic’s 7” - before the pandemic made this sort of thing much more complicated. We’re still following the state’s guidelines, and adapting - working to keep folks safe and make great music.
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CP’s champagne sparkle Ludwig kick (not sure abo CP’s champagne sparkle Ludwig kick (not sure about the floor tom)- seen after a @colindrumskinda recording session a while back… Both he and Q engineer  @seanbrownbike can mic and hit a drum - which is a pretty great skill!
Beauty on the bench…. Beauty on the bench….
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A few weeks ago we took delivery of Mitch Easter’s Chamberlin M1. With analog tapes that are a time capsule from a forgotten era, this magical machine has the sounds of vibes, female voices, male voices, cello, harpsichord, violins, flutes, and french horns... 
We have a bit of an embarrassment of riches of analog tape samplers at Q, but as you might know or can guess, these beasts are incredibly temperamental and not always on their best behavior, but when they're working well there's nothing quite like these incredible machines.
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