Studio A - Control Room

Home to the beating heart of Wire & Vice, our API 2448 Console, this is one of the highest-quality mixing rooms in Wisconsin. With connections to the Live Room, this space can be leveraged for live tracking, overdubs, mixing, and post-production. Record and mix your entire project in this space, or bring your files and we can help you craft a mix using our gear and expertise.

The current day rate to utilize Studio A & the Live Room is $350. We classify a "day" as 10 am-8 pm, but are willing to accommodate different times if necessary and agreed upon before a session.

Our spectacular Steinway B is available for your session and is professionally maintained and tuned regularly. However, for piano-centric projects, we recommend a dedicated tune-up before your session dates; please book at least two weeks in advance; the price is per tune-up $165.

Gear List:

  • api 2448 console (8x 550a, 4x 560, 2x 550b)

  • Pro Tools 12 HDX

  • Logic Pro X

  • Burl B80 Mothership (16AD/16DA)

  • Avid i/o (16AD/16DA)

  • UAD Octo

  • Barefoot MM27 Gen2 powered speakers

  • Yamaha NS-10m speakers (paired w Adcom GFA555 amplifier)

  • ADAM A7 powered speakers

  • Benchmark DAC1 DA convertor

  • Hearback artist monitors (5)

  • 24x17x14 live room, patchbay & console wired w Mogami gold, quad mic cables, live room video monitor, clean power w/ isolated ground

analog dynamics

  • Universal Audio 1176LN (pr.)

  • Retro Instruments 176 mono tube

  • Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor (pr.)

  • api 529c stereo buss compressor (in console)

  • Standard Audio Level-Or (pr.)

  • Standard Audio Stretch

analog equalization

  • D.W. Fearn VT-4 tube

  • Pultec EQP-500 (pr.)

  • Maag EQ-2 air band (pr.)

  • api 550b parametric (2 ch.)

  • api 560 graphic (4 ch.)

  • api 550a parametric (8 ch.)

  • Neve 551 inductor (pr.)

  • Louder Than Liftoff Chop Shop filter (Void Corp edition) (pr.)

analog input

  • api 2448 (24 ch.)

  • Avalon U5 DI

other

  • tc electronic MOne reverb

  • tc electronic DTwo delay

  • MXR Spectral Time Delay

  • Pioneer SR-202 spring reverb

  • Valley People GATEX (4 ch.)

  • Robert Keeley compressor v2

  • Boss DS-1 Distortion

  • Boss PQ-4 parametric equalizer

  • MXR 10-band graphic equalizer

  • MXR Sub Machine

  • Electro Harmonix Big Muff

  • Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte

  • Line 6 Bass POD

PLUGINS

  • Celemony Melodyne

  • Goodhertz

  • iZotope

  • McDSP

  • Slate Digital

  • SoundToys

  • Waves

  • UAD (Octo PCIe card)

  • many others