Red Gate Recorders is an amazing place for a number of reasons. And unlike most other places they seem to knock it out of the park in every department.
When you walk into red gate you immediate feel a good vibe and it doesn't take long to see why. Owner Sam Darring and Production wizard Chris Harbach literally put some blood, sweat, and tears into building this place. The work they put it definitely paid off. Enough so that I paid them to come through my own studio and hook it up with the Red Gate touch. Indeed they did. They built me a 10 foot tall sliding soundproof wall that has made my studio room much more superb than before. They also built me a custom tt patchpay and wired up my whole setup so that everything in my studio would be easily dialed in with just a few patch cables. This alone was a huge time saver and makes my creative process so much better.
Back to Red Gate though, as far as recording goes you have endless options. A huge live room with a beautiful grand piano, tons of amps, synths, pedals, and all kinds of other toys. When you go into the custom drum room you have a whole new room with an amazing sound to it. This room also has some amazing little gems in like an old school wurlitzer, and a mystery organ that produces sounds straight outta Radiohead's Kid A album. There's a nice vocal room that also contains some cool vintage amps. Then there's the control room which is equipped with numerous pieces of clutch gear that any gearhead would drool over. I've spent many hours in here and learned a lot of things.
Enough about the gear though. The real value of this place comes from the people who built it. Sam and Chris are fucking legit! I've spent a lot time working with them in numerous different types of situations whether it be mixing a project, tracking, writing songs from scratch, or mastering. They all always have been on point. Chris really is an exceptionally talented mixing engineer as well. A cool thing about him too is that he shares his knowledge and passion for it. Just from mixing albums with him I have picked up so many cool little gems that I still apply today when I'm working on mixes of my own.
I normally am not the type of person to shower individuals with compliments like this but in this case it is just. I really appreciate and value whats these guys have done and will continue to do. I definitely look forward to working with them again in the future and without a doubt they get 5 stars. read more