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RECORDING STUDIO
Sand Creek Studios is a division of Sand Creek Music

Celebrating 26 years
(Big studio sound at an affordable price)

control room

The studio is operated full-time and is equipped with an outstanding 192-track Pro Tools HD3 recording system for the serious musician, producer, or audio/video professional. Designed primarily for live instrumental and vocal production, the studio will handle jazz trios to 20-piece orchestras to heavy metal bands with acoustic excellence.

The console is a Digidesign D-Command that features dedicated, center section panels for EQ and dynamics plug-in editing, as well as per-channel control over many processing functions, routing, automation modes, high-quality, touch-sensitive motorized faders, comprehensive monitoring and communications control section, patent-pending, high-speed Ethernet protocol to connect console to mix engine, and surround sound capabilities. The D-Command provides powerful hands-on command over any size project.

The 1000 square foot studio features 16 channels of preamplifiers/limiting, as well as 10' x 16' and 10' x 12' isolation rooms and a comfortable control room.


Here is what one person said after his visit to the studio. "I appreciate your time last night. I learned a lot, and also lost my nervousness. The recording environment you have is awesome because it's so relaxing and you're not a "pushy" engineer. Good customer service is what always keep people shopping with you. Thanks for your time."


Another comment from a local band. "On behalf of all the members of the band and their supporters, we wish to thank you for the great job you did in the recording and mastering of our CD. Your diligence and meticulous approach in the work you do in your studio made us all very pleased. People that have listened to our CD says it sounds the same as that which would come from a major record label. We believe that you are in every way a real professional. Tom, Ed, Tim and Bruce"




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The studio includes a unique headphone system that provides each musician with an 8 channel stereo mixer, allowing an endless variety of mixes to suit the individual needs of each player. We find that people naturally play better when they can hear things the way they want to hear them. For instance, the keyboardist can turn up his keyboard and turn down the guitar! The drumer can turn up his kick drum and turn down the keyboard. You get the idea. Finally, the engineer will have a mix that will be available to each musician if they choose to listen.

Owned and operated by Patrick Bologna, Sand Creek Studios has been around for over two and a half decades. We know what most people want when they walk in a recording studio. 1) Low prices, 2) a final product that doesn't have that "basement" sound, and 3) a finished CD that will sound great in my car, especially when I turn it up loud. We have some of the greatest analog recording equipment in the world that features digital recording with full control digital editing, digital mixing with automated faders, full console recall, and analog mastering to CD, DAT, reel-to-reel tape, or cassette. (All mastering is processed with analog equipment before it is burned to CD.)


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Don't be fooled by home studios that offer recording services at low prices. Come to Sand Creek Music and record on some of the best equipment in the world. Don't forget to check out our CD Mastering website. Mastering is essential if you want your CD to sound loud and clean.



band with slams
Eddie Always Wins says,
"I want to record with the Manley SLAM"
Come in and try out the Manley SLAM?
All the major recording engineers
are calling it the hottest preamp in the world!
More and more musicians are asking for it by name.
Read about the SLAM

By the way- Sand Creek Music is the only studio in North America (probably the world) that can brag about having 4 SLAMS. THERE IS NO BETTER PREAMP IN THE WORLD. That's right, your guitars as well as your vocals, bass, drums, and horns will sound great. If you want your vocals to sound better than you could imagine, stop in and try out the SLAM. You'll be glad you did. Universal Audio, API, or DBX preamps are available as well.


SHOULD I RECORD MY OWN MUSIC

Over the last 5 years, the number of recording studios in the capital district has increased 100-fold. Nowadays it is cheaper for a musician or a band to go out and buy a portable digital studio or a computer software package and record themselves.

Here is what Dave Derr, the owner of Empirical Labs has to say about home studios: "Nowadays, everyone has a home rig, and I think it's a damn shame. Music is suffering because most musicians are more concerned with pushing buttons on their recorders than they are with getting their music together. There is no urgency or pressure in writing good music any more. People start writing this awful crap in the studio without any raw song that stands on its own. More music than ever is just production dribble, without the guts of a good song that people will listen to four years from now, let alone 30 years from now."

Dave, you make some awesome equipment at Empirical Labs. Yeah--it's all analog.


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