About Our Studio - Location
The Bathouse Recording Studio is situated on six acres just west of Kingston on the shores of Lake Ontario. Surrounded by forests and meadows, our studio is an oasis just twenty minutes from Kingston and only two hours east of Toronto.
Arrangements can be made to meet your party at the train station or Kingston Airport.
Please be advised we hold client files for no longer then 60 days. You must take your files with you on your own HDD or SSD.
About Our Studio - Amenities
Lake Ontario
Accommodation for Eight
Full modern kitchen - Wide Screen TV - Covered Smoking Room - Office with computer - WIFI - Pool Table - Outdoor Firepit - Extensive video/DVD collection - Fooseball - Horseshoe pits - Canoe - Inground Swimming Pool - Air Conditioning
Championship 18 Hole golf course nearby
Equipment and Sizing
Our unique facility offers a combination of vintage analog and digital recording equipment. All our studio rooms have good sight lines, natural light and windows that open. The fourteen room house allows for a wide range of sonic possibilities.
Room dimensions in the main studio area, which has a ceiling height of 10', include:
Control Room: 17' X 21' 5"
Vocal Booth: 7' 4" X 9'
Green Room: 12' 5"' X 17' 5"
Piano Room: 16' 5" X 10' 9"
Tracking Room: 17' X 19'
Front Hall: 8' 8" X 14'
RECORDING CONSOLES
- VINTAGE API 1604 CONSOLE: 16 Vintage API Mic Preamps and 16 API 560b EQs
- VINTAGE NEVE MELBOURNE ERA CONSOLE 12 x 4: 12 Vintage 33129 Mic/Line Modules
RECORDING DEVICES
- Ampex 2 Track 1/2” Tape Machine ATR 102 - Pro Tools Ultimate 2021.10 HDX System with 3 HD I/O Featuring 34 Analog I/O
- Forsell MADA-2: ADC/DAC
- Mac Pro (2019) 3.5GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W featuring Mac OSX 11.6.2
- Plugins Currently Include Pro Tools Ultimate Complete Bundle, Waves Horizon and Studio Classics, Soundtoys 5, Antares, Melodyne, Reason Rack, Valhalla DSP, and more.
- MOTU MIDI Express
MONITORS
- Barefoot Sound MM27s
- Yamaha NS-10m with Bryston 4B
- Mono Auratone 5psc Mix Cube
- Tannoy Monitor Gold 2 x15
- KRK 10s SubWoofer
- Coleman Audio M3PH MKII
HEADPHONE SYSTEMS
- 5 Mackie 12 Channel Personal Mixers
- Featured Headphones - Sennheiser HD 280 Pro, and Sony MDR-7506
MICROPHONES
- 1 AKG C12 VR - 2 AKG D112 - 2 AKG 414 B-ULS - 2 AKG C 451 E - 1 AKG C 451 EB
- 2 Audio-Technica 4050
- 1 ATM 250
- 1 Advanced Audio CM47ve
- 1 Beyer M 201TG - 2 Beyer M160
- 2 Coles 4038
- 1 Earthworks TC30K
- 1 Electro Voice RE20
- 1 Neumann KM 84i - 2 Neumann KM 184 - 2 Neumann U47fet - 2 Neumann U67 - 2 Neumann U87
- 1 Placid Audio Copperphone
- 1 RCA 77dx - 2 RCA BK5b
- 2 Shure Beta 57 - 1 Shure Beta 57a - 2 Shure Beta 87 - 1 Shure Bet 91a - 7 Shure SM57 - 4 Shure SM58 - 3 Shure SM81 - 2 Shure SM7
- 4 Sennheiser 421 - 1 Sennheiser md409 - 1 Sennheiser e609
- 1 Sony C-37a - 1 Sony C-38b
DIRECT BOXES, RE-AMPS, & SPLITTERS
- 2 Radial J48 Active Direct Boxes
- 1 Radial JDI Passive Direct Box
- 1 Radial JDI Duplex Stereo Direct Box
- 1 Radial JS-2 Mic Splitter
- 1 Radial Pro D2 Stereo Direct Box
- 1 Radial Pro D8 Direct Box
- 2 Radial ProRMP Studio Re-Amps
- 3 Yorkville Passive Direct Box
- 1 Vrtacic Design 6 Way Guitar Splitter SC1A
OUTBOARD MIC PREAMPS & EQs
- 1 API 6 Slot Lunchbox Featuring 3 x 512c Mic Preamps & 3 x 550b EQs
- 2 Avalon VT 737 Mic Pre/Compressor/Eq
- 2 BAE 1073
- 1 Manley Dual Mono Mic Preamp
- 1 Vintage Pultec MEQ-5 Mid-Range Equalizer
- 2 Vintage Pultec EQP-1A Program Equalizers
- 1 TM 1272 Stereo Mic Preamp
OUTBOARD DYNAMICS
- 1 API 525 Compressor
- 1 Crane Song STC-8 Compressor Limiter
- 2 DBX 902 De-esser Modules
- 1 Emperical Labs EL8 Distressor
- 1 Federal AM-864/U Compressor
- 1 Neve 83046 Stereo Compressor Limiter
- 1 Orange County Electronics Dual CLX
- 1 Overstayer Saturator NT-02A
- 1 SSL G Series Stereo Compressor
- 1 Summit Audio Inc. DCL-200
- 1 Purple Audio MC-77
- 1 Thermionic Culture Vulture Mastering Edition
- 2 Standard Audio Level-Or
- 1 Kush Audio UBK Tweaker
- 1 Tube-Tech CL 1A
- 1 Universal Audio Classics LA2A - 1 Universal Audio Classics 1176
- 1 Vintage Universal Audio 175b
- 1 UREI 1176 F Revision
- 2 UREI LA3A Compressors
OUTBOARD EFFECTS PROCESSORS
- 2 Eventide DSP 7000 Ultra Harmonizer - 1 Eventide H910 Harmonizer - 1 Fulltone Tube Tape Echo - 2 Vintage Stereo Plate Reverbs with EMT Electronics - 1 TC Electronic 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay
GUITAR & BASS AMPS
- Vox AC30 (modern) - Vox Heritage AC30 (modern) - Fender Twin Reverb 2x12 (vintage) - 1 Fender Bassman Amp Head Blackface (vintage) - Fender Bassman 2x12 Blackface Cab. (vintage) - Gibson GA-2 (vintage) - Silvertone Suitcase Amp (vintage) - Film-o-Sound/Bernie Amp (vinatage) - Ampeg Portaflex B15N (vintage) - Ampeg B410 HE Bass Cabinet (modern) - Mesa Boogie 5/50 Express Combo Amp (modern) - Mesa Boogie 2 x 12 Cabinet - Trinity Amps Head (custom) - Peavy Micro Bass - Kendrick Reverb Amp
DRUMS
- Ludwig 1960's Oyster Black Pearl Drum Kit (22" Kick, 16" Flr., 13" Rack) - Yamaha Tour Custom Maple Set (22" Kick, Toms 12/13/16, with snare) - Dunnett Custom Snare Drum - Gretsch Snare (vintage) - Sonar 13” Rack and 16” Floor Tom (vintage) - Tama Maple Snare - 26" Vintage Marching Bass Drum - Hand Drums: 2 Talking Drums, 5 Octabons, 1 Pair of Bongos, 3 Tabla Drums - Box full of percussion items, tambourines, shakers etc. - Solar 14" Hi-Hats - Paiste 505 16" Crash - NuVader 22" Ride - Paiste 14" Rock Hats - Paiste 17" Med. Crash - Sabine 20" Ride - Paiste 202 10" Splash - 2 Hi-Hat stands/1 Kick pedal/lot's of cymbal hardware/stands/mounts etc.
GUITAR & BASS
- Epiphone EB3 SG Electric Bass - Epiphone Rivoli Electric Bass - Fender BG-29 Acoustic Bass with Fishman Pickup - Epiphone El-Capitan Acoustic Bass with Pickup - Fender AM.Deluxe Telecaster(SCN Pickups) - Gibson L6-S 6 String Electric (vintage) - Gibson 6 String Electric Les Paul- Deluxe - Yamaha Acoustic 12-String - Yamaha FGX-B1 Acoustic 6 String Guitar with Pickup - Cort ACC15P Classical Acoustic 6 String - Graf 6 String Acoustic Guitar - Roy Loveless 6 String Acoustic Guitar - Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette 6 String Electric Guitar - Reverand #07793 6 string Elec (3 P90s) - Reverand #10084 6 string Elec (1 P90/1 Humbucker)
KEYS, SYNTHS & OTHERS
- Yamaha C7 Grand Piano - Heintzman Upright Piano - Moog Sub Phatty Analog Synthesizer - Dave Smith Instruments Prophet ‘08 PE: 8 Voice Analog Keyboard Synthesizer - Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano MIDI - Hammond B3 Organ with Leslie Cabinet featuring Leslie Combo Pre-Amp - Casio Keyboard MT 240 - Roland TR-8 Drum Machine - Angel Glockenspiel - Epiphone Mandolin - Etherwave Theremin - Sublab Soft Synth - Reason Soft Synths
FX Pedals:
- Yamaha C7 Grand Piano - Heintzman Upright Piano - Moog Sub Phatty Analog Synthesizer - Dave Smith Instruments Prophet ‘08 PE: 8 Voice Analog Keyboard Synthesizer - Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano MIDI - Hammond B3 Organ with Leslie Cabinet featuring Leslie Combo Pre-Amp - Casio Keyboard MT 240 - Roland TR-8 Drum Machine - Angel Glockenspiel - Epiphone Mandolin - Etherwave Theremin - Sublab Soft Synth - Reason Soft Synths