AfterShock Recording provides studio and remote recording, pub, club and small outdoor venue sound reenforcement, desktop publishing (i.e.: Cd covers and inserts, gig posts, promo packs), photography (staged and/or live), Cd duplication, format transfer, and archiving. It's all done. It's all good. It's mostly private. If you know me, you're in the family. The social nature of music has brought together a family of: musicians, artists, craftsmen, and all around inspirational and creative people. AfterShock Recording has always been and continues to be a support system and outlet for creativity. The AfterShock family currently centers around two bands local to the Hudson Valley: FallenApart, and BuddyRoss. Each regularly appear at clubs in and around upstate New York, often as a double bill. Contact me Steve@aftershockrecordingservices.com for information or to get on a e-mailing list. The Studio has resided in a 2nd floor apartment in Poughkeepsie, where I had lived for many years along with my growing collection of gear. I converted my bathroom into the control room, moving all the bathroom amenities into a corner. Yep you could, "but are encouraged not to," stink up the control room. Beginning with boom boxes and cassette 4-tracks I began as a student of audio engineering. My first electronics were bought so I could eliminate paying an incompetent sound man after every gig. I began to provide sound reinforcement to other local bands as well, and so on, and so on. By trading and buying up and often sideways, a collection of electronics has become AfterShock Recording. Money and recording seem to be symbiotic, keeping up without deep pockets has proved to be a constant game of chance. My 4-Track was killed by a TSR-8, which was taken down a few pegs by the Black Face of digital. Which was near instantly decapitated by brothers XT and LS. HDR24 slipped into the collection with little resistance. Pro Tools 8.0 has been seamless, although an old 2nd hand mix + rig was problematic thus short lived and replaced by a hot rodded G5 imac - mbox combination for editing and mixdown. Upon returning from The Recording Workshop as an honors graduate ,I commenced with the construction of and move to a new location that has been in the works for years , only now coming to fruition. Now the new digs are done,the new studio Is complete, minus all the things I will change to keep up.. I have been fortunate to have worked with many talented and creative people, whom have undoubtedly shaped who I am, and what I have accomplished. To all THANK YOU and I hope to see all of you in the studio or at a FallenApart , and/or Buddy Ross, gig real soon. Steve |
The New Studio Under Construction
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The Old Digs
| The new studio is finally functioning. Floated Quiet rock walls and ceilings, High mass aurelex vinyl between double layers of plywood floors. Isolated drum riser and control room floor. Doubled double pane windows on the exterior. Salvaged control room windows. Software tuned control room monitoring. Isolated vocal booth. I've done my best to make this home studio as useful as possible, with the assets available. It works for me. |
